City of Columbus - File #: 2720-2024

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Action Details	Meeting Details
10/30/2024	1	CITY CLERK	Attest		Action details	Meeting details
10/29/2024	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed		Action details	Meeting details
10/28/2024	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed		Action details	Meeting details
10/28/2024	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass	Action details	Meeting details
10/21/2024	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time		Action details	Meeting details

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND

The Ohio EPA requires this ordinance which authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to apply for and execute Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) loan agreements in 2025 for the design and construction of Sanitary, Stormwater, and Treatment Engineering Capital Improvement Projects as identified in Section 1 of this ordinance, under the direction of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage (DOSD). This loan program is jointly administered by the Ohio EPA's Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance and the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). The WPCLF Loan Fund program provides below-market interest rate loans for municipal Wastewater and Stormwater system improvements.

The Department of Public Utilities anticipates applying for loan funding for the projects listed in Section 1 of this ordinance. However, it may become necessary to add or subtract from this list of projects depending upon project schedule adjustments, departmental need, or the loan agency deciding a project is not eligible for funding. The dollar amount of each loan will be based upon bids received for construction services projects, or after professional service contract pricing has been negotiated as part of the City's Request for Proposal process for design projects.

2. FISCAL IMPACT

There is sufficient budget authority in the 2025 Sewer Systems and Stormwater Operating Funds for the loan fee expenditures. These loans will be paid off over a 20-year period from Sewerage System and Stormwater rates (dedicated sources of repayment). Sewerage System and Stormwater rate increases have been projected and planned in anticipation of these projects and loans.

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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to apply for, accept, and enter into Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loan Agreements with the Ohio Water Development Authority and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the financing of Division of Sewerage and Drainage design and construction projects; and to designate a dedicated source of repayment for the loans. ($0.00)

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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities is scheduled to prepare loan applications for submittal to the Ohio EPA under the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) program to finance, through below-market interest rate loans, the planning, design and construction of capital improvements projects under the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, which said financial assistance may be of help in reducing total project costs to the City's Sewerage and Stormwater customers; and

WHEREAS, prior to WPLCF loan agreement approval by the Ohio Water Development Authority, the WPCLF loan application and loan agreement documents require the City to submit to the Ohio EPA a certified copy of approved City Council legislation authorizing the Director of the Public Utilities Department to apply for and subsequently execute said WPCLF agreements, and to authorize a dedicated source of loan repayment for the loans; and

WHEREAS, it may become necessary to add or subtract to the list of projects anticipated to apply for Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund financing due to schedule adjustments, departmental need, or the loaning agency deciding a project is not eligible for a loan; and

WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Director to apply for, accept and enter into WPCLF loan agreements with Ohio Water Development Authority and submit a copy of this legislation to the Ohio EPA prior to the OWDA board's consideration for approval as part of the loan agreements’ approval process; now, therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to apply for, accept, and enter into Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loan Agreements with the Ohio Water Development Authority and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, for the financing of Division of Sewerage and Drainage projects listed below:

1	610050-100000	Fountain Square Stormwater System Improvements
2	610055-100000	Storm Sewer Large Diameter Condition Assessment, Phase 1
3	610055-100004	Large Diameter Condition Assessment, Phase 4
4	610739-100000	Petzinger Rd. Stormwater Improvements
5	610910-100002	Franklinton Area Storm Sewer Rehabilitation
6	611021-100000	SMOC Facility Stormwater Improvements
7	611031-100000	ST-21, ST-22, ST-23 Improvements
8	611037-100000	Krieger Court Stormwater Improvements
9	611038-100001	Twin Lakes Dam Rehabilitation
10	611038-100002	Greenlawn Dam Rehabilitation
11	611040-100000	Barnett Road Stormwater Improvements Project
12	611040-100001	Towers Court Storm System Improvements
13	611660-100029	DOSD Stormwater Pump Station ST-29 Evaluation & Upgrade
14	611707-100000	Second Avenue Storm Sewer Improvements
15	611720-100000	Storm Sewer Lining Projects
16	611725-100001	Northeast Area Storm Sewer Improvements, Phase 1
17	650033-100003	Central College Subtrunk Extension Phase 3
18	650033-100006	Walnut Street Sanitary Sewer Extension
19	650179-100001	Castle Rd Force Main Improvements
20	650240-100000	JPWWPT Digester Improvements
21	650245-100001	Jackson Pike WWTP Aeration Optimization
22	650245-100002	JP A-Plant Secondary Clarifier Electrical Upgrades & Misc Improvements
23	650246-100001	JPWWTP Sludge Dewatering Improvements
24	650252-100010	JPWWTP Screening Improvements
25	650257-100101	JPWWTP Power System Upgrades & Safety Improvements - Phase 1
26	650260-102018	JPWWTP Sludge Concentration Building Demolition
27	650260-103016	SWWTP Hazardous Gas Monitors Replacement
28	650265-100203	SWWTP CHB H51 & SDB Zoning/VAV Upgrades
29	650346-100002	SWWTP VFD & Harmonic Filter Upgrades
30	650346-100004	SWWTP Switching Station Replacement - Design (CMAR)
31	650346-100004	SWWTP Switching Station Replacement - Construction (CMAR)
32	650349-100001	SWWTP Sludge Dewatering Improvements
33	650352-100007	SWWTP Main Drain Alternative Pipe Route
34	650352-100008	SWWTP Biofilter Cold Weather Reliability Improvements
35	650352-100009	SWWTP IJC Improvements - Design (CMAR)
36	650352-100009	SWWTP IJC Improvements - Construction (CMAR)
37	650353-100007	SWWTP Organics Receiving and Bioenergy Utilization Facility
38	650354-100000	SWWTP Post Aeration Diffuser Replacement
39	650357-100101	SWWTP Power Systems Upgrades & Safety Improvements - Phase 1
40	650371-100000	SWWTP Primary Clarification Improvements
41	650375-100003	Compost Facility Odor Reduction Improvements - Part 2
42	650377-100000	Southerly Stormwater and Floodplain Improvements
43	650380-100002	Southerly WWTP Capacity Evaluation & Expansion Optimization Study
44	650404-100052	2025 Annual Lining Contract
45	650491-100010	Intermodal Santiary Subtrunk Extension - Phase 2
46	650493-100000	Three Creeks Relief Tunnel
47	650660-100013	DOSD Sanitary Pump Station SA-13 Evaluation and Upgrades
48	650660-100100	DOSD Sanitary Pump Stations
49	650662-100001	DOSD EV Charging Facilities
50	650704-100004	OARS Grit Cleaning & Screening Improvements
51	650725-100011	Blacklick Creek Trunk-South (Phase 1) Rehabilitation
52	650725-100018	Near North & East Large Diameter Assessment; Phase 3
53	650725-100027	Scioto Main North Large Diameter Sewer Rehabilitation
54	650725-100034	Alum Creek - Phase D - South Sewer Rehabilitation
55	650768-100003	Third Avenue Relief Sewer, Phase 3
56	650860-222190	Upsizing Sewer Near South ID 2
57	650860-322190	Upsizing Sewer Near South ID 3
58	650870-101201	Blueprint Miller-Kelton - Green Infrastructure - Newton/Bedford
59	650870-101202	Blueprint Miller-Kelton - Green Infrastructure - Kent/Fairwood
60	650870-109152	Blueprint 5th by NW - Green Infrastructure - Edgehill/Meadow
61	650870-109153	Blueprint 5th by NW - Permeable Pavers - Sunrise/Glenn
62	650870-110161	Blueprint Clintonville - Green Infrastructure - Winthrop/Milton
63	650870-110165	Blueprint Clintonville - Green Infrastructure - Milford/Summit
64	650870-110167	Walhalla Ravine Stream Restoration
65	650870-110191	Leland/Highland Area Integrated Solutions (GI)
66	650870-110193	Croswell/Beaumont Area Integrated Solutions (GI)
67	650870-110194	Jeffrey/Sellers Area Integrate Solutions (GI)
68	650870-115153	Blueprint Hilltop 4 - Green Infrastructure - Highland/Harris
69	650870-139251	Lower Olentangy Watershed Stream Restorations
70	650870-153001	Blueprint Hilltop 1 - Permeable Pavers - Palmetto/Westgate
71	650870-162001	Blueprint Miller-Kelton - Permeable Pavers - Newton/Bedford
72	650870-162002	Blueprint Miller-Kelton - Permeable Pavers - Kent/Fairwood
73	650872-153001	Blueprint Hilltop - Lateral Lining - Palmetto/Westgate Project #1
74	650872-153002	Blueprint Hilltop - Lateral Lining - Palmetto/Westgate Project #2
75	650872-153005	Blueprint Hilltop 1 - Lateral Lining - Eureka/Fremont Project 5
76	650872-153006	Blueprint Hilltop 1 - Lateral Lining - Eureka/Fremont Project 6
77	650875-110200	Blueprint Clintonville 2 Mainline Lining
78	650875-120210	Blueprint Livingston-James 5 - Mainline Lining
79	650895-100004	Community Park / Maple Canyon HSTS Elimination
80	650895-100007	Sunbury Rd/Mock Rd HSTS Elimination
81	650895-100008	Spangler Rd. / Williams Rd. HSTS Elimination Project
82	650902-100001	Clinton Sewer District Number 3 - OSU Carmenton Dist Sewer Extension

SECTION 2. City Council understands and agrees that the list of projects in Section 1 of this ordinance are the projects anticipated to be funded with Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loan Agreements; that it may become necessary to add or subtract from this list of projects for various reasons including project schedule adjustments, departmental need, or the loaning agency deciding a project is not eligible for funding; and City Council authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to make changes to the list as the Director of Public Utilities deems necessary without seeking City Council approval for the changes and without amending this ordinance.

SECTION 3. That Sewerage System Service Charges are hereby authorized to be the dedicated source of repayment for the Sanitary and Treatment Engineering projects’ Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loans.

SECTION 4. That Stormwater Fees are hereby authorized to be the dedicated source of repayment for the Stormwater projects’ Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loans.

SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.

SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this Ordinance.

SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.