HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, & BUILDING: HARDIN, CHR. GREEN, VICE CHR.
ALL MEMBERS
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into
not-for-profit service contracts with Homes on the Hill CDC in an amount
up to $97,150.00 and The Columbus Urban League in an amount up to
$47,850.00 for the purpose of assisting the Department of Development
to provide housing counseling services; to authorize the appropriation and
expenditure of up to $125,000.00 from the from the General Fund, Income
Tax Set-Aside Subfund; to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from
the General Fund; and to authorize payment of expenses starting January
1, 2025. ($145,000.00)
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into
a not-for-profit service contract with Columbus Housing Partnership Inc.,
dba Homeport, for housing counseling services; to authorize the
appropriation and expenditure of up to $125,000.00 from the from the
General Fund, Income Tax Set-Aside Subfund; and to authorize payment
of expenses starting January 1, 2025. ($125,000.00)
To authorize the Director of the Building and Zoning Services Department
to modify the professional services contract with Lisa Wise Consulting,
Inc. and extend the contract end date from May 8, 2025 to May 8, 2026; to
authorize an expenditure from the Development Services Fund; and to
declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure in an amount
up to $950,000.00 of 2023 HOME Investment Partnerships Program
(HOME) entitlement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) and authorizes the Director of the Department
of Development execute a commitment letter, loan agreement,
promissory note, mortgage, and restrictive covenant with Artem on Gay,
L.P for the Artem on Gay project. ($950,000.00)
To authorize appropriation in an amount up to $81,187.73, the transfer
between object classes in an amount up to $652.69, and the expenditure
in an amount up to $170,595.96 of 2018 HOME Investment Partnerships
Program (HOME) entitlement grants funds from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development; and to authorize the Director of the
Department of Development enter into a commitment letter, loan
agreement, promissory note, mortgage, and restrictive covenant with
Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio to construct four single family homes with
each address having its own set of loan documents in a total cost for both
homes in an amount up to $220,420.00 of which partial funding was
authorized within ordinance numbers 1084-2024 and 1361-2024; and to
declare an emergency ($170,595.96).
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to approve
the forgiveness of individual loan(s) to borrower Sharon L. Huntley, who
meets the eligibility requirements of the homeowner loan forgiveness
