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TDOT081424CONSENTLEGISLATIONMetroparksWaterStreet
Engineering and Construction Management
Timothy Grosjean (x1344)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into and execute cooperative agreements and to accept financial assistance from Metroparks Toledo for a construction project on Water Street; authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation, and expenditure of grant proceeds into the Capital Improvement Fund in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000; authorizing the mayor to execute all necessary documentation for said funds; authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts related to the design and construction; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo is reconstructing Water Street from Cherry Street to Olive Street and adding a multi-use path. The project is scheduled to construct in the Spring of 2025.
Metroparks Toledo will be constructing the Glass City Riverwalk in the same area and desires to incorporate some of their amenities and enhancement items to the Water Street project. The City believes that adding the Metroparks’ decorative elements to the project will benefit both entities, and the Metroparks will agree to pay for those added features.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute cooperative agreements with and accept financial assistance from the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks) for the construction of the Riverside Trail at Water Street project upon such terms and conditions as approved by the Director of Transportation and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to accept and deposit grant proceeds from Metroparks into the Capital Improvements Fund Account Code 540G-35000-8GA8644STDSTD in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for the Riverside Trail at Water Street project.
SECTION 3. That an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 is appropriated from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Capital Improvement Fund to Account Code 540G-35000-8GA8644STDSTD for the project listed above; and authorizing expenditure of same.
SECTION 4. That the Mayor is authorized to prepare plans and specifications and to accept bids and enter into contracts for said project including such items as labor, materials, construction testing, professional services, property appraisals, title work, negotiations, acquisition, and environmental contamination studies that are necessary to acquire additional rights-of-way. Contracts shall contain such terms and conditions as the mayor may deem requisite and proper and shall be subject to approval by the Director of Transportation and the Director of Law.
SECTION 5. That the Finance Director is authorized to issue their warrant or warrants against the Account Code identified above in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in payment of the obligations incurred pursuant to the contracts authorized in Section 4 upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 6. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to facilitate the planning and construction of said project.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: August 14, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: August 14, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor