City of Columbus - File #: 0020-2004

• File #: 0020-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/23/2003
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 1/26/2004
• Final action: 1/28/2004
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute three (3) Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority; to designate a Division of Sewerage and Drainage Sanitary System Improvement project as the sponsoring project for all three WRRSP projects; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/28/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
1/27/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
1/26/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
1/26/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
1/15/2004	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
1/15/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/14/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/14/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
1/14/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/13/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/13/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/13/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/13/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/12/2004	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/12/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/9/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND

A. Need: This legislation is required of the City to execute three Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) agreements with the Ohio EPA and the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). A designated Sewerage and Drainage Division Project, identified in Section 2., is the sponsoring project for all three WRRSP projects. These projects were nominated by the City and have received funding approval through the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Program.

B. Emergency Designation: This authorizing legislation must be submitted to the Ohio EPA by February 13, 2004, or this projects will be subject to removal from the priority list.

2. FISCAL IMPACT N/A


Title

To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute three (3) Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) agreements with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority; to designate a Division of Sewerage and Drainage Sanitary System Improvement project as the sponsoring project for all three WRRSP projects; and to declare an emergency.


Body

WHEREAS, the City has nominated three Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program (WRRSP) projects and has designated a Division of Sewerage and Drainage project as the sponsoring project; and

WHEREAS, the Ohio EPA has informed the City that these three WRRSP projects have ranked within the funding range and are listed on the priority list of the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Draft 2004 Program Management Plan; and

WHEREA, this legislation must be approved and a certified copy must be submitted to the Ohio EPA by the close of business on February 13, 2004 therefore an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute these three Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program projects ...