Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Community Development for All People for its Warming Center.
Community Development for All People holds overnight warming centers at 946 Parsons Avenue due to the extreme cold affecting Columbus during the winter months. They provide a place for anyone to warm up and stay overnight. These funds will support five weeks of the Warming Center and support utilities, laundry, bus passes, and other operational costs.
A warming center is a short-term emergency shelter that operates when temperatures or a combination of precipitation, wind chill, wind and temperature become dangerously inclement. Their purpose is the prevention of death and injury from exposure to the elements. Warming centers are frequently used by residents experiencing homelessness. Centers also serve stranded motorists or, during cold-weather power outages, homeowners and tenants.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in supporting the Community Development for All People which helps those living in poverty meet some of their essential needs.
Title
To authorize the Columbus City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People for its Warming Center; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($35,840.00)
Body
WHEREAS, during the winter months Columbus deals with extreme cold weather; and
WHEREAS, vulnerable residents may lack locations to remain safe during the winter; and
WHEREAS, the Warming Center provided by Community Development for All People provides a location for residents to warm up and stay overnight; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk's Office to enter in...
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