Explanation
Background:
This project will acquire a property along Big Walnut Creek, on Noe-Bixby Road, near Nafzger Park. This legislation request will enable the Director to sign the grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission and for the appropriation of grant and matching funds. Land acquisition expenditure legislation will be created separately at a later date after negotiations by the Real Estate Office. The project consists of fee simple acquisition of 35 acres of land along the Big Walnut Creek stream corridor. Over 1,150 feet of stream corridor will be preserved. The Big Walnut Creek-Refugee Preservation project will preserve a critical stand of forested floodplain along Big Walnut Creek, on the city’s southeast side near Noe Bixby and Refugee Roads. The site will provide a continuous preservation corridor for over 4.5 miles of the stream from Three Creeks Park to Nafzger Park. The project provides natural area preservation of high quality habitat in a dense urban neighborhood.
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to enter in the grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission and to fulfill the schedule required by the granting authority.
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to accept and appropriate grant funds in the amount of $173,000.00. The City will contribute $74,000.00 toward the match for a total project cost of $247,000.00. The City match will come from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund.
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To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission in the amount of $173,000.00 for the Big Walnut Creek-Refugee Preservation Project; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $74,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 702; to authorize the appropriation of $247,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund 286; and to declare an emergency. ($247,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio ...
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