Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City is required to conduct Environmental Review Record of all federally funded projects to determine whether the projects meet federal, state, and local environmental standards. CAP-STONE & Associates, Inc. (dba and referred to throughout as Stone Environmental Engineering and Science, Inc.) has been assisting the Department of Finance and Management in preparing Environmental Review Records for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded projects.
Ordinance 0478-2023 authorized the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a professional services contract with Stone Environmental Engineering and Science Inc. (PO377372) for consultation services in the amount of $57,000.00 for the period of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
This ordinance is needed to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify the aforementioned contract to increase the budget by $30,000.00 using HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) funds, for a total project cost of $87,000.00.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance will authorize the expenditure of $30,000.00 from the HOME Program Entitlement Fund (Fund 2201).
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $30,000.00 from the HOME Program Entitlement Fund 2201; to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to modify the professional services contract with Stone Environmental Engineering and Science Inc. (PO377372) to increase the budget by $30,000.00; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is an entitlement community and a Participating Jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the City is a current recipient of various HUD Community Planning Division (CPD) grant funds; and
WHEREAS, an environmental review is the process of reviewing a project and its potential environmental impacts to determine whether it meets federal, state, and local environmental standard...
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