Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Hamilton Road Corridor / Eastland Area Revitalization Plan is intended to address the land use, economic development, urban design, and service needs of this important older commercial corridor of the city with the goal of optimizing current private and public sector investments, and facilitating additional reinvestment. The planning area contains about 3.5 square miles and extends along Hamilton Road from I-70 south to Alum Creek (below Refugee Road). The 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 contract with the consulting firm of Basile Baumann Prost for undertaking the study and for the expenditure of $100,000. Columbus City Council funded the $2 million Job Growth Initiatives Fund in the 2006 budget. The expenditure for Hamilton Road Corridor / Eastland Area Revitalization Plan, which is a part of the Job Growth Initiative Fund, will be the catalyst for future job growth and redevelopment for the entire city. A total of $50,000 is hereby allocated from the Job Growth Initiatives Fund. A total of $50,000 is hereby allocated from the General Fund.
Emergency action is requested to initiate work on the study as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: $50,000 of this contract is appropriated from the Job Growth Initiatives Fund and $50,000 is allocated within the General Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $50,000 to the Development Department within the Jobs Growth Initiatives Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the consulting firm of Basile Baumann Prost to undertake the study Hamilton Road Corridor / Eastland Area Revitalization Plan; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000 from the General Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000 from the Jobs Growth Initiative Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000)
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WHEREAS, the continued economic and physical revitalization of the Hamilton Road Corridor / Eastland Area is an objective of the city of Columbus and in the best interest of the City as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development has conducted a complete and thorough search consistent with established City policies and guidelines for awarding professional service contracts and has selected the consulting firm of Basile Baumann Prost; and
WHEREAS, the plan will integrate land use, economic development, urban design, and services to ensure a comprehensive and implementable vision will be achieved; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is necessary to allow the Director of Development to enter into contract with the consulting firm of Basile Baumann Prost at the earliest possible date; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to initiate the analysis and for the consultant to begin work 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 $50,000 in the Jobs Growth Initiatives Fund, Fund 015 to the Department of Development, Planning Division, Division No. 44-06, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 446015.
Section 2. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the consulting firm of Basile Baumann Prost for the purpose of undertaking the Hamilton Road Corridor / Eastland Area Revitalization Plan.
Section 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $50,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Planning Development Division No. 44-06, General Fund, Fund 010, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 440334.
Section 4. That for the purpose stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $50,000 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 Initiatives Fund, Fund 015, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 446015.
Section 5. That this contract is awarded in accordance with Chapter 329.12 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
Section 6. 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.