Agenda Item # 3
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
12/06/2016
Agenda Report # 67
TO: Mayor and Council
SUBJECT: Project Framework Agreement for Mott's Green Plaza
(Monument & Rehabilitation)
INITIATED BY: Planning Department
Recommendation: Approval is requested to enter into a contractual agreement
with the Georgia Department of Transportation for the rehabilitation project
for Mott's Green Plaza in the amount of $1,000,000.00. Under this agreement,
GDOT will provide 80% of the Preliminary Engineering and Construction Cost
($800,000.00). The local match of 20% ($200,000.00) is budgeted in the FY17
Capital Improvement Program.
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.
A RESOLUTION
NO. _____
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN PROJECT FRAMEWORK
AGREEMENT WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE MOTT'S GREEN
PLAZA (MONUMENT & REHABILITATION).
WHEREAS, the Georgia Department of Transportation has authorized State Z230
funding for the Mott's Green Plaza Rehabilitation Project in the amount of
$800,000.00 (80%), which requires a local match of twenty (20) percent; and,
WHEREAS, the local match of $200,000.00 has been identified in the Capital
Improvement Program - TSPLOST Discretionary - Resolution #283-16.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
That the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into a contractual
agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation for the rehabilitation
project for Mott's Green Plaza in the amount of $1,000,000.00 and will be
funded through the use of State Z230 Transportation Funds ($800,000.00 - 80%),
which requires a 20 percent match ($200,000.00). A 20% local match has been
identified in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held
the _________ day of _____________ 2016, and adopted at said meeting by the
affirmative vote of _____________ members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting __________.
Councilor Baker voting __________.
Councilor Barnes voting __________.
Councilor Davis voting __________.
Councilor Garrett voting __________.
Councilor Henderson voting __________.
Councilor Huff voting __________.
Councilor Thomas voting __________.
Councilor Turner Pugh voting __________.
Councilor Woodson voting __________.
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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Teresa Pike Tomlinson, Mayor
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