Explanation
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a $39,590.00 grant and enter into agreements with the State of Ohio - Ohio Public Works Commission, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. Funding has been awarded to purchase future parkland known as Mason Run Forested Floodplain Preservation CCFAE.
The total project cost is estimated to be $53,500.00. A match of $13,910.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Department. The required local match will be provided from the Recreation and Parks Capital Improvement program dollars on a future piece of legislation for the acquisition prepared by city's Real Estate Division.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $39,590.00 and enter into agreement with the State of Ohio - Ohio Public Works Commission for land acquisition known as Mason Run Forested Floodplain, and to authorize an appropriation of $39,590.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department. ($39,590.00)
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WHEREAS, the State of Ohio - The Ohio Public Works Commission, has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant for land acquisition; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept said grant and appropriate said funds; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $39,590.00 and enter into agreement with the State of Ohio - Ohio Public Works Commission for land acquisition along Mason Run.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 764, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal...
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