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Columbus Consolidated Government

Council Meeting

12/6/2016

To
Mayor and Council
Subject
Project Framework Agreement for Mott's Green Plaza (Monument & Rehabilitation)
Initiator
Planning Department
Recommendation
Approval is requested to execute a Project Framework Agreement (PFA) for the \n \n Mott's Green Plaza (Monument and Rehabilitation Project) with the Georgia \n \n Department of Transportation.
Approval
Pending
Background
This project will relocate and rehabilitate current masonry monuments, add a

covered 60' long bridge design to be built out in the river that commemorates

both Horace King and "The Last Battle" of the civil war, and add new paving

design to align the pass through under the bridge with the River Walk. As with

all projects developed through the City's Transportation Improvement Program,

the Georgia Department of Transportation provided a Project Framework

Agreement, for the City of Columbus to execute, in order to authorize the work

and funds for the above mentioned project.
Analysis
It is necessary to execute the Project Framework Agreement from the Georgia

Department of Transportation to proceed with this project. Upon completion of

the agreement, the project will be bid by the City.
Financial Considerations
Under this agreement, GDOT will provide 80 percent of the Preliminary

Engineering and Construction Cost ($800,000.00). The local match of 20 percent

or $200,000.00, for a total of $1,000,000.00. Funds are budgeted in the FY 17

Capital Improvement Program - Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales

Tax - Discretionary - Resolution 283-16.
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
Upon completion of this project, the City will be responsible for all general

maintenance.
Legal Considerations
The City will be subject to all federal and state laws mandated under this

agreement.
Recommendations/ Actions
Approval is requested to enter into a Project Framework Agreement between the

City and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for the Mott's Green

Plaza - Monument and Rehabilitation.

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