Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Department of Finance and Management Director to enter onto a contract with the Board of Education of the Columbus City Schools City to execute an exchange of ownership of real estate and to acquire all easements necessary for the construction of a neighborhood education facility to provide pre-Kindergarten classrooms and other related services to serve the needs of low-income residents in the Hilltop area.
This ordinance also appropriates and encumbers $250,000.00 from the Community Development Block Grant. As part of the Mayor’s initiative to ensure that every Columbus 4-year-old has access to a high-quality pre-kindergarten education, the Hilltop Early Childhood Partnership was formed. The Partnership identified that of the approximately 2,000 4-year-old children residing in the Greater Hilltop Area, only 152 children are enrolled in high-quality, community-based early learning programs. The Partnership recommended that the City build a new pre-K education facility in the Hilltop to increase classroom capacity to allow for additional enrollment in pre-K and related programs. The location identified to best suit these goals is the 0.706 acres +/- portion of Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-066711 owned by Columbus City Schools.
This ordinance provides for the exchange of ownership of that city-owned parcel identified as Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-055302, for a 0.706 acres +/- portion of Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-066711 owned by the Board of Education of the Columbus City Schools. In addition, this ordinance provides for acquisition of both temporary and permanent easements over, under, across and through a .344 acre portion of Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-066711 as necessary for the construction of the education facility.
Fiscal Impact: The funding for this project ($250,000.00) has been budgeted by the Department of Finance and Management and is available within the Community Development Block ...
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