Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a Primary Agreement with Capitol South Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation (Capitol South), an Ohio not-for-profit corporation, pursuant to Columbus City Code Section 329.30, in the amount of $4,000,000.00 for the Scioto Peninsula Garage and Park Project.
The Project involves the design and construction of an underground parking facility containing approximately 610 underground parking spaces with a world class recreational park above it at the surface (collectively the “Facility”). The Facility will be located on property bounded by Broad Street on the north, Belle Street on the west, COSI to the east and West Town to the south, which is owned by the City and leased to the State of Ohio.
Additionally, this ordinance repeals Ordinance #2832-2014, passed December 8, 2014, that authorized the Director of Finance and Management to enter into this contract rather than the Director of Recreation and Parks.
The Contract Compliance Number for Capitol South Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation is #76-0704655.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said agreement so that planning for initial design can begin, project financing can be determined, and a cost effective construction start can be planned for 2016 design completion, thereby preserving the public health, safety and welfare
FISCAL IMPACT: The expenditure of $1,600,000.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund. The expenditure of $2,400,000.00 is budgeted in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a primary agreement with Capitol South Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, an Ohio not-for-profit corporation, for the design and construction of the Scioto Peninsula Garage and Park Project; to authorize the expenditure of $1,600,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $2,400,000 from the Development Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,000,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a primary agreement with the Capitol South Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation for the administration of the design and construction of the Scioto Peninsula Garage and Park Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said primary agreement so that planning for initial design can begin, project financing can be determined, and a cost effective construction start can be planned for 2016 design completion, all for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a primary agreement with the Capitol South Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, an Ohio not-for-profit corporation, for the design and construction of the Scioto Peninsula Garage and Park Project.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said agreement, the expenditure of $1,600,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund No. 702, Department 51-01, as follows:
OCA Object
Project Title Project No. Code Level 3 Amount
Scioto Peninsula Park 510017-100221 717221 6621 $1,600,000.00
SECTION 3. That to pay the cost of said agreement, the expenditure of $2,400,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Street and Highway Bond Fund No. 704, Department 44-01, as follows:
OCA Object
Project Title Project No. Code Level 3 Amount
Scioto Peninsula Park 440104-100017 710417 6621 $2,400,000.00
SECTION 4. That the monies in the foregoing Sections 2 and 3 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, and that no order shall be drawn or monies paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 5. That Ordinance #2832-2014, passed December 8, 2014, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes a necessary.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 8. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
SECTION 9. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.