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Councilwoman Morris
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into certain agreements to conduct and oversee a Toledo-Columbus Passenger Rail Corridor Route Assessment Concept Study; authorizing the appropriation of $20,000 from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund; authorizing expenditure of $20,000 in the General Fund and an agreement with Transportation Economics & Management Systems Inc.; waiving TMC Ch. 187 for competitive proposals; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
City Council is interested in conducting a feasibility study for a Toledo-Columbus Passenger Rail Corridor Route Assessment Concept Study as an extension of the 2018 joint City of Toledo/Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government (TMACOG) Toledo-Detroit Rail Ridership Feasibility & Cost Estimate Study, per Ord. 465-18. A proposal indicates that the study’s total cost is $20,000. The City of Toledo is fronting the expenditure for this study to expedite its completion before year-end. TMACOG will reimburse the City at a later date.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That $20,000 is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund to Account Code 1001-10100-1112001stdstd for a Toledo-Columbus Passenger Rail Corridor Route Assessment Concept Study, and said amount is authorized for expenditure.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into any necessary agreement with Transportation Economics & Management Systems Inc. for the purpose of undertaking a Toledo-Columbus Passenger Rail Corridor Route Assessment Concept Study subject to the terms and conditions deemed proper and requisite according to the Director of Law, not to exceed $20,000.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against the above account code in an amount not to exceed $20,000 in payment of all obligations authorized upon presentation of properly approved documentation.
SECTION 4. That the provisions of Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 187 regarding competitive proposals are hereby waived for purposes of entering the agreements authorized herein.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that same must be immediately effective in order to undertake a Toledo-Columbus Corridor Route Assessment Concept Study.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council