Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to accept a grant in the amount of $3,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement year four initiatives for the Columbus Empowerment Zone. The grant funds will be appropriated to the Department of Development for use in contracts with the Columbus Compact Corporation for administration and the implementation of the year four EZ initiatives of Community Values & Cultural Life and Economic Opportunity.
The City of Columbus was designated a federal Empowerment Zone in January of 1999. HUD provided the City with a final Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Grant Agreement. Parties to the agreements include HUD, The State of Ohio, the cities of Columbus (Lead Entity under this agreement), Gahanna and Obetz, the Village of Groveport and Mifflin, Madison and Hamilton Townships, (Nominating Entities). Consistent with the MOA and the Empowerment Zone's Strategic Plan, the City of Columbus will serve as the Lead Entity responsible for the administration of the EZ and the receipt, expenditure and obligation of all federal funds provided for use in the EZ. On an annual basis, the city will provide progress reports on the EZ's performance to HUD. The Columbus Compact Corporation is the governing body and implementation agent for the Columbus Empowerment Zone. The Empowerment Zone designation will be in effect from January 1, 1999 through December 31, 2009.
This ordinance is presented as an emergency to ensure the uninterrupted implementation of fourth year Round II EZ Initiatives.
FISCAL IMPACT: The grant will provide $3,000,000 for the fourth year of implementation of the Round II priority initiatives and strategic plan of the Columbus Empowerment Zone.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to accept an Empowerment Zone grant of $3,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; to authorize the appropriation of $3,000,000 from the General Government Grant Fund to the Department of Development; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the Columbus Compact Corporation to implement the Columbus Empowerment Zone's Strategic Plan; to authorize the expenditure of $3,000,000 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,000,000)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement year four initiatives of the Columbus Empowerment Zone's Strategic Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development entered into a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on June 16, 1999,whereby HUD is providing funding over a ten year period; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate the grant from the federal agency in the amount of $3,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department desires to comply with the Columbus Empowerment Zone Strategic Plan and the recommendations of the Columbus Compact Corporation Board to enter into contracts with the Columbus Compact Corporation to fund Empowerment Zone Initiatives; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is presented as an emergency to ensure the uninterrupted implementation of fourth year Round II EZ Initiatives; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to accept, appropriate and expend said grant funds with the Columbus Compact Corporation to ensure the uninterrupted implementation of fourth year Round II EZ Initiatives all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is
hereby authorized to accept an Empowerment Zone grant
award of $3,000,000 from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development for the period January 1,
1999 to December 31,2009 and to enter into contracts with
the Columbus Compact Corporation to implement year four
initiatives the Columbus Empowerment Zone's Strategic
Plan.
Section 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the fund known as
the General Government Grant Fund, the sum of
$3,000,000 be and is hereby appropriated to the
Department of Development, Department No. 44-01,
Fund No. 220, Grant No. 449006, Object Level One 03,
as follows:
OJL
Program OCA Code Three Amount
Economic Opportunity 440290 3337 $2,198,672.00
Community Values
And Cultural Life 440288 3337 619,277.00
Administration-Compact 440287 3337 182,051.00
Total $3,000,000.00
Section 3. That the monies appropriate in the foregoing Section 2 shall
be paid upon the order of the Department of Development
and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by
voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City
Auditor.
Section 4. That the Director of the Department of Development is
hereby authorized to enter into contracts with the Columbus
Compact Corporation to implement year four initiatives of
the Columbus Empowerment Zone's Strategic Plan.
Section 5. That for the purpose as stated in Section 4, the expenditure
of $3,000,000,or so much there of as may be necessary,
be an is hereby authorized to be expended from the
General Government Grant Fund, Department of
Development, Department No. 44-01, Fund 220, Grant
No. 449006, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three
3337, as follows:
Program OCA Code Amount
Economic Opportunity 440290 $2,198,672.00
Community Values
And Cultural Life 440288 619,277.00
Administration-Compact 440287 182,051.00
Total $3,000,000.00
Section 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which
hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and approval by
the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither
approves nor vetoes the same.