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City attorney recommends ordinance, not resolution, for Windridge Bridge agreements with ODOT
Summary
City attorney reported ODOT provided revised documents and the administration will present an ordinance amending a prior ordinance and authorizing a new LPA contract; council was advised to table the earlier resolution and consider waiver of second reading to meet ODOT deadlines.
The city attorney briefed the Committee of the Whole on April 14 about procedural changes to the Windridge Bridge project agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The city attorney said ODOT supplied revised contract language and that two distinct documents accompany the project: an amendment to the prior LPA (local public agency) agreement and a new LPA contract.
Nut graf: Because the current drafting was a resolution but the matter authorizes construction agreements, the city attorney recommended replacing the resolution with an ordinance to amend the prior ordinance and to authorize the new contract. The attorney said an ordinance authorizing construction would be effective on signature and that council would likely be asked for a waiver of second reading to meet ODOT’s April 25 deadline.
Recommended process and next steps: The attorney recommended tabling the resolution indefinitely and advancing the new ordinance, including a vote on a waiver of second reading and then a vote on the ordinance next week to meet ODOT’s schedule. The attorney told council she had met with ODOT assistant chief counsel earlier the same day to resolve posture and clarity questions.
Ending: Council agreed to the approach and staff said the ordinance, waiver request and accompanying LPA documents would appear on the next meeting’s agenda.
