Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes transfer of $10,000 within the General Fund, appropriates $76,000 from the Miranova TIF City Riverfront Vision Account and authorizes various expenditures related to the anticipated fall launch of a national call for a master developer for redevelopment of the Whittier Peninsula and preparation of the Request for Qualification materials and supporting documentation. Specifically, these expenditures will be used for:
· The advertisement, preparation of materials and facilitation activities associated with the national call, Request for Qualifications package and graphics, developer pre-submission meeting and site tour, and selection committee briefing and site tour and invitations to submit proposals.
· Consultant assistance with the preparation of materials and graphics associated with the national call for a master developer, pre-submission meeting and site tour and selection committee briefing and site tour.
· Structural engineering assessment of the re-use portion of the former Lazarus Warehouse building.
· A design challenge focusing on the neighborhood development.
The redevelopment of the Whittier Peninsula implements the goals and objectives of the Whittier Reach section of the Riverfront Vision, a land use and development plan adopted by Columbus City Council in 1998. It also advances provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding agreement entered into by the city, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks and Audubon Ohio to develop a park, nature center and mixed-use neighborhood on the Whittier Peninsula.
FISCAL IMPACT: The total amount of the expenditures will be $86,000. This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $76,000 from the Miranova TIF - City Riverfront Vision Account and the transfer and expenditure of $10,000 from the General Fund, Effective Initiatives Fund, which is part of the Citywide account within the Department of Finance.
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To authorize the transfer of $10,000 within the General Fund from the Department of Finance to the Department of Development; to authorize the appropriation of $76,000 from the Miranova TIF Fund - City Riverfront Vision Account; to enter into contracts as needed for services, materials and facilities necessary to support the fall 2005 national launch to select a master developer for the neighborhood portion of the Whittier Peninsula; to authorize the expenditure of up to $76,000 from the Miranova TIF Fund - City Riverfront Vision Account; to authorize the expenditure of up to $10,000 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($86,000)
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WHEREAS, the Riverfront Vision, adopted by Columbus City Council in 1998 that establishes land use and development goals and objectives for the Whittier; and
WHEREAS, in May 2003 the city of Columbus, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks, and Audubon Ohio entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the Whittier Peninsula in accordance with goals and objectives of the Riverfront Vision, including the development of a park, an Audubon nature education center and new mixed-use neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, in anticipation of the fall 2005 launch of a national call for a master developer for the mixed-use neighborhood planned for the Whittier Peninsula, the Director of Development will need to purchase and/or enter into a series of individual contracts to obtain the materials, supporting documentation and services necessary for the Request for Qualification/Request for proposal campaign, briefings, design challenge and site tours; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to transfer and appropriate said funds for expenditures related to the anticipated fall launch of a national call for a master developer for redevelopment of the Whittier Peninsula and preparation of the Request for Qualification materials and supporting documentation, 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 the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $10,000 within the General Fund, Fund 010 from the Department of Finance, Department 45, Object Level One 10, Object Level Three 5501, OCA 904508 to the Development Department, Planning Division, Division No. 44-06, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 440334.
Section 2. That from the unappropriated balance in the Miranova TIF Fund - City Riverfront Vision Account, Fund 406, and from any and all sources unallocated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005, the sum of $76,000, be and hereby is appropriated to the Auditor's Office, Department 22-01, Project 440071, OCA 440071, as follows:
Object Level 03 Amount
2193 $7,000
2201 3,400
3336 43,600
3352 2,000
3353 20,000
Total: $76,000
Section 3. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into contracts as needed for services, materials and facilities necessary to support the fall 2005 national launch to select a master developer for the neighborhood portion of the Whittier Peninsula.
Section 4. That for the purpose stated in Section 3 the expenditure of $76,000, or so much as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Auditor's Office, Department 22-01, Miranova TIF Fund - City Riverfront Vision Account, Fund 406, Project 440071, OCA 440071, as follows:
Object Level 03 Amount
2193 $7,000
2201 3,400
3336 43,600
3352 2,000
3353 20,000
Total: $76,000
Section 5. That for the purpose stated in Section 3, the expenditure of $10,000, or so much as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the General Fund, Fund 010, Development Department, Planning Division, Division No. 44-06, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 440334.
Section 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof the 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 the passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.