Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant, enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Grant funding from the Department of Natural Resources, Land and Water Conservation Fund will be used to develop trails and support facilities at the Hayden Falls Park.
The City agrees to complete this project by the target completion date of December 31, 2003.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to have funding available for necessary expenditures and to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$43,000.00 in grant funding will be used to support the Hayden Falls Park Improvements Project.
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $43,000.00.
The expenditure of $43,000.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $43,000.00, to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Land and Water Conservation Fund to support the Hayden Falls Park Improvements Project, to authorize an appropriation of $43,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department, and to declare an emergency. ($43,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Land and Water Conservation Fund has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to support The Hayden Falls Park Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks ...
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