Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into agreement with the State of Ohio-Natureworks Program, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. The State of Ohio-Natureworks Program awarded funding to the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department to construct a 1,350 linear foot, 4 foot wide crushed stone trail with a 90 linear foot boardwalk. The target completion date for this project is June 30, 2010. The total project cost is estimated to be $99,721.99. A local match of $70,245.99 is required from the Recreation and Parks Department and will be provided from the Recreation and Parks Special Purpose Fund 223, Waterways Nature Preservation.
Emergency action is requested in order to have funding available for necessary expenditures.
Fiscal Impact: $28,476.00 in grant funding will be used for the park improvements. The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unapproprited balance by $28,476.00. The expenditure of $28,476.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into agreement with the State of Ohio-Natureworks Program for the Woodward Park Nature Preserve Trail, to authorize an appropriation of $28,476.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($28,476.00)
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WHEREAS, the State of Ohio-Natureworks Program has awarded the Recreation and Parks Department a grant to construct a 1,350 linear foot, 4 foot wide crushed stone trail and 90 linear foot boardwalk in the Woodward Park Nature Preserve; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept said grant and appropriate said funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department i...
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