Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance No. 0387-2006, passed March 13, 2006, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a development agreement with Community Housing Partnership for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program. It has since been determined that the name of the contracting entity in the ordinance was incorrect. The correct name of the contracting entity should be Columbus Housing Partnership. This ordinance amends 0387-2006 to correct the name of the contracting entity to Columbus Housing Partnership.
Emergency action is requested so that the reimbursement of costs of constructing infrastructure improvements can be made immediately.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funds are required for this amendment.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 0387-2006, passed March 13, 2006, by correcting the name of the contracting entity to Columbus Housing Partnership; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2006, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance No. 0387-2006, authorizing the Development Director to enter into a development agreement with Community Housing Partnership for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, it has since been determined that the name of the contracting entity in the ordinance was incorrect; and
WHEREAS, the correct name of the contracting entity should be Columbus Housing Partnership; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends 0387-2006 to correct the name of the contracting entity to Columbus Housing Partnership; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Housing Division, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance No. 0387-2006, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 0387-2006 shall be amended to read as follows:
That the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to enter into a development agreement with Columbus Housing Partnership for the period of March 1, 2006 to February, 28, 2007, to expend $126,000 or so much thereof as necessary for the reimbursement of costs of constructing infrastructure improvements for 7 homes.
Section 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is 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.