Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The study "An Inventory and Analysis of Economic Development Sites" is intended to identify potential economic development sites for the purposes of job growth and revenue generation. This plan will be used by the Administration and City Council in policy-making about future land use, zoning, capital improvements, and economic incentives. This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to enter into a contract with a consulting firm to undertake the study and for the expenditure of up to $150,000 for this purpose. Columbus City Council amended the 2005 budget to create a $2 million Jobs Growth Fund. The expenditure for "An Inventory and Analysis of Economic Development Sites", which is a part of the Jobs Growth Fund, will be the catalyst for future job growth and redevelopment for the entire city.
Emergency action is requested to initiate the consultant selection process.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$150,000 for this contract will be appropriated from the $2 million Jobs Growth Fund.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $150,000 to the Department of Development within the Jobs Growth Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract to undertake an economic development study; to authorize the expenditure of up to $150,000 from the Jobs Growth Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000)
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WHEREAS, the identification and promotion of future economic development sites is an objective of the Department of Development and in the best interest of the City as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development will seek a consulting firm to undertake this study to provide an objective analysis and set of actions to guide implementation; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is necessary to allow the Director of Development to begin the consultant selection process; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to initiate the consultant selection process to ensure the uninterrupted implementation of the organization's economic development projects and the retention of essential staff 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 City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $150,000 in the Jobs Growth Fund, Fund 015, to the Development Department, Planning Division, Division No. 44-06, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 446015.
Section 2. That the Director of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for the purpose of undertaking the study "An Inventory and Analysis of Economic Development Sites".
Section 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 2, the expenditure of up to $150,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Planning Division, Division No. 44-06, Jobs Growth Fund, Fund 015, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 446015.
Section 4. That this contract will be awarded in accordance with Chapter 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
Section 5. 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.