Approval is requested to execute a permit agreement with Georgia Department of \n \n Transportation (DOT) for construction work associated with the replacement of \n \n the City's existing combined sewer system along the 6th Avenue Corridor and \n \n side streets, Phases I-V.
Approval
Approved
Background
The City is working on the Flood Abatement Project -6th Avenue and Side Street
Improvements. The DOT owns several tracks in the area that are operated under
an agreement with Georgia Southwestern Railroad. Council approved Resolution
418-07 for an agreement with GaSW for reimbursements of the expenses associated
with removal and replacement of the the tracks.
Analysis
Work within the limits of the track requires a separate permit from the DOT.
Financial Considerations
Funds are availalbe in the 1999 SPLOST Railroad Crossing Improvement Project.
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement
Legal Considerations
Council is the approving authority for all resolutions.
Recommendations/ Actions
Authorize the City Manager to execute a permit agreement with Georgia
Department of Transportation (DOT) for replacement of the City's existing
combined sewer system along the 6th Avenue Corridor and side streets, Phases
I-V.
A RESOLUTION
NO. _____
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PERMIT AGREEMENT WITH
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION TO ACCOMODATE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S
EXISTING COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the City proposes to replace the existing combined sewer system
located at a point beginning at the Chattahoochee River and lying generally in
a northward direction to 14th Street and lying primarily in the right of way
6th Avenue,
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation (DOT) owns certain tracks operated
under an agreement with Georgia Southwester Railroad within the City of
Columbus, and the replacement of the combined sewer system will cross beneath
the tracks of the Railroad and require the Railroad to remove and restore its
tracks in certain locations and to oversee borings and open cuts at certain
locations to accomodate the City project.
WHEREAS, a permit is required from the DOT in order to perform the required
work,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an agreement with Georgia
Department of Transportation (DOT) for a permit to accomodate the replacement
of the City's existing combined sewer system, 6th Avenue and Side Streets
System Phase I-V.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held
the
_________day of _____________, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative