Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Clean Ohio Council to accept a $3 million Clean Ohio program grant for brownfield remediation at the former AC Humko site in the Harrison West neighborhood of Columbus. Approval to apply for the grant was given under Ordinance No. 0729-03, passed May 12, 2003. Authority granted under this legislation will help to allow construction to proceed with the AC Humko redevelopment which will include over 300 residential units, totaling over $40 million in new investment. Companion legislation authorizes approval of an agreement between the City and the developers of the AC Humko site, Royal Tallow Holdings Ltd., who will be directly engaged with site clean-up.
FISCAL IMPACT: There are no costs to the City of Columbus. The City will receive $3 million and administer the use of funds for site clean-up in cooperation with the site developers, Royal Tallow Holdings Ltd., at the former AC Humko site. This ordinance will authorize the grant agreement and the appropriation of the grant funds.
EMERGENCY
JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to undertake site clean up and the construction of roadways prior to the start of construction for housing and to utilize the Clean Ohio brownfield remediation grant prior to its expiration in 2006.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Clean Ohio Council for a $3 million Clean Ohio program grant for brownfield remediation at the former AC Humko site; to authorize the appropriation of $3,000,000 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,000,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Clean Ohio program will award $40 million per year, for five years, to communities throughout Ohio for the purpose of cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated or abandoned prope...
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