City of Columbus - File #: 1256-2009

• File #: 1256-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/18/2009
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 10/26/2009
• Final action: 10/29/2009
• Title: To transfer all sidewalk waiver fees currently in the Sidewalk Waiver Fund Project in the General Permanent Improvement Fund into a fund to be established by the City Auditor for sidewalk and bikeway capital improvement projects use in specific Community Planning Areas.

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
10/26/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/19/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
10/2/2009	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2009	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/2/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2009	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/1/2009	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/1/2009	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/25/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/25/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/23/2009	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/22/2009	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/22/2009	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/18/2009	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The purpose of this legislation is to transfer between funds sidewalk waiver fees collected prior to City Council passing Ordinance 1987-2008 on December 15, 2008. The ordinance updated the City's Codes pertaining to sidewalks and bikeways. Furthermore, the ordinance authorized the City Auditor to establish funds into which fees for construction exemptions of bikeway facilities or sidewalks approved by the Director of Public Service may be deposited.

The Director of Public Service subsequently promulgated new Rules and Regulations for Sidewalk and Bikeway Facility Requirements on March 21, 2009. The City Auditor has established the new funds per Ordinance 1987-2008.

Between 2000 and 2007, the Department of Public Service received 186 sidewalk waiver requests, of which 87 requests were granted. In certain cases, the City accepted fees in lieu of constructing or granting a total waiver of sidewalk obligation. Those fees collected totaled $248,883.27 and are on deposit in Fund 748.

This proposed legislation transfers the old sidewalk waiver fees into these new funds, and they will be tracked and utilized per Ordinance 1987-2008 and the March 21, 2009 Rules and Regulations for Sidewalk and Bikeway Facility Requirements. The new rules and regulations allow for collected construction exemption fees to be used in implementing sidewalk and bikeway facility improvements in the same Community Planning Area, similar to how the City's parkland dedication process works.

2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no cost to the city of Columbus at this time.

Title
To transfer all sidewalk waiver fees currently in the Sidewalk Waiver Fund Project in the General Permanent Improvement Fund into a fund to be established by the City Auditor for sidewalk and bikeway capital improvement projects use in specific Community Planning Areas.

Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council passed on December 15, 2008 Ordinance 1987-2008, which amended Columbus...