Explanation
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate $330,000.00 for professional services for the Southern Gateway Revitalization Project. This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and transfer of $330,000.00 from the General Fund to the Community Relations Commission. The ordinance also authorizes the Community Relations Commission to enter into contract with Centripetal Strategies and MurphyEpson, Inc., to develop a community input and initiative implementation plan with supporting budgets for the creation of a Southern Gateway Revitalization Plan devoted to the revitalization of the Southern Gateway/ South Parsons Ave. area of the South Side of Columbus.
The consultant was recommended to the Director of the Community Relations Commission by a review committee representing the Department of Development, the Community Relations Commission, Community Development for All People, the United Way of Central Ohio, the Columbus Foundation, the South Side Area Commission and the Parsons Avenue Merchants Association.
Mayor Michael B. Coleman announced a South Side Initiatives fund within the Department of Development in the 2012 State of the City address that would support and advance revitalization efforts on the city’s South Side.
This planning process will produce a shared vision and strategic plan for the Southern Gateway community that will incorporate existing and future projects among current and future champions and supporters for efforts to revitalize the Southern Gateway/South Parsons area on the South Side of Columbus.
Emergency action is requested to immediately begin the Southern Gateway Revitalization planning process.
FISCAL IMPACT: $330,000.00 is available for this contract within the City’s General Fund, contingent upon passage of the Finance Department’s 3rd Quarter transfer ordinance.
Erika Clark Jones, 645-0817.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $330,000.00 of appropriation authority w...
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