Explanation
Background: This ordinance is to authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept additional grant funds, in the amount of $165,000.00, and enter into a grant amendment agreement with the Ohio Public Works Commission for the Dry Run Stream Restoration Project. This ordinance will also authorize the modification of an existing contract with Environmental Remediation Contractors to perform the work this grant is intended to support.
Dry Run is one of the most heavily impacted streams in Columbus. A tributary of the Scioto River, this 7 square mile watershed flows through the city’s Hilltop and Westgate communities. A central segment of the stream, near Hague Avenue, is completely contained within a 92 inch pipe. This segment runs behind two schools, a YMCA, a church, a day care facility and Westmoor Park. In 2015, the Department applied for and received grant funds to restore 1600 linear feet of Dry Run stream in the city’s Hilltop Community. Ordinance 2208-2015 authorized the acceptance of these grant funds and Ordinance 2259-2016 authorized the original contract for the stream restoration work.
During the past few years, the Department has acquired the necessary stream corridor space to complete this project, completed the restoration design, and obtained federal and state permitting. The additional grant and match funds being authorized by this ordinance will be used to cover construction costs for adding the additional scope of improving and renovating the athletic fields in Westmoor Park using the excavation materials from the stream restoration work. The result will provide a fully functional floodplain, stream channel, and habitat recovery zone. The project also provides a significant educational opportunity for young people and expanded passive recreation for the Hilltop inner-city neighborhood.
Principal Parties:
Ohio Public Works Commission
65 E. State Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Jennifer Kline, 614-75...
Click here for full text