Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus health statistics show an increase in disease associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. To encourage healthy and active living Columbus Public Health has budgeted $25,000.00 for making grants to non-profit organizations for community gardening projects. The City's Neighborhood Initiative Fund has an additional $15,000.00 available for the community gardening projects.
The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate funds within the Neighborhood Initiative Fund, to authorize the transfer and appropriation of $15,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiative Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund, and to authorize the payment of $40,000.00 to The Columbus Foundation-Foundation for Active Living for the management of the 2012 Community Gardening Project. The Foundation for Active Living is a donor-advised fund that was established by the Columbus Board of Health with The Columbus Foundation in 2008 under the authority of Ordinance No. 1210-2008, approved by City Council on July 14, 2008. Ordinance No. 0493-2011, approved by City Council on April 4, 2011, amended the agreement with The Columbus Foundation by authorizing The Columbus Foundation-Foundation for Active Living, to accept funds from the City.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow this transfer to be completed and the expenditure to be received by The Columbus Foundation-Foundation for Active Living as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: $40,000.00 has been designated for this project, which includes $25,000.00 from the Health Special Revenue Fund and $15,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiative Fund.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate funds within the Neighborhood Initiative Fund; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer these funds from the Neighborhood Initiative Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize the appropriation of these funds to the Health Special Revenue Fun...
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