City of Columbus - File #: 2007-2006

• File #: 2007-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/1/2006
• In control: Jobs and Economic Development Committee
• On agenda: 12/4/2006
• Final action: 12/7/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of the Columbus Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Development to receive and administer Clean Ohio assistant grant funds in an amount of $750,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $750,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize and direct the Director of the Columbus Department of Development to enter into an agreement with Civil and Environmental Consultants to apply said grant funding for environmental clean up work at Wheatland Avenue Property in the Hilltop Area of Columbus; to authorize the expenditure of $750,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($750,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
12/6/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/4/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/4/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/14/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/14/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/14/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/14/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/9/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/8/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/8/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/8/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/8/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/7/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/7/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/7/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/6/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/6/2006	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/6/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: Pursuant to ordinance No. 0141-2006, passed by Columbus City Council on February 8, 2006, the Columbus Department of Development applied for, and was awarded, a Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grant of $750,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Development to perform environmental clean up at the Wheatland Avenue property in the Hilltop Area of Columbus.

The purpose of this legislation is to authorize an agreement between the Columbus Department of Development and the Ohio Department of Development to receive and administer the grant and to authorize Civil and Environmental Consultants to apply the grant funding toward the environmental cleanup at the project site.

The Wheatland Property is situated in the Hilltop Area on the north side of West Broad Street just east of Wheatland Avenue and west of the Ohio Department of Transportation headquarters. The site is 22 acres and was acquired by the City of Columbus from the State of Ohio in 2004 where it formerly served as a psychiatric hospital complex.

With input from Hilltop Area residents, the Columbus Department of Development requested and received developer proposals to convert the site to residential use. Dominion Homes was selected to construct approximately 100 new single-family homes on the site with an average estimated value of $125,000 per home.

A recent Phase 2 environmental assessment (approved April 25, 2005, Ord. No. 0594-05) conducted by consultants for the Columbus Department of Development revealed the site will required asbestos removal, structural demolition and soil clean up to prepare the site for redevelopment.

In preparation for a Clean Ohio Assistance Fund Grant award, the Columbus Department of Development undertook a Request for Proposal process during May and June of this year where up to 25 bids were solicited to clean and prepare the Wheatland Avenue property under a Clean Ohio Grant should the City be awarded the...