Explanation
Ordinance No. 0108-2008, passed January 26, 2009, authorized the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a construction contract with Shaw and Holter, Inc./Owbow River and Stream Restoration in connection with the Clover Groff Stream Restoration Phase I project. Funding for this project was stated within original legislation to come from the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). It has since been determined that the funding for this project comes from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP). The funding will be listed as WPLCF # CS 392465-01, and WRRSP # CS 399026-01. The legislation should have referenced that this is an OEPA WRRSP funded project and the original ordinance was incorrect. This ordinance amends 0108-2008 to correct the name of the funding source.
Emergency action is requested in order to keep the project on schedule for completion prior to loan deadline.
Fiscal Impact:
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Title
To amend Ordinance No. 0108-2008, passed January 29, 2009, by correcting the name of the funding source, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, on January 29, 2009, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance No. 0108-2008, authorizing the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with Shaw and Holter, Inc. / Oxbox River and Stream in conjunction with the Clover Groff Stream Restoration-Phase I project; and
WHEREAS, it has since been determined that the name of funding source in the ordinance was incorrect; and
WHEREAS, the correct name of the funding source for this project should be the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency WRRSP # CS 399026-01, WPLCF # CS 392465-01 and:
WHEREAS, the project will be administered by OWDA and payments will come from the OWDA directly to contractor; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends 0108-2008 to correct the name of the organization funding this project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance No. 0108-2008, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 0108-2008 shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. That the proceeds from WRRSP #CS 399026-01, WPLCF # CS 392465-01, OWDA Loan # 4784, approved 9/27/07, for the Clover Groff Stream Restoration-Phase 1 project will be paid directly from OWDA to the contractor using OEPA WRRSP funding.
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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.