City of Columbus - File #: 2728-2003

• File #: 2728-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/10/2003
• In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 2/2/2004
• Final action: 2/4/2004
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $230,800.00 from the Ohio Public Works Commission for the restoration and protection of Glen Echo Ravine in Glen Echo Park, to authorize an appropriation of $230,800.00 from the unappropriated balance of the State Issue II Projects Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department, and to declare an emergency. ($230,800.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/4/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/3/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/2/2004		Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
2/2/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
1/23/2004	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
1/23/2004	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/14/2004	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/14/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
1/14/2004	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/13/2004	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/13/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Disapproved
1/7/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/7/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/7/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/6/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/6/2004	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/5/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
12/31/2003	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/16/2003	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/16/2003	1	REC & PARKS DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the State Issue II Projects Grant Fund.

Grant monies will be used for the restoration and protection of Glen Echo Ravine in Glen Echo Park. The City agrees to complete this project by the target date of October 31, 2004.

This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up-to-date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management. Emergency action is also necessary to have funding available for necessary expenditures.

Fiscal Impact:
$230,800.00 in grant funding will be used for the restoration and protection of Glen Echo Ravine in Glen Echo Park.

The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the State Issue II Projects Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $230,800.00.

The expenditure of $230,800.00 is budgeted in the State Issue II Projects Grant Fund.

Title

To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $230,800.00 from the Ohio Public Works Commission for the restoration and protection of Glen Echo Ravine in Glen Echo Park, to authorize an appropriation of $230,800.00 from the unappropriated balance of the State Issue II Projects Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department, and to declare an emergency. ($230,800.00)

Body

WHEREAS, the Ohio Public Works Commission, has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to support the restoration and protection of Glen Echo Ravine in Glen Echo Park; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate said grant funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures;...