Legislation

Notice/Advertisement Title: Department of Public Utilities - Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permits Contact Name: Paul Kerr III Contact Telephone Number: (614) 645-5876 Contact Email Address: pakerr@columbus.gov

To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the contract with RCC Global LLC for managed and project services related to Oracle’s customer cloud service meter data management system; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify past outstanding, present and future contracts and purchase orders with Red Clay Consulting Inc, to authorize the assignment of all past outstanding, present and future business done by the City of Columbus from Red Clay Consulting Inc to RCC Global; and to authorize the expenditure of $918,432.00 split among the Electricity, Water, Sanitary Sewer, and Stormwater Operating Funds. ($918,432.00)

Notice/Advertisement Title: Property Maintenance Appeals Board Agenda April 8, 2024 Contact Name: Toni Gillum Contact Telephone Number: 614.645.5884 Contact Email Address: tmgillum@columbus.gov

Reappointment of Trudy Bartley, Assistant Vice President, Local and Community Relations, The Ohio State University Office of Government Affairs, 300 Bricker Hall, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, to serve on the Central Ohio Transit Authority Board of Trustees, until such time as the appointment is rescinded or she resigns. (biography attached).

To authorize the Director of Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a grant agreement with The Willie and Vivian Gaddis Foundation in support of the Jump Start College Tour; to authorize expenditure within the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($24,900.00)

WHEREAS, across the United States, landlords are using software algorithms and other information exchanges between competitors to raise rents, artificially constrain supply, and further exacerbate the housing crisis, and;

WHEREAS, the Stop Predatory Investing Act, introduced by Senator Sherrod Brown, seeks to curb the acquisition of single-family rental homes by large investors, denying tax deductions for interest and depreciation on such properties, and;

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: To provide for Childhood Lead Exposure Prevention (CLEP) Program to address blood lead levels between 3.5-4.9 ug/dl and conduct outreach to families. Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Health Appropriation Amount: $12,500.00 Budget Year: 2024 Contract Period: July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Additional grant funds of $12,500.00 will be added to the grant award of $2,000,000.00 from the New Jersey Department of Health, for a total grant award amount of $2,012,500. Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID #24-0447. Operating Agency: Department of Health and Community Wellness Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Resolution of Support Purpose: To provide for the submission of an application for tax credits sought by Developer under the NJ Aspire Tax Credit Program to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Entity Name: South Ward Alliance, a NJ Non-profit Corporation Entity Address: 59 Lincoln Park, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Grant Amount: $0.00 Total Project Cost: $46,000,000.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: Traditional debt financing and equity funding Grant Period: Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale () Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a List of Property (Address/Block/Lot/Ward 479-481 Clinton Avenue/Block 2685/Lot 30/Additional Lot 31/South Ward 483 Clinton Avenue/Block 2685/Lot 32/South Ward 485 Clinton Avenue/Block 2685/Lot 33/South Ward 652 Bergen Street/Block 2685/Lot 34/South Ward 648-650 Bergen Street/Block 2685/Lot 35/South Ward Additional Information:

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO RIVERFRONT QUARTERS URBAN RENEWAL, LLC, 30 PRINCETON ROAD, LINDEN, NEW JERSEY 07036, FOR A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT (64) RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS CONSISTING OF (51) MARKET-RATE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS, (13) AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL UNITS, OF WHICH (3) UNITS SHALL RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 40% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME (“AMI”), (3) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 60% AMI, AND (7) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 80% AMI, ALONG WITH RESIDENTIAL AMENITIES, INCLUDING A FITNESS ROOM, A 997 SQUARE FOOT LOUNGE, ROOFTOP DECK AMENITY AREA, WHICH INCLUDES SEATING AREAS, AND A ROOFTOP PERGOLA, AND 8,712 SQUARE FEET OF COVERED PARKING LOCATED AT 638-646 RAYMOND BOULEVARD, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07105, AND IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 2020, LOT 4 (EAST WARD).

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Use of State Contract(s) #M0438 Master Blanket #24-TELE-71883 Purpose: To purchase Computer Equipment, Peripherals and Related Services for the Department of Administration, Office of Information Technology. Entity Name(s)/Address(s): Dell Marketing, L.P., One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas 78682 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $1,450,000.00 Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Department of Administration, Office of Information Technology/NW011-030-0306-94210 Contract Period: Upon approval by the Municipal Council through June 30, 2025, inclusive of any extensions by the State Contract Basis: ( ) Bid (X) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: This State Contract will provide Computer Equipment, Peripherals and Related Services for the Department of Administration, Office of Information Technology.

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO 317 MULBERRY STREET URBAN RENEWAL CO., LLC, 27 AUSTIN STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07114 FOR A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT TWENTY-FOUR (24) MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS, 770 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND 15 GROUND FLOOR PARKING SPACES LOCATED AT 317-323 MULBERRY STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND IDENTIFIED ON THE CITY’S TAX MAP AS BLOCK 881, LOT 28 (CENTRAL WARD). Deferred 6PSF-e 050725

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment/Subordination Agreement Purpose: An Agreement to subordinate the City’s rights of reverter by entering into a Third Amendment to the Agreement for Sale and Redevelopment of Land and two (2) Amended and Restated Deeds in order to permit construction financing necessary for the redevelopment of an affordable rental housing project. Entity Name: Bergen Street Redevelopment Urban Renewal, LLC Entity Address: 935 Bergen Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Sale Amount: $0.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF ( ) Negotiated (X) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $0.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: Not Applicable Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 1057-1059 Bergen Street/Block 3660/Lot 11/South Ward 1037-1047 Bergen Street/Block 3661/Lots 3/Additional Lots 5 and 8/South Ward Additional Information: Resolution 7R3-b adopted on December 5, 2012, authorized the Private Sale/Redevelopment Agreement. Resolution 7R2-s(AS) adopted on June 21, 2017, authorized the First Amendment to the Private Sale/Redevelopment Agreement. Resolution 7R2-c adopted on September 2, 2020, authorized the Second Amendment to the Private Sale/Redevelopment Agreement. This Third Amendment to the Agreement for Sale and Redevelopment of Land will provide for the construction financing necessary for the redevelopment of an affordable rental housing project.

To authorize the City Attorney to enter into contract with Access Information Management Corporation; to authorize the expenditure of $4,909.54 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,909.54)

Notice/Advertisement Title: Northside Council Community Meeting Contact Name: Harrison Poku-Yeboah Contact Telephone Number: 614-638-4889 Contact Email Address: hapoku-yeboah@columbus.gov

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to associate all General Budget reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of portable radios from Motorola Solutions Inc.; to authorize the expenditure of up to $171,253.37 from the Street Construction, Maintenance, and Repair Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($171,253.37)

To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to enter into a contract with Elevate Advocacy LLC to provide program management services in support of the Columbus Promise program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Job Growth subfund; to authorize payment for expenses incurred prior to the creation of the purchase order; to waive the competitive bidding requirements of Columbus City Code; and to declare an emergency. ($65,000.00)

To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $52,500 from the General Fund to the Area Commission Fund; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate $52,500.00 in the Area Commission Fund for operating expenses of the Area Commissions; and to declare an emergency. (52,500.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Thomas Mundell d/b/a Quality Lawn Care TAM to support routine mowing, removal of brush and excessive high grass, all foreign material, and similar work for properties held by the Land Redevelopment Division; to authorize an expenditure from the Land Management Fund; to authorize expenditures incurred prior to the creation of the Purchase Order; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency ($4,827.00).

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to submit the Single Family Tax Credit Application as Project Development Owner to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency; to authorize the Department of Development to designate Columbus Housing Partnership, Inc. dba Homeport on the Development Team as the lead applicant and Designated Reporter; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Sapna Welsh DBA Leverage HR for emotional intelligence training; to authorize an expenditure from the Health Departments Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($62,825.00)

Reappointment of Courtlyn G. Roser-Jones, 1035 Highland Street Columbus 43201, to serve on the Wage Theft Prevention and Enforcement Commission with a new term expiration date of March 31, 2027. (resume attached).

To call for peace and an immediate, sustained and mutual end to hostilities in Gaza; the release of hostages and detainees; and the urgent expansion of humanitarian assistance.

Notice/Advertisement Title: Southwest Area Commission Zoning Meeting April 4th Contact Name: Katherine Cull Contact Telephone Number: 614-645-5220 Contact Email Address: khcull@columbus.gov