Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Directors of the Departments of Development and the Public Service to enter into a development agreement with Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC for street and infrastructure improvements in the public right of way. The project, Whitney Young, is in the Columbus Public School District and located in an area bounded by Mount Vernon Avenue to the north, Martin Luther King Blvd east, Hamilton Avenue west. The project will contain 28 homes, condominiums and single-family.
Emergency action is requested so that the development agreement can be in place during the construction season.
FISCAL IMPACT: Cancelled funds from auditor's certificates and purchase orders will make the monies available for this project.
Title
To amend the 2007 Capital Improvements Budget; To authorize the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service to enter into a development agreement with Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC, for infrastructure construction reimbursement as part of the Columbus Housing Initiatives Project, Capital Improvement Program pursuant to Section 186 of the Columbus City Charter; to authorize the expenditure of $364,000 from the Voted 1995, 1999, and 2004 Streets and Highways Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($364,000) (AMENDED BY ORD. 1157-2009 PASSED 9/14/2009)
Body
WHEREAS, the Directors of the Departments of Development and Public Service desire to enter into a Development Agreement with the Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC 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. Chapter 901.01 of the Code of the City of Columbus, Ohio 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, Whitney Young is in the Columbus Public School District and locat...
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