Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $35,000 to support the implementation of the Big Darby Town Center. The City of Columbus has 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 Big Darby Watershed in Franklin County. In December 2011 the City of Columbus, Franklin County, Prairie Township and Brown Township adopted the Big Darby Town Center Master Plan. The City and its local government partners are directly interested in the successful development and creation of the Town Center and desire to bring it closer to implementation.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this expenditure are available within the Development Department’s 2013 General Fund Budget. This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $35,000.
Title
To authorize the expenditure of $35,000.00 from the General Fund to support the implementation of the Big Darby Town Center; and to declare an emergency. ($35,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $35,000 to support the implementation of the Big Darby Town Center; and
WHEREAS, funds for this expenditure are available within the Development Department’s 2013 General Fund Budget; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Development Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the expenditure of $35,000 to avoid a damaging interruption in the implementation of the Big Darby Town Center, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That for the purpose of suppor...
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