Explanation
[BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation originating from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $60,000.00 in grant monies to fund the 2016 Safe Routes to School Grant Program for the period of January 1, 2016, through May 1, 2017.
The Safe Routes to School Grant Program encourages and enables children to walk or bike to school, which positively impacts health, reduces traffic congestion, enhances a sense of community and improves safety. This grant will be utilized to provide implementation of the Columbus City Schools Large School District Travel Plan for non-infrastructure countermeasures, and evaluation of Safe Routes to School programming efforts for effectiveness.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible given the grant start date of January 1, 2016.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is funded by Ohio Department of Transportation and does not generate revenue or require a city match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Safe Routes to School Grant Program in the amount of $60,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $60,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($60,000.00)
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WHEREAS, grant funding has been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Safe Routes to School Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Board of Health to accept $60,000.00 in grant funds for the Safe Routes to School Grant Program for the period of January 1, 2016, through May 1, 2017, and to appropriate these monies to the Health Department; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the fi...
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