City of Columbus - File #: 0938-2008

• File #: 0938-2008
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/29/2008
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 6/16/2008
• Final action: 6/18/2008
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with ATC Associates to support the Lead Safe Columbus program; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2008	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/17/2008	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
6/16/2008	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/16/2008	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/4/2008	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/4/2008	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/4/2008	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/4/2008	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/4/2008	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/3/2008	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/3/2008	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/3/2008	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/3/2008	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/3/2008	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/2/2008	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/2/2008	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/2/2008	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/2/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/2/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with ATC Associates for lead-based paint testing, risk assessments, work specification preparation and final clearance testing on up to 256 units, for the Lead Safe Columbus program. The contract will provide $100,000 from the HUD Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration lead grant fund.

ATC Associates Inc. was selected as a City of Columbus program contractor as a result of a competitive bidding process directed by Lead Safe Columbus. Requests for Proposals were sent to twenty (20) contractors. Nine (9) companies responded to the request. Four contractor names' were obtained from the City of Columbus Equal Business Opportunity Commission office Certified Business Directory. Sixteen names were obtained from the Ohio Department of Health, Lead Poisoning Prevention program Licensed Service Provider list. The selected contractor, ATC Associates Inc., was chosen because of their past experience and costs.

Contract compliance #46-0399408, expires on April 23, 2009.

Lead Safe Columbus provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead based hazards in owner and tenant occupied units.

This legislation is presented in an effort to increase the productivity for creating lead safe housing units, the numbers of which will increase as we meet the targets of our lead grant and comply with the Title X Federal regulations, which took affect September 15, 2000.

FISCAL IMPACT: $100,000 from the 2007 HUD Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration lead grant fund has been allocated for this contract.


Title

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with ATC Associates to support the Lead Safe Columbus program; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000)


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Whereas, the Director of the Departmen...