Explanation
This legislation will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in grant funds from the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission for park improvements with historic and cultural recognition to Livingston Park. Authorization to submit application for this grant was requested and approved via Ordinance # 0601-2009.
The grant funding will begin the first phase of the Livingston Park master plan, completed in 2009. The existing shelter will be removed and replaced with a lighted open trellis structure and plaza that becomes a neighborhood and visitor gathering space highlighting the unique park and neighborhood history and culture with graphic panels and benches. Additional park improvements will be improved walks, landscaping and site furnishings.
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To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant from the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for historic and cultural improvements to Livingston Park; to authorize an appropriation of $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant for historic and cultural improvements to Livingston Park; 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 to comply with the terms of the grant 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 $1,000,000.00.
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, 2010, the sum of $1,000,000.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51-01, as follows:
Fund Type; Grant, Dept No.; 51-01, Fund No.; 286, Grant No.; to be assigned by City Auditor, Obj Lvl 3; 6601, OCA Code; to be assigned by City Auditor, Amount; $1,000,000.00
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.