City of Columbus - File #: 0285-2006

• File #: 0285-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/2/2006
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 4/3/2006
• Final action: 4/5/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into an agreement with the Columbus Urban League for the Fair Housing Program, to authorize the expenditure of $188,814.00 from the Community Development Block Grant fund, and to declare and emergency. ($188,814.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/5/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
4/4/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/3/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/3/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
4/3/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/13/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled to Certain Date	Pass
2/28/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/27/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/24/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/22/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/21/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/21/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/21/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/17/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/17/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/17/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/16/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
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Explanation

As a condition for the receipt of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the City to implement a Fair Housing Program. The Columbus Urban League (CUL) is the local agency that provides Fair Housing Services for the City. These services provide access to housing for minorities and disadvantaged persons through research, advocacy, landlord-tenant counseling, housing discrimination investigation, placement assistance and public education. The CUL implements the Fair Housing Action Plan, which seeks to eliminate the barriers to fair housing choice identified in the Analysis of Impediments. As the city's contractor for this activity, the CUL will promote the availability of and accessibility to safe, decent, sanitary and affordable housing and will work towards the elimination of overt and subtle patterns of housing discrimination.

Title

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into an agreement with the Columbus Urban League for the Fair Housing Program, to authorize the expenditure of $188,814.00 from the Community Development Block Grant fund, and to declare and emergency. ($188,814.00)


Body

WHERAS, it is the desire of the Department of Finance and Management to expend monies from the Community Development Block Grant Fund for an agreement with the Columbus Urban League for the Fair Housing Program, and

WHERAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to expend the aforementioned funds for the ongoing timely operation of the Fair Housing Program; Now, Therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

SECTION 1. That , in accordance with Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Code, the Director of the Department of Finance and Management is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with...