Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Second Modification of the Participation Agreement among Columbus and Prairie Township and Brown Township for the procurement and payment of professional consulting services in connection with the implementation of the Big Darby Town Center. The original Participation Agreement with Prairie Township was authorized by City Council on December 5, 2012 by City Ordinance 2608-2012. The purpose of the earlier modification was to bring Brown Township (Brown) into the Participation Agreement along with Prairie Township (Prairie) and the city of Columbus (Columbus). All three are local jurisdictions within the Franklin County portion of the Big and Little Darby Creeks' Watershed and have been involved in the Big Darby Accord planning process, a process that is intended to protect the water quality and other natural resources of this planning area, within the context of a balanced development approach and respecting the rights of property owners. The Big Darby Accord Watershed Master Plan of 2006 designates that the development of a Town Center be a large consideration in the preservation of the Watershed in Franklin County. Brown, Prairie and Columbus are among the four jurisdictions that also adopted the Big Darby Town Center Master Plan (December 2011). They have a direct interest in the successful development and creation of the Town Center and desire to bring it closer to implementation. The sum encumbered by Columbus by Ordinance 2608-2012 authorizing the Participation Agreement was $50,000, and that sum was not changed by the first Modification.
The purpose of this Second Modification is to increase the amount available for paying the consultant team from $110,000 to $140,000, and to share the additional $30,000 equally between Columbus and Prairie. The Columbus share of funds will be provided to Prairie as the heretofore established financial agent for ...
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