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 Department of Development desires to enter into a contract with ATC Associates; and
Whereas, ATC Associates will perform lead-based paint testing, risk assessments, work specs and final clearance testing under this contract for the Lead Safe Columbus program; and
Whereas, the Lead Safe Columbus program provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead-based paint hazards in owner and tenant occupied housing units.
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Housing Division, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a contract with ATC Associates to avoid an interruption in the delivery of vital program services, all for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with ATC Associates for lead-based paint testing, risk assessments, work specs and final clearance testing with the Lead Safe Columbus program.
Section 2. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $100,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Department of Development, Housing Division, Department No. 44-10, Fund No. 220, Subfund 001, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA 447027.
Section 3. That this contract is awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, as amended
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.