Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance amends Ordinance 1207-2008, passed on July 14, 2008, that authorized the Directors of the Departments of Development and the Public Service to enter into a development agreement with Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc., for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way. The project, American Addition is in the Columbus Public School District and has boundaries of Twelfth Avenue to the north, Dewey Avenue to the south, Joyce Avenue to the west and Puritan Avenue to the east. This legislation amends the boundaries for the first phase of the project for infrastructure improvements to begin with a new water line running from Joyce Avenue along to Woodford Avenue and including all necessary infrastructure improvements beginning at Woodford Avenue from the west side of the intersection of Cushing Alley to the east side of the intersection of Miantonomah Alley, Lee Avenue from south of Woodford Avenue to Helena Alley, and south of Woodford Avenue to Helena Alley and Cushing Alley from south of Woodford Avenue to Helena Alley. This legislation also increases the amount of funding from $1,000,000.00 to $1,110,000.00. The project in total will consist of 120 redeveloped lots in total with 12 homes constructed in the first phase.
Emergency action is requested so that the development agreement can be in place during the construction season.
FISCAL IMPACT: Additional funds for this project are available as cash in the 2009 CIB under Fund 735 Northland and Other Acquisitions.
Title
To amend Ordinance 1207-2008 to modify the boundaries and funding for a development agreement with Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc. (a not-for-profit affiliate of the Columbus Housing Partnership) for infrastructure construction reimbursement as part of the American Addition Project; to increase the contract amount by $110,000.00; to amend the 2009 CIB; to authorize the expenditure of $110,000.00 from the Northland and Other Acquisitions Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($110,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, City Ordinance 1207-2008, passed on July 14, 2008, authorized the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service to enter into a Development Agreement with the Columbus Housing Partnership for the first phase of street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way as part of the American Addition Project, Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, changes in the scope of the project have resulted in new boundaries for the first phase of infrastructure work and the need for additional funding to accomplish the work; and
WHEREAS, the development agreement has not yet been executed, these amendments will allow for the agreement to be executed with all necessary adjustments; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2009 Capital Improvement Budget authorized within Ordinance 0806-2009 to provide sufficient authority for this project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Departments of Development and Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a development agreement for infrastructure construction reimbursement as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project Capital Improvement Program so that development agreements can be in place during the construction season, thereby preserving 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 Ordinance 1207-2008, passed on July 14, 2008, be amended to modify the boundaries of the first phase of the project to begin with a new water line running from Joyce Avenue along to Woodford Avenue and including all necessary infrastructure improvements beginning at Woodford Avenue from the west side of the intersection of Cushing Alley to the east side of the intersection of Miantonomah Alley, Lee Avenue from south of Woodford Avenue to Helena Alley, and south of Woodford Avenue to Helena Alley and Cushing Alley from south of Woodford Avenue to Helena Alley .
Section 2. That the amount of funding for the development agreement is increased by $110,000.00 to $1,110,000.00.
Section 3. That the 2009 CIB authorized within Ordinance 0806-2009 be amended due to encumbrance cancellations to provide sufficient authority for this project as follows:
Fund No. / Project Number / Project / Current CIB Amount / Amendment Amount / CIB Amount as Amended
735 / 441735-100000 / Northland Mall Project / $0 / $287,595.90 / $287,595.90
Section 4. That the additional sum of $110,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Development Department, Division No. 44-01, Fund No. 735 Northland and Other Acquisitions, Project No. 441735-100000 Northland Mall Project, OCA Code 441735, Object Level Three 6680.
Section 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for any contract or contract modification associated with the expenditure of funds.
Section 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble thereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is 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.