City of Columbus - File #: 1337-2009

• File #: 1337-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/7/2009
• In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 10/26/2009
• Final action: 10/29/2009
• Title: To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $1,000,000.00 and enter into an agreement with the State of Ohio, acting by and through the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, to appropriate these funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/29/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/28/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/26/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/26/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/14/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/14/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/14/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/14/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/13/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/13/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/9/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/9/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/9/2009	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/9/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/8/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/8/2009	1	REC & PARKS DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/8/2009	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into an agreement with the State of Ohio, acting by and through the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.

At a later date, an ordinance will be submitted to add the grant funding to the Park Construction Agreement for the Scioto Mile Project with Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, which was authorized by Ordinance No. 1746-2007 and used to pay for construction of the proposed bandshell in Bicentennial Park.

This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to meet deadlines imposed by the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission for execution of the agreement necessary to receive the grant.

Fiscal Impact:
$1,000,000.00 in grant funding will be used for construction of the bandshell as part of the Scioto Mile Riverfront Park system.

The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $1,000,000.00.

Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $1,000,000.00 and enter into an agreement with the State of Ohio, acting by and through the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission, to appropriate these funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)

Body

WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, acting by and through the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant in the amount of $1,000,000.00 for development of parkland in the downtown riverfront area from Battelle Park to Bicentennial Park, and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for expenditures; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately ...