Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Ordinance 1671-2019 in order to change the funding source. The funding for 1671-2019 will now come from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Grant Fund instead of City of Columbus cost share funds.
Ordinance 1671-2019 authorized the Chief Innovation Officer to enter into a professional services contract with Park Mobile in an amount of up to $450,000.00 to create a one-stop location for drivers in Columbus to find, reserve, and pay for parking across the downtown and Short North areas of Columbus via both mobile and web applications. Parking providers of garages and surface lots will also be able to provide parking availability information to the application either automatically through an interface or through a web-based user interface. This will expand the functionality of the existing ParkColumbus parking application.
The original legislation used City cost share funds for the Smart City program to pay for this contract. Approval has since been obtained from USDOT to use the Smart City grant funds for this expense, which is why the legislation is being amended to change the source of the funding.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
This is a reimbursable budgeted expense of up to $450,000.000 for this project within Fund 7768 (Smart City Grant Program), Grant G591610 (2016 USDOT Smart City Award). Fund 7768, Grant G591610, Division 5912, already has $550,000.00 appropriated in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) so it will not be necessary to appropriate funds within the grant for this expense.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Chief Innovation Officer to execute a contract with Park Mobile authorizing the expenditure of requisite engineering and design funding so as to prevent unnecessary delays in the Smart City Challenge deployment schedule.
Title
To amend Ordinance 1671-2019 to change the source of funding to Smart City grant funds from City local match funds; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1671-2019 authorized the Chief Innovation Officer to enter into contract with Park Mobile to be funded with City cost share funds; and
WHEREAS, the source of funding for this contract will be changed from City cost share funds to Smart City grant funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists within the Smart City program in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Chief Innovation Officer to execute a contract with Park Mobile so as to prevent unnecessary delays in the Smart City Challenge deployment schedule; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance 1671-2019 be and hereby is amended as follows:
(fiscal impact)
This is a budgeted item within the Department of Public Services’ 2018 Capital Improvement Budget. Funds in the amount of $450,000.00 are available for this project in Fund 7704, the Streets and Highways Bond Fund. An amendment to the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget is required to establish sufficient budget authority for the project.
This is a reimbursable budgeted expense of up to $450,000.000 for this project within Fund 7768 (Smart City Grant Program), Grant G591610 (2016 USDOT Smart City Award). Fund 7768, Grant G591610, Division 5912, already has $550,000.00 appropriated in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) so it will not be necessary to appropriate funds within the grant for this expense.
(title)
To amend the 2019 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the Chief Innovation Officer to execute a professional services contract with Park Mobile relative to the Smart Columbus - Event Parking Management project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $450,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Smart City Grant Fund to pay for the expenditure; and to declare an emergency. ($450,000.00)
(body)
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2018 Capital Improvements Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure; funding for this expenditure will come from a reimbursable grant, Fund 7768 (Smart City Grant Program); and
(section 1)
SECTION 1. That the 2019 Capital Improvements Budget, authorized by Ordinance 0345-2019, be and is hereby amended as follows to establish sufficient authority for this project:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current C.I.B. / Change / Amended C.I.B.
7704 / P530163-100000 / Smart City Challenge (Voted Carryover) / $3,389,064.00 / ($450,000.00) / $2,939,064.00
7704 / P530163-100019 / Smart Columbus - Event Parking Management (Voted Carryover) / $0.00 / $450,000.00 / $450,000.00
(section 3)
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $450,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 5912 (Division of Design and Construction), Project 530163-100019 (Smart Columbus - Event Parking Management)7768 (Smart City Grant Fund), Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), Grant G591610 (2016 USDOT Smart City Award), in Object Class 06 (capital outlay) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.