City of Columbus - File #: 0485-2011

• File #: 0485-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/16/2011
• In control: Development Committee
• On agenda: 4/4/2011
• Final action: 4/7/2011
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Development and the City Auditor to return an amount equal to $98,873.00 representing the amount of reimbursement for work performed under said grant to the Ohio Department of Development and refunded to the Columbus Department of Development by Jaeger Commerce Park, LP; to authorize the appropriation of $98,873.00 from the General Government Grant Fund to the Department of Development; to authorize the expenditure of $98,873.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($98,873.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/7/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
4/6/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/4/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/4/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/22/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/22/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/22/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/18/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/16/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/16/2011	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this ordinance is to allow the Director of Development and the City Auditor to remit grant funds received, associated with the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) grant awarded to the former Jaeger Manufacturing and Union Fork and Hoe site, back to the Ohio Department of Development.

On June 9, 2008, Columbus City Council approved Ordinance Number 0841-08 to authorize the Director of Development to apply for a $750,000.00 COAF grant to clean up approximately 7.7 acres of the former Jaeger Manufacturing and Union Fork and Hoe site in consideration of Jaeger Commerce Park, LP constructing approximately 234 residential units with accompanying commercial space and a park. The COAF grant application was successful and Columbus City Council approved Ordinance Number 1814-08 authorizing the Director of Development to enter into agreements with the Ohio Department of Development and Jaeger Commerce Park, LP to receive the grant and apply it to site clean up.

Subsequent to executing agreements with the Ohio Department of Development and Jaeger Commerce Park, LP, the plans, as presented on the COAF grant application, had been changed by the developer without authorization from either the Ohio Department of Development or the City of Columbus to do so. As clean up work under the COAF grant had commenced, when the change in development plans had occurred, the Director of the Columbus Department of Development requested that expended funds of $98,873 be returned by Jaeger Commerce Park, LP, with the intent of refunding the expended funds returned to the Ohio Department of Development.

This ordinance allows for the refund of expended grant funds back to the Ohio Department of Development.

This ordinance is submitted as an emergency in order to allow for the immediate refund of expended grant funds associated with the COAF grant.

FISCAL IMPACT: The city will return an amount representing the refunded check for $98,873 to ...