Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a guaranteed maximum reimbursement contract with Jeffrey Place Development LLC for brownfield clean up within the Jeffrey Place development site. Jeffrey Place Development LLC has finalized plans for this traditional neighborhood development to include over 850 residential units, a neighborhood school and hotel, retail space and over 300,000 square feet of office space. Ordinance No. 1916-02 passed by City Council on December 9, 2002, authorized an agreement with the State Clean Ohio Council to receive a $3 million Clean Ohio grant for site clean up at Jeffrey Place. This ordinance will also repeal Ordinance 1915-02 passed by City Council on December 9, 2002. This ordinance authorized an agreement with Jeffrey Place Development LLC for administration of a $3 million Clean Ohio program grant for brownfield remediation on the site.
Site remediation and construction is set to begin in the spring of 2004.
Fiscal Impact: $3 million Ohio Department of Development Clean Ohio Grant.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to undertake site clean up and the construction of roadways prior to the start of construction for housing and commercial structures and to utilize the Clean Ohio brownfield remediation grant prior to its expiration in 2005.
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To repeal Ordinance No. 1915-02; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development, in accordance with Section 186 of the Columbus City Charter, to enter into a guaranteed maximum reimbursement contract for $3,000,000 with Jeffrey Place Development LLC for purposes of brownfield site clean up under a Clean Ohio grant at Jeffrey Place; to authorize the City Auditor to pay directly contractor(s) of Jeffrey Place Development LLC; to waive the provisions of competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency. ($3,000,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Jeffrey Place Deve...
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