To amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to appropriate funds within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to contract for professional services relative to the acquisition of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to property needed for the Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund - Eakin Road SUP project; to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $1,400,000.00 within the ODOT Highway Safety Improvement Program; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to negotiate with property owners to acquire the additional rights of way necessary to complete this project; to authorize the expenditure of $1,400,000.00 from the ODOT Highway Safety Improvement Program and the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to pay for the project; to authorize the Director of Public Service, or a designee, to execute a construction contract, or a similar instrument, and any amendments or modifications thereto as may be necessary, with Indiana & Ohio Railway Company, owned by Watco Companies LLC to facilitate the construction of the Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund - Eakin Road SUP project; to repay any unused grant funds at the end of the grant period; and to declare an emergency. ($1,400,000.00)

Committee

Public Service & Transportation Committee

Requested by

Service Drafter

Introduced

April 8, 2026

On agenda

June 1, 2026

Passed

June 4, 2026

Where it was heard

Columbus City Council Jun 1, 2026 Approved Pass

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