Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to submit a grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources/Division of Watercraft for the Navigational Aids Grant Program.
The Navigational Aids Grant Program supplies buoys and signs at no charge to mark Ohio's waterways. The buoys and signs are provided at no expense to the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. Anchors, fastenings and maintenance items are still the responsibility of the Department.
If the grant is awarded to the City of Columbus, the placement and maintenance of the navigational aids provided by the grant will be performed by Watershed Management as described in the application.
Emergency action is requested to ensure the grant application can be submitted by the deadline.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to submit a grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources/Division of Watercraft for the Navigational Aids Grant Program, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources/Division of Watercraft is accepting applications for a Navigational Aids Program grant; and
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Department wishes to apply for said grant for buoys and signs to mark waterways; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to submit said grant application prior to the deadline for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to submit a grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources/Division of Watercraft for the Navigational Aids Grant Program.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance authorizes an application only and is not a commitment to expend City funds.
SECTION 3. 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.