Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant, enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
At a later date an ordinance will be submitted to add the grant funding to the Park Contruction Agreement for the Scioto Mile Project with Columbus Downtown Development Corporation which was authorized by Ordinance No. 1746-2007 and used to pay for construction of the proposed bandshell in Bicentennial Park.
Grant funding will be used in conjunction with the development of the Scioto Riverfront Park system. Work will include land acquisition, environmental abatement, design, and construction in and around the "Scioto Mile" area. The project will provide additional recreation for riverfront visitors and will promote tourism in downtown Columbus and central Ohio.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up-to-date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management. Emergency action is also necessary to have funding available for necessary expenditures.
Fiscal Impact:
$3,019,500.00 in grant funding will be used for development of the Scioto Riverfront Park system.
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $3,019,500.00.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $3,019,500.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for funding to support the development of the Scioto Riverfront Park System, to authorize an appropriation of $3,019,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department; and to declare an emergency. ($3,019,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant for the development of the Scioto Riverfront Park system AKA The Scioto Mile; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept said grant and appropriate said funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate said grant funds 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 accept a grant in the amount of $3,019,500.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the Scioto Riverfront Park system.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, the sum of $3,019,500.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51-01, as follows:
OCA Object
Grant Title Grant No. Code Level 3 Amount
Scioto Mile: ODNR 2009 519054 519054 6621 $3,019,500.00
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, 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 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.