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Background: Due to the high number of special events scheduled throughout the year in the Arena District, Nationwide Realty and the Columbus Division of Police (CPD) believe it is mutually beneficial for CPD to have an additional presence in the immediate area to allow its officers on-duty in this area access to a desk and city computers connected to city network services to facilitate filing of reports, checking information, and similar activities without officers having to travel back to the precinct to perform these activities. In support of CPD operations serving special events held in the Arena District, Nationwide Realty Management, LLCt desires to provide without charge approximately 224 square feet of shared office space and a parking space for a CPD cruiser at its office building located 343 N. Front Street. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute a license agreement with Nationwide Realty Management, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, (“Licensor”), for CPD shared occupancy of Suite 150 and use of a designated parking space for one CPD cruiser. The license agreement is for a five (5) year term. This legislation is presented as an emergency measure to allow CPD to occupy the shared office space at the earliest date possible to provide an increased police presence and operational capabilities in the Arena District.
Fiscal Impact: There is no direct cost associated with the license agreement.
Emergency Action: Emergency action is requested to allow for shared occupancy of the licensed office space by the Columbus Division of Police to provide an increased presence and CPD operational capabilities in the Arena District at the earliest possible date.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a license agreement with Nationwide Realty Management, LLC for Columbus Division of Police occupancy of shared office space in Suite 150, located at 343 N. Front Street; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, due to the high number of special events scheduled throughout the year at venues in the Arena District, Nationwide Realty Management, LLC and the Columbus Division of Police believe it is mutually beneficial for the Division to have an additional presence in the immediate area to provide officers on-duty in the Arena District access to office space equipped with a city-owned computer connected to city network services to facilitate the ability of the officers to file reports, check information, and conduct similar activities without having to return to the precinct; and
WHEREAS, Nationwide Realty Management has shared office space and a parking space for a CPD cruiser available at its office building located at 343 N. Front Street; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into a license agreement in order to set the terms and conditions for the Columbus Division of Police occupancy of the shared office space, identified as Suite 150, located at 343 N. Front Street and the provision of parking for one cruiser; and
WHEREAS, Nationwide Realty Management will provide the shared office space and cruiser parking at no cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Finance and Management Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Division of Police, to enter into and execute a license agreement with Nationwide Realty Management, LLC, for shared occupancy of office space in Suite 150 located at 343 N. Front Street, in the Arena District to provide for an additional CPD presence with operational capabilities in the Arena District at the earliest possible date, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, be and hereby is authorized to enter into a license agreement, as approved by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, with Nationwide Realty Management, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, to set the terms and conditions associated with Columbus Division of Police occupancy of shared office space, identified as Suite 150, located at 343 N. Front Street and use of a dedicated parking space for a CPD cruiser.
Section 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.