Explanation
This ordinance amends Ordinance 0975-2021, which authorized the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a grant agreement with the Make -A - Day Foundation in support of their Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program, to allow for reimbursement for expenses incurred since October 1, 2020. No additional funds are being added.
On April 19, 2021, Columbus City Council approved Ordinance 0975-2021 to support the Make -A - Day Foundation's Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program. Make-A-Day’s CAOT outreach program will provide opportunities for homeless guests to build personal relationships with other community members.
This ordinance seeks to allow the Make A Day Foundation to be reimbursed for expenses incurred since October 1, 2020.
Fiscal Impact: There is no funding required for this legislation.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide immediate support to the Make -A - Day Foundation’s Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program to expedite purchases for operational needs to serve homeless residents in the community.
Title
To amend Ordinance 0975-2021,which authorized the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a grant agreement with the Make -A - Day Foundation in support of their Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program, to allow for reimbursement for expenses incurred since October 1, 2020; and to declare an emergency. ($60,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council approved Ordinance 0975-2021 in an amount up to $60,000.00 to support the Make-A-Day Foundation's Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program; and
WHEREAS, the Make-A-Day Foundation outreach provides opportunities for homeless guests to build personal relationships with other community members; and
WHEREAS, Make-A-Day Foundation outreach takes a relationship-centered approach that helps guests explore opportunities and avail themselves of resources that they may not otherwise consider through more traditional outreach approach; and
WHEREAS, the mobile Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program utilizes a mobile kitchen and salon to set the tone of engagement with an act of appreciation, we change the dynamic with guests who are frequently treated as invisible and without value; and
WHEREAS, the Make-A-Day Foundation outreach takes a relationship-centered approach that helps guests explore opportunities and avail themselves of resources that they may not otherwise consider through more traditional outreach approaches; and
WHEREAS, the team at the Make -A - Day Foundation leverages their human services expertise and relationships with guests to remove barriers to services, benefits and meaningful connections to the community; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary amend Ordinance 0975-2021 to allow reimbursement for expenses incurred by Make-A-Day since October 1, 2020;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Neighborhoods in that it is immediately necessary to amend the previous ordinance that authorized the Director to enter into a grant agreement with the Make -A - Day Foundation, for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That SECTION 1 of Ordinance 0975-2021 is hereby amended to read as follows: That the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Make - A - Day Foundation in support of their Community Appreciation & Opportunity Team (CAOT) outreach program and to allow for reimbursement for expenses incurred since October 1, 2020.
SECTION 2. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.