City of Columbus - File #: 1788-2011

• File #: 1788-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/17/2011
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 11/14/2011
• Final action: 11/16/2011
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Service to apply to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention to facilitate an abatement effort to remove litter from the Sullivant Avenue corridor leading through Franklinton and accept said grant if awarded; to authorize the appropriation of $2,000.00 within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $2,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for this purpose from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/15/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/14/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/14/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Department of Public Service, Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program is eligible to apply for a grant sponsored by The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention in conjunction with its affiliation with Keep Ohio Beautiful. The grant, called "2012 Litter Cleanup Grant", is requesting funding to support a new litter abatement effort targeted at helping Franklinton, the City's founding neighborhood, remove accumulated trash and debris from one of its primary arteries, Sullivant Avenue. The project, named The Sullivant Avenue Litter Bust, is an effort to engage local organizations to host a monthly cleanup on the Avenue. The establishment of an ongoing monthly cleanup will re-build pride in the area and help to motivate neighborhoods and businesses to work together to target blight and improve the area's image.

The Ohio Revised Code (ORC), Chapter 1502, authorizes the Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention, with the approval of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, to award grants for the purpose of supporting litter cleanup activities. Grant awards may range up to $2,000 and all proposals must contain an actual litter collection component. No cash match is required, but local financial or in-kind contributions will help to demonstrate a sense of commitment.

Those eligible to apply include Ohio counties, municipal corporations, townships, villages, solid waste management districts or authorities, soil & water conservation districts, Keep Ohio Beautiful affiliates and any agencies of the state as defined in Chapter 119 of the Ohio Revised Code.

Keep Columbus Beautiful is requesting funding from ODNR to develop and support regular monthly cleanups of a 1.5 mile stretch of Sullivant Avenue beginning at Dodge Park to Central Avenue. The area targeted is both commercial and residential. Grant funds would be used to support this collaborative community improvement effort with litter ...