City of Columbus - File #: 0577-2006

• File #: 0577-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/8/2006
• In control: Jobs and Economic Development Committee
• On agenda: 4/3/2006
• Final action: 4/5/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Development to receive and administer Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grant funds in the amount of $750,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $750,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund to the Department of Development; to authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with Campus-Seneca Management, Inc., Managing Member, Campus-Seneca, LLC to apply said grant funding for environmental cleanup work at the former Seneca Hotel site at 361 E. Broad Street; 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
4/5/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
4/4/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/3/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/3/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/21/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/21/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/21/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/21/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/21/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/17/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/17/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/16/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/16/2006	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/16/2006	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: Pursuant to ordinance No. 0517-2005, passed by Columbus City Council on March 23, 2005, the Columbus Department of Development applied for, and was awarded, an agreement between the Columbus Department of Development and the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grant of $750,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Development to perform environmental cleanup at the former Seneca Hotel site in Downtown Columbus. The State Controlling Board approved the grant application at its March 13, 2006 meeting.

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 developers of former Seneca Hotel site, in partnership with Campus-Seneca Management, Inc., Managing Member, Campus-Seneca, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company to apply the grant funding toward the environmental cleanup at the project site.

The project is an adaptive reuse of the historic former Seneca Hotel site. The building, a 10-story landmark at the corner of Broad and Grant and its attached 2 story addition will be converted to a mix of apartments for students and faculty of the nearby educational institutions and retail geared toward the surrounding neighborhood. There will be a total of 93 apartments and approximately 10,000-12,000 square feet of retail, with a total project investment in excess of $12 million. Over a 16-month period, the project will return the Seneca as a vibrant contributor to Downtown Columbus.

This legislation is submitted as an emergency to commence the Clean Ohio Assistance grant process immediately.

FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this legislation is provided by a Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grant from the Ohio Department of Development in the amount of $750,000.00.


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To authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement w...