Legislation

To Recognize and Honor the ReRoute Program for its Commitment to Healing Today’s Youth for a Resilient Tomorrow

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to modify and extend three (3) Universal Term Contracts for the option to purchase Janitorial Supplies with Hillyard Inc , Carmens’s Distribution System Inc., and Key 4 Supply Inc., and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase a professional services contract with MurphyEpson, Inc. for the Blueprint Columbus Public Information Outreach Project; to authorize an amendment to the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize a transfer of cash and appropriation within the Sanitary Bond Fund; and to authorize an expenditure of up to $694,875.00 from the Sanitary Bond Fund to pay for the contract modification. ($694,875.00)

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.38(H), Private garage; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3332.05(A)(2), Area district lot width requirements; 3332.14, R-2F, area district requirements; 3332.26(C)(2);(E), Minimum side yard permitted; and 3332.38(G), Private garage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 554 S. GRANT AVE. (43206), to allow habitable space within a detached garage with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District (Council Variance #CV25-017).

To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase a professional services contract with RAMA Consulting Group, Inc. for the Blueprint Columbus Public Information Outreach Project; to authorize an amendment to the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize a transfer of cash and appropriation within the Sanitary Bond Fund; and to authorize an expenditure of up to $524,803.00 from the Sanitary Bond Fund to pay for the contract modification. ($524,803.00)

To authorize the Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to enter into an advance-pay grant agreement with Rodgers Neighborhood Basketball, a local registered 501c3 non-profit organization, in support of summer youth programming; to authorize an expenditure from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)

To rezone 156 DERING AVE. (43207), being 5.78± acres located at the northwest corner of Dering Avenue and South 5th Avenue, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning #Z24-040).

To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology, on behalf of the Columbus Public Health Department, to enter into a sole source contract with NextGen Healthcare Inc. for hosting and ongoing support of an electronic medical record system, in accordance with sole source provisions in the Columbus City Codes; to authorize the expenditure of $401,605.00 from the Department of Technology, Information Services Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($401,605.00)

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.27, Parking setback line; 3332.21, Building lines; and 3332.285, Perimeter yard, for the property located at 2618 BETHESDA AVE. (43219), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV24-158).

To authorize the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Health Access LLC to support clinical quality management activities for the Ryan White and HIV system of care programs, for the provision of services allowable under the Health grant funds, for persons with HIV or AIDS in central Ohio for the period of March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026; to authorize the expenditure of $49,000.00 from the Health grants fund; and to declare an emergency. ($49,000.00)

To rezone 2618 BETHESDA AVE. (43219), being 10.18± acres located at the northwest corner of Bethesda Avenue and Sunbury Road, From: R-2, Residential District, and R, Rural District, To: AR-1, Apartment Residential District (Rezoning #Z24-070).

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with J. Jireh Development Corporation in support of the JJDC Youth Summer Enrichment Program; and to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund. ($10,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into contract with Bobcat Enterprises, Inc. for the purchase and delivery of a skid steer with attachments for the Department of Public Utilities; to authorize the expenditure of up to $82,138.42 from the Sanitary Sewer Operating Fund. ($82,138.42)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, to enter into a contract with Roberts Service Group, Inc. for the Fire Station #12 Renovation Project; to authorize an amendment to the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize a transfer and expenditure of $430,000.00 within the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($430,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Community Reinvestment Area Agreement with Dach Family Limited Partnership for a property tax abatement of seventy-five percent (75%) for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive years on real property improvements in consideration of the proposed total investment of approximately $8,000,000.00 to expand its’ current distribution facility, the creation of four (4) net new full-time permanent positions with an estimated annual payroll of approximately $191,360.00 and the retention of twenty-two (22) full-time jobs with an estimated annual payroll of approximately $1,381,961.00.

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, to modify and increase the construction contract with Elford, Inc.; for the Community Development Block Grant CDBG Neighborhood Facilities Renovation - All THAT Teen Center project; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $396,386.19 within the Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($396,386.19)

To amend Columbus City Codes Chapter 709 to add a definition for Pollinator Gardens, to allow Pollinator Gardens in certain situations, and to clarify other definitions in that Chapter.

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, to enter into contract with Setterlin Building Company for the Security Control Office Renovations Project; to authorize an amendment to the 2024 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize a transfer and expenditure of $299,900.00 within the General Permanent Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($299,900.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to enter into a contract modification with Cultivate Geospatial Solutions, LLC in connection with the PAWS 2.0 software system; to authorize the expenditure of $300,000.00 from the Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)

To amend Ordinance No. 3326-2024, to allow for the correction so that the HOME loan repayment terms be revised within the loan documents and further clarify that the HOME loan repayment will not be until the maturity date of the loan rather than on a percentage of cash flow as the original loan documents state. ($0.00)

To authorize the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Collaborative Research, LLC for the facilitation and management of the Central Ohio HIV Planning Alliance (COHPA), for the provision of services allowable under the Health grant fund, for persons with HIV or AIDS in central Ohio for the period of March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026, to authorize the expenditure of $65,000.00 from the Health grant funds; and to declare an emergency. ($65,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department Development to modify a grant agreement with the Human Service Chamber Foundation to extend the agreement term to December 31, 2025; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to enter into a services contract with Synagro Central, LLC for the Hap Cremean Water Plant Residuals Removal and Disposal - Lagoon 1 project; to authorize the expenditure of $4,372,128.84 from the Water Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,372,128.84)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to amend the Enterprise Zone Agreement for the first time for Assignment & Assumption with 6780 Schieser Farms, LLC, to remove Pinchal & Company LLC as Enterprise and party to the Agreement and to be replaced with 6780 Schieser Farms, LLC as Enterprise and party to the Agreement, to redefine the Project Site, revise the Project's expected begin and completion date, revise the exemption window, and to revise the notification information. ($0.00)