City of Columbus - File #: 0495-2006

• File #: 0495-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/24/2006
• In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 3/13/2006
• Final action: 3/15/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $30,000.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for funding for urban wetlands assessments, to authorize an appropriation of $30,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department, and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/15/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/14/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/13/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/13/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/28/2006	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/28/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/28/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/28/2006	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/28/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/28/2006	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/27/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/27/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/24/2006	1	REC & PARKS DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	Rec & Parks Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant, enter into an agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.

Grant funding will be used for the urban wetlands assessments.

Emergency action is required to have funds available for necessary expenditures to conduct surveys in early spring of 2006.

FISCAL IMPACT:
$30,000.00 in grant funding will be used for the urban wetlands assessments.

The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $30,000.00.


Title

To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $30,000.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for funding for urban wetlands assessments, to authorize an appropriation of $30,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department, and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)



Body


WHEREAS, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant for urban wetlands assissments; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept said grant and appropriate said funds; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate said grant funds to have funding available to conduct surveys in early spring of 2006; now, therefore

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $30,000.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for urban wetlands assessments.

SECTION 2. That from...