General Neighborhood & City Updates and Opportunities

Here to provide another round of general neighborhood & city related updates across a variety of topics & opportunities – take a look through the list below for items of interest:

  1. Free COVID 19 Care Kits: The Department of Neighborhoods will be providing free PPE/Cleaning Supplies (while supplies last) on July 23rd at Marion Franklin Community Center and on July 30th at Barnett Community Center. (graphic attached)

  1. The City of Columbus is hiring:Current job postings include Legislative Assistant, Outreach Worker, Police Officer, Recreation and Parks Aides, Social Worker and Wastewater Plant Supervisor.  Apply today at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/columbusoh

  1. Father Figure Class:Online and free beginning August 4.  Learn fatherhood skills, resources and support.  Contact Julie DiCarlo at jdicarlo@actionforchildren.org (flier attached)

  1. Grants:City announces $15 million for Health and Human Services providers.   Request for Proposals is now available on the City’s website at https://www.columbus.gov/humanservicesfundingannouncement/. The City has streamlined the application process, making it possible for organizations to access funding quickly through a single electronic application that will be managed by United Way of Central Ohio.  Grant applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. July 27, 2020, and will be announced August 31, 2020.

  1. Racism, Where Do We Go From Here?:  If you missed this week’s Columbus Metropolitan Club,  Watch here: https://youtu.be/y4rjgC-A9d4

 

  1. Lunch and Learn: Save the date – Wednesday, July 29 at 1pm. Watch at the Department of Neighborhoods Facebook Page. Topic: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Women. Join Megan N. Kilgore, Elizabeth C. Brown, Maylin Sambois, Barbara Smoot, and Davia Stevenson as we explore and brainstorm solutions to the effect that COVID-19 is having on women in our community. http://www.facebook.com/cbusneighbor

 

  1. Vision Zero:  Protecting human life takes priority over all other objectives of our transportation system.  Vision Zero is a Global initiative to eliminate all roadway related deaths and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. Please take a moment to take a survey or mark up the map. https://vision-zero-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/

 

  1. For more COVID 19 resources: For testing sites, questions, resources, factsheets and more, visit:  www.columbus.gov/coronavirus.
  1. There will be no CAC Zoning & Variance meeting on July 28th- there were no building or zoning permits requiring variances to review.
  1. Looking for Volunteer opportunities? Like to garden? The Park of Roses is in steady need of tending. There is a nice core group of volunteers, but more help is certainly needed in this huge beautiful garden! Contact: Glenna Major at 614-804-9652 (cell)

ICYMI – Clintonville Area News: Bike Trail & Chamber of Commerce

Sharing some local news from the past week in case you missed it (ICYMI):

  1. Clintonville leaders clamor for North Broadway bridge work to join bike-trail project: Catch the latest on the project to bring the pedestrian/bike bridge to help connect the trail along the Olentangy as part of ongoing neighborhood improvements
    1. https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200713/clintonville-leaders-clamor-for-north-broadway-bridge-work-to-join-bike-trail-project
  2. Clintonville Chamber of Commerce Ceasing Operations:  After 25 years in operation, the group is ending its work as currently constructed.  It leaves open the possibility for another group to be assume the work that has been done by the chamber over the last few decades.
    1. https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200727/clintonville-chamber-of-commerce-calls-it-quits

General Neighborhood Updates

Hello everyone – sharing a group of updates from our Community Liaison that cover a wide variety of topics.  Please see the list below:

  1. City of Columbus Mask Ordinance: All individuals in Columbus are required to wear masks in indoor areas accessible to the public and within the confines of public or private transportation regulated by the City of Columbus. When you are outdoors and cannot maintain 6 feet of distance, you also must wear a mask.  Attached is the mask requirement FAQ translated into the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Kinyarwanda, Maay Maay, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili and Tigrinya.  Please note that guidance and directives continue to evolve.  For more information about the mask ordinance, visit: https://www.columbus.gov/Templates/Detail.aspx?id=2147516007
  2. Beat the Heat: LifeCare Alliance’s The Beat the Heat Fan Campaign benefits central Ohio’s most vulnerable residents during extreme heat emergencies. Last year, LifeCare Alliance collected and distributed more than 2,000 fans!  To inquire about how to get a fan, or how to donate a new fan, call 614-437-2870 or visit https://www.lifecarealliance.org/fans/
  3. Live calls to 311 are back! : Call 311 and speak to a customer service representative Monday to Friday from 8AM to 5PM.  Requests for service can also be submitted online at 311.columbus.gov, or use the My Columbus mobile app, and by e-mail to 311@columbus.gov.
  4. Rental Assistance: As July rent comes due, this is a reminder that South Side Thrive is assisting residents from 43206 & 43207 in applying for financial assistance from Impact’s Hope Fund. Contact: (614) 722-6539 (leave voicemail) or sarah.lenkay@nationwidechildrens.org.
  5. Walk in Recovery: Walk In Wednesdays are being provided to assist people with immediate linkage to medical detox for alcohol and/or drug addiction, or an assessment for outpatient treatment.  During the process individuals will be provided health screenings, basic wound care, HIV/EIS testing and HepA vaccinations if they choose.  There will also be a meal provide and assistance with obtain a copy of your birth certificate and a state identification card.  For further information, please call 614-645-6843.  https://www.columbus.gov/publichealth/programs/Alcohol-and-Drug-Abuse/Walk-in-for-Recovery—Summer-2020/
  6. How to Speak at Council:  Until further notice, Columbus City Council meetings will be held in a teleconference format, with members attending via WebEx.  Follow this link for the toolkit on how to testify at Council during COVID-19.  https://www.columbus.gov/council/toolkit/rules-for-speaking-at-city-council/
  7. Utility Aggregation:  Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther announced in mid-February that he would pursue a community-choice energy-aggregation program to reach 100% green power by 2022. City Council is voting on July 20 to file the paperwork for a November ballot issue that would “fundamentally change the way that the community addresses energy and climate change”.  Watch the hearing Councilmember Dorans held earlier this week: https://youtu.be/fPDuLEmqduk
  8. CARES Act Grants: The City of Columbus announced that $15 million CARES Act funding is available to nonprofit human services providers to ease the impact of COVID-19. The Request for Proposals is now available on the City’s website at https://www.columbus.gov/humanservicesfundingannouncement/  The City has streamlined the application process, making it possible for organizations to access funding quickly through a single electronic application that will be managed by United Way of Central Ohio. Grant applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. July 27, 2020, and will be announced August 31, 2020.
  9. Columbus Library: Visit the website for up to date information and links to the summer reading challenge, ebook downloads and more.  https://www.columbuslibrary.org/
  10. Press Releases:  For the latest Press Releases from Mayor Ginther, https://www.columbus.gov/mayor/News/Press-Releases/ or follow: https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofcolumbus
  11. For more COVID 19 resources: For testing sites, questions, resources, factsheets and more, visit:  www.columbus.gov/coronavirus

Blueprint Construction Update: Week of July 20th

Please note that construction schedules are subject to change due to weather, site issues, etc.
 
 
Sump pump installations are offered for a limited time only! We have a few spots left on our list! If you are interested, contact us ASAP and we’ll schedule your no-obligation assessment to see if a sump pump is right for you!
 
New Updates
 
COVID-19 Update: Due to the outdoor nature of the work, lateral lining and downspout redirection crews will continue to work in the field, supervised by an independent inspection firm. Sump pump installations are continuing at this time. Some staff are working remotely to address emerging issues. Please be patient as it may take longer to respond to your questions or concerns.
 
#MasksEqualKindness For yourself. For others. For Columbus. Show your neighbors you care and wear a face covering to #StopTheSpread! Learn more at https://www.columbus.gov/coronavirus/
 
Reminder: If you have a basement backup (sewer water coming up from your floor drain), please report this to the City by calling 614-645-7102. Please note that crews are working diligently to investigate issues throughout the city, and so we may not be able to respond immediately. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
 
The rain gardens are designed to drain in 48 hours or less. Some standing water within the garden after a rain event is normal. However, if the rain gardens are overflowing or have standing water for more than 2 days, please report that to blueprint@columbus.gov or 311.
 
Project Status
 
Overbrook Chatham
There will be no work taking place in this area this week.
 
Weisheimer Indian Springs
Rain gardens will continue to have monthly cleanout/maintenance performed.
 
Cooke Glenmont
MCSP, the crew that is conducting downspout work in the area will be working on the following streets:
Glenmont Ave.
Canyon Dr.
Lenappe Dr.
Mussum Brothers, the crew that is conducting the lateral line work will be working on the following street:
Canyon Dr.
Lenappe Dr.
Overbrook Dr.
 
Blenheim Glencoe
Private Property work in this area has now begun. BLD will be in the area prepping lateral line work, this work will include cleaning and getting pictures and videos of the laterals before and after cleaning. The following streets will have crews in the area cleaning laterals and installing liners.
Richards Rd.- installing liners
Chatham Rd.- installing liners
Acton Rd.-installing liners
Cleaning of sanitary laterals in various areas of the project area
Eramo will continue to conduct routine maintenance on the rain gardens..
From Department of Public Service: Blenheim Road resurfacing Update
Paving will begin the week of June 29th for Blenheim Rd.
From Department of Public Service: Arden Road resurfacing Update
The Department of Public Service will work with the contractor to set the schedule in the spring for the Arden Rd. rebuild/resurfacing. When weather permits in the spring, the contractor can start the concrete work for new curb and then street construction will follow as temperatures warm up.
For questions on this work, please contact 311 (645-3111)
 
Schreyer Springs
BLD is the contractor who will be conducting lateral lining in the area. Residents have been notified of the project beginning and will receive more notifications from the contractor as work approaches their home.
Facemyer has completed all project work within the project work zone. Rain gardens will continue to have a monthly cleanout/maintenance performed on them.
Downspout installations are complete.
 
Morse Dominion
Shelly and Sands will have a subcontractor, EMI, onsite the week of July 6th to plant replacement plants and shrubs at all the identified locations. Residents have been notified if they will be impacted by this.
BLD and OBA have both completed their private property work(lateral lining and downspout work).
 
General Notices
Several streets are slated for repaving in conjunction with Department of Public Service. Repaving schedules are currently being finalized with the contractor in most areas. When Blueprint receives schedule information from the Department of Public Service, we will also include that information in these notices
 
Just like a normal storm drain, the rain gardens can’t do their job if leaves/debris are piling up and blocking water from entering the inlet. Our crews will clear these inlets during regular maintenance, but if you see leaves piling up and blocking the rain garden inlets, feel free to push them aside to allow rainwater to enter. And, as always, remember to keep leaves and yard waste out of the streets as much as possible.
Please contact 614-645-1253 or blueprint@columbus.gov with any questions you may have. If you have an emergency, please call 614-645-8276 for Water or 614-645-7102 for Sewers.

Help Make 3 of the Clintonville Traffic Signal Box Art Designs a Reality

Previously, we posted about the Clintonville Traffic Signal Box Art designs in order to solicit designs & initial funding.

Now we are doing a final push to make 3 of these designs a reality within our neighborhood – with only a few hundred dollars more in funding, these designs will be put on three of the traffic boxes along High Street:

This a 100% community funded project to help bring some fresh art to one of the main corridors!

Henderson

Oakland Park

Park of Roses

PSA: Firework Safety Message

All – We’re passing along a message from the city fire department as folks get ready to enjoy the upcoming 4th of July weekend.  Please see the included graphic for the full message but here are a few key takeaways:

  • The use of any explosive fireworks or rockets is illegal throughout the City of Columbus.
  • The only legal fireworks that may be displayed in Ohio are those that Snake, Smoke, Snap and Sparkle.
  • Because the use of illegal fireworks can cause severe injuries, property destruction and death, the Columbus Division of Fire will have specialized teams of fire investigators deployed this weekend who can respond to calls of illegal firework sales and large professional-grade displays that put the safety of our residents at risk.

In general, be respectful of those around you in the community & take proper safety precautions while celebrating!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

CFD Firework Safety Message 7.2.20

CAC – Thursday July 2nd Meeting Agenda (7pm)

Clintonville Area Commission July 2nd Meeting Agenda

7:00 p.m. Call to order & formal welcome by Chairperson White

7:05 p.m. Commissioner Introductions and District Updates

7:20 p.m. Paul Bingle – Longstanding Member of CAC’s Zoning & Variance Committee

  • Farewell meeting

7:30 p.m. Consideration of prior meeting minutes – B.J. White, Chair

7:35 p.m. Treasurer’s Report – Kendra Carpenter, Treasurer

7:40 p.m. Katherine Cull – Neighborhood Community Liaison

7:45 p.m. Variance Agenda – Stephen Hardwick, CAC Z & V Committee Chair

  1. BZA20-049, 543 Fallis. In order to replace a garage, David K. Eppard, speaking for homeowner Mike Halteman, seeks variances to
    1. Reduce the require yard from 3 to 1.5’, CC3332.26(E)
    2. Reduce the garage to house maneuvering requirement from 20’ to 18’, CC3312.25.
  2. BZA20-047, 4655 Rustic Bridge Road. In order to build a new addition to allow for a “1st floor handicap-accessible bedroom,” homeowner Jayne Vandenburg asks for a variance to decrease the setback from 35’ to
    21’6”, CC3312.21.
  3. BZA20-046, 395-397 Crestview Road. 397 R LLC asks, in order to build a 1,560 sq. ft. greenhouse,
    variances to

    1. Reduce the required parking spaces from 62 to 17 (21 spaces for the greenhouse),
      CC3312.49; and
    2. Reduce the minimum building setbacks for the greenhouse from 25’ to 1’ along Indianola as shown on the site plan, CC3356.11.

8:30 p.m. Committee Chairs and Election of Officers

  • The CAC’s 6 Standing Committees
    • GreenSpot Neighborhood Committee
    • Historic Buildings Committee
    • Technology & Public Relations Committee
    • Planning & Development Committee
    • Election Committee
    • Zoning & Variance Committee

8:50 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

Facebook Event Link: 7/2 CAC Meeting – Facebook Event Link

Blueprint Construction Updates:
Blueprint Columbus has recently updated their website with an interactive map. Once you land on the website,
you can type in your home address and learn more about impending projects that are near you.
http://columbus.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f16b492055874c70a3260809c0a3d0d8
Please sign up for emailed updates at https://www.blueprintneighborhoods.com/contactus/ For questions, concerns, or comments, you may email the Blueprint Columbus directly at blueprint@columbus.gov
Please note that construction schedules are subject to change due to weather, site issues, etc.

Fond Farewell to Paul Bingle

The Clintonville Area Commissioners & Clintonville Zoning & Variance Committee members wish Paul Bingle a happy retirement after an amazing 36 YEARS of service to the Clintonville community!! With a pending move in a few weeks, Paul resigned on June 24th and ended his tenure with one final Zoning & Variance Meeting! We will miss his wisdom and insight.

Paul’s long term contributions to the neighborhood offers a good overview of where the neighborhood has been in the last three decades. Paul was mentored by Clintonviile’s earliest advocates. Martha Trout, Helen Gross and Phil Jastram. Diane Hayford, a long term CAC committee member notes that ” Paul was an important bridge between them and now. His institutional memory is vast and our neighborhood has relied on it so often through the years. I cannot conceive of how many committee positions he has held. By-laws, Elections, Zoning, etc., he was always just a phone call away. I cannot recall a time when he said “no” to our community. His good nature and wisdom will be missed”..

Paul’s notable projects were:

The dreaming, design, fundraising, and dedication of the Reading Garden at the then new Whetstone Library (1984). His journey included an initial appointment to the Clintonville Area Commission, facilitating his involvement and leaving of a mark with the City’s Project 2020 street lighting program. multiple community park improvements with a focus on Whetstone, residential tree plantings, and the early phases of the new fire station and the High Street Commercial Improvement District project. Paul enjoyed serving as the Clintonville Area Commission’s Election’s Committee and as the District 7 Commissioner, as the Physical Service Committee Chair and the CAC’s Secretary/Treasurer and Chair.

Paul co-founded the Clintonville July 4th Celebration, Inc. when the long time hosts walked away. Poking at the community’s history, on a whim, he facilitated the Clintonville Sesquicentennial event via Strategic Clintonville, Inc., which later morphed into the creation of the Clintonville Community Fund. Paul had served as Chair of the Clintonville Homes Tour event for many years. He was a part of the Whetstone Initiative that lead to the expansion of the Whetstone Recreation Center. With other area friends, Paul also co-founded the Stewards of Metro Parks, which is now Friends of Metro Parks.

Paul noted one of his funniest memories as ‘mouthing off’ during a Zoning Committee meeting that the plans for the expansion of the Whetstone Library lacked a viewing connection to the High Street lawn. Being a collector of stained glass windows, he suggested that the placement of a large window, with a community commemorative stained glass window, be added to the plans. Paul states “When the plans were presented to the CAC at the regular meeting a few days later, to my surprise, the architect had added the floor to ceiling window and made provisions for an art glass window to be included if the community could raise the funds to do so. That is when I learned the power of our words as influencers during the zoning review processes. And then understand that it required an action commitment on our part to follow through!”

We wish Paul & his wife Linda many HAPPY years as they relocate to their new home in Delaware county! Your generosity and commitment to the Clintonville community will be missed!

Zoning & Variance Meeting 6/24/2020 – 7pm via Zoom

Filed revised agenda for next week’s meeting of the CAC’s Zoning & Variance Committee in CAC agenda

  1. Corrects the name of the applicant and homeowner for the Fallis Road application.
  2. Includes the final version of the Fallis Road application.
  3. Notes that the demolition permit for a building on the SW corner of NB and High is no longer on the agenda because the applicant does not seek a waiver of the 60-day waiting period.
  4. Adds additional documentation for the Crest’s application.

This is a public meeting all are welcome to attend!