City of Columbus - File #: 0469-2011

• File #: 0469-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/15/2011
• In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 4/4/2011
• Final action: 4/7/2011
• Title: To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Education for the 2011 Summer Food Service Program; to appropriate $2,119,192.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund 286; and to declare an emergency. ($2,119,192.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/7/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
4/6/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/4/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/4/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/22/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2011	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/22/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/22/2011	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/21/2011	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/21/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/18/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/15/2011	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/15/2011	1	REC & PARKS DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/15/2011	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
This is a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sponsored program offered to Columbus Recreation and Parks Department (CRPD) through the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). As a sponsoring agency, the Recreation and Parks Department Summer Food Coordinator solicits other agencies, focusing on areas of need in and around the city, to act as sites for providing food services and determines their eligibility in the program. Each site can provide two of three meals (breakfast and lunch, breakfast and a snack, or lunch and a snack) to children ages 1 - 18 or of school aged eligibility. The 2011 Summer Food Program will operate from June 6 through August 19 serving approximately 150,000 breakfast meals, 340,000 lunch meals, and 25,000 snacks at 230 sites.

Benefits to Public:
Free breakfast, lunch and snacks are available to all those meeting income eligibility which is the same as the free school lunch program. Sites may also offer additional programming to Columbus youth in which they may participate.

Community Input/Issues:
Columbus Recreation and Parks has an ongoing partnership with Children's Hunger Alliance (CHA) to assist in targeting areas of need and potential sites. CHA also assists in advertising the available sites to the public via media releases, PSA's on local radio stations, interviews on the government access channel (CH 3), and articles in The Columbus Dispatch and area local newspapers.

Emergency Justification:
Emergency legislation is being requested so the contract for food services can be bid and in place in time for the operation of the 2011 program. A grant application was approved by the State of Ohio on January 19, 2011.

Fiscal Impact:
$2,119,192.00 in grant funding will be used exclusively for the operation of the 2011 Summer Food Service Program. The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $2,119,192.00.

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