Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Directors of the Departments of Development and the Public Service to enter into a development agreement with Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc., the Community Housing Development Organization for Columbus Housing Partnership, for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way. The project, Crossing at Joyce also known as Casita Park Subdivision, is located in the Columbus Public School District and located in an area east of Joyce Avenue and on the north side of Twenty-Fourth Avenue. The project will contain 13 homes.
Emergency action is requested so that the development agreement can be in place during the construction season.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this project are from the Voted 1995, 1999 Streets and Highways Fund capital improvements budget. Ordinance 1858-2006 cancels auditor's certificate AC900795 to make funds available for this project.
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To authorize the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service to enter into a development agreement with Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc, for infrastructure construction reimbursement as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program; to authorize the expenditure of $234,000 from the Voted 1995, 1999 Streets and Highways Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($234,000)
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WHEREAS, the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service desire to enter into a Development Agreement with the Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc. for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, Article I of Section 901.01 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, authorizes the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service to enter into an agreement providing for such improvements; and
WHEREAS, the project, Crossing at Joyce also known as Casita Park Subdivision, is located in the Columbus Public School District and located in an area east of Joyce Avenue and on the north side of Twenty-Fourth Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the development agreement will provide for the reimbursement of costs of constructing infrastructure improvements, including applicable construction inspection fees, in the public right of way for 13 homes; 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 the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service are hereby authorized to enter into a development agreement with Central Ohio Housing Development Organization, Inc, for the period of October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, for the reimbursement of costs of constructing infrastructure improvements, including applicable construction inspection fees, for 13 homes in the Crossing at Joyce also known as Casita Park Subdivision.
Section 2. That this development agreement is a guaranteed fixed price contract whose total amount shall not exceed $234,000.00 pursuant to Section 186 of the Columbus City Charter.
Section 3. That the sum of $234,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from Fund 704, Voted 1995, Voted 1999 Streets and Highway Fund, Transportation Division, Department No. 59-03, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA Code 644385 and Project No. 530303.
Section 4. 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.