Explanation
By this resolution, City Council accepts the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), 2016 - 2021, this was the primary guide for the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget. The CIP reflects the remaining priorities from the 2008 Voted Bond Package and priorities identified in the 2013 Voted Bond Package. Selected portions of the 2016 - 2021 CIP will also serve as the basis for the 2016 Voted Bond Package.
Title
To accept the "Capital Improvements Program, 2016-2021," as described herein, as the primary guide for future Capital Improvements Budget ordinances and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, a Capital Improvements Program is needed to provide information and guidelines for the consideration and adoption of the annual Capital Improvements Budget; and
WHEREAS, a Capital Improvements Budget for the year 2016 has already been passed by Council under a separate ordinance; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the various city departments in that it is immediately necessary to plan for capital improvement projects by the adoption of the Capital Improvement Program for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Capital Improvements Program for the years 2016 - 2021 described in the attachments herein is hereby accepted as the primary guide for the consideration and adoption of the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget ordinance.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution 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.