Explanation
Background:
An application is being submitted to the Ohio Public Works Commission for a Clean Ohio Conservation Fund grant.
The application is for $ 806,100 to be used for the Big Walnut Creek Corridor Preservation Project, Three Creeks Park to Nafzger Park. The funds will be used to acquire properties for the preservation of 4.0 miles of riparian corridor. The application will be for $ 596,100 (74% of total ) in OPWC conservation funding.
The City's matching portion of this grant (26%---$210,000) is to come from capital improvement bond funding.
Emergency action is requested so the legislation can be included in the grant application package due September 1, 2006.
Fiscal Impact:
$ 806,100 in grant funding is being applied for and requested from the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund administered by the Ohio Public Works Commission. No funding from the city is required at this time. At award of the grant, additional legislation will be prepared to appropriate the required funding.
Title
To support the application for two Clean Ohio Grants by the Recreation and Parks Department to fund the Big Walnut Creek Corridor Preservation Project, Three Creeks Park to Nafzger Park, and to declare an emergency.
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Whereas, the Ohio Public Works Commission, District 3, is accepting applications for grant funding from the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund; and
Whereas, the Recreation and Parks Department wishes to apply for said funding for the Big Walnut Creek Corridor Preservation Project, Three Creeks Park to Nafzger Park; and
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that is immediately necessary to enact this legislation so it can be included in the grant application package due September 1, 2006 and for the preservation of public health, peace, property, and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL FO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to submit a grant application in the amount of $ 806,100 to the Ohio Public Works Commission, District 3, for the Clean Ohio Conservation Fund.
Section 2. That this ordinance authorized an application only and is not a commitment to expend City funds. A second ordinance to authorize the grant is required before the City will obligate its funds.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution 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.