City of Columbus - File #: 1858-2006

• File #: 1858-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/13/2006
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 11/6/2006
• Final action: 11/9/2006
• Title: To authorize the repeal of Ordinance 893-99, passed on April 12, 1999, to remove Dominion Homes' proposed 145 unit Doherty Road project from the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to cancel the auditors certificate issued for that project; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/9/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/8/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/6/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
11/6/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/25/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/23/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/23/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/23/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/23/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/23/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/19/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/19/2006	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/19/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/19/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/19/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/19/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the repeal of ordinance 893-99, passed on April 12, 1999, to remove Dominion Homes' proposed 145 unit Doherty Road project from the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program and authorizes the City Auditor to cancel auditor's certificate AC 900795 issued for that project.

The Doherty Road project was part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way in the amount of $290,000 but was cancelled by Dominion Homes on September 21, 2000.

Emergency action is requested so that the ordinance can be repealed and the auditor's certificate cancelled allowing the monies to be reallocated for the Crossing at Joyce project during this construction season.

FISCAL IMPACT: This cancellation will make available $290,000 from the Voted 1995, 1999 Streets and Highways Fund that will be re-committed to another eligible project.  

Title

To authorize the repeal of Ordinance 893-99, passed on April 12, 1999, to remove Dominion Homes' proposed 145 unit Doherty Road project from the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to cancel the auditors certificate issued for that project; and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, ordinance 893-99, passed on April 12, 1999, authorized the director of the Department of Development to enter into a development agreement with Dominion Homes for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way associated with a proposed 145 unit Doherty Road project as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program; and

WHEREAS, the project was cancelled by Dominion Homes on September 21, 2000 and a development agreement was never executed; and

WHEREAS, it is now necessary to repeal said ordinance and cancel the auditor's certificate to make available $290,000 from the Voted 1995, 1999 Streets and Highways Fund that will be re-committed to another eligible project; and  

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize these actions to allow reallocation of these funds for another project during this construction season, thereby preserving 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 Ordinance 893-99, passed April 12, 1999, is hereby repealed to remove the Dominion Homes 145 unit Doherty Road project from the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program.

Section 2.                     That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel auditor's certificate AC900795.

Section 3.                     That for the reasons stated in the preamble thereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is 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.