Explanation
Background:
This project will acquire a property along Dysart Run, near Broad Street and Waggoner Road. This legislation request will enable the Director to sign the grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission and for the appropriation of grant and matching funds.
Land acquisition expenditure legislation will be created separately at a later date after negotiations by the Real Estate Office. The project consists of fee simple acquisition of 41.5 acres of land along the Dysart Run stream corridor. The Dysart Run project will preserve a critical stand of forest and headwaters along a tributary of Blacklick Creek, on the city’s far east side near Broad Street and Wagoner Road. The project provides natural area preservation of high quality habitat in a dense urban neighborhood.
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to enter in the grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission and to fulfill the schedule required by the granting authority.
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to accept and appropriate grant funds in the amount of $983,320.00. The city will contribute $602,680 toward the match for a total project cost of $1,586,000. The city match will come from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission in the amount of $983,320.00 for the Dysart Run Project; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $602,680.00 within Recreation and Parks Fund 702; to authorize the appropriation of $1,586,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,586,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Public Works Commission has awarded the City of Columbus grant funding in the amount of $983,320 for the Dysart Run Project.
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with the Ohio Public Works Co...
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