Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Rickenbacker-Woods Museum and Historical Park project is a community-based initiative created to inspire and educate visitors of the accomplishments of Eddie Rickenbacker and Granville Woods. The project included the acquisition of 13 parcels, the restoration of the boyhood home of Eddie Rickenbacker and three additional structures with land. Ordinance 1038-01, passed June 18, 2001, authorized the Director of Development to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Administrative Services to accept a $475,000 capital grant to support the Rickenbacker-Woods Project on East Livingston Avenue. This legislation authorizes the cancellation and transfer of funds and authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with Rickenbacker Woods Technology Museum and Historical Park, Inc. for the purposes of providing property maintenance, landscaping and operational services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The remaining balance of $46,628.37 is a result of the grant described above. Funds are to be cancelled from and Auditor’s Certificate and transferred.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to cancel $23,433 from an Auditor’s Certificate; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $46,628.37 within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with Rickenbacker Woods Technology Museum and Historical Park, Inc. for the purposes of providing management services; to authorize the expenditure of $46,628.37 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($46,628.37)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1038-01, passed June 18, 2001, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Administrative Services to accept a $475,000 capital grant to support the Rickenbacker-Woods Project on East Livingston Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City owns the historic Rickenbacker homestea...
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