Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the period October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. The WIC budget provides a total amount of $192,947.20 for the lease of real property to be used as clinic space for the WIC Program.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into lease agreements with the following property owners:
Property Owner Number of sq ft Price Per Sq Ft. Federal ID Number
PLM of Col. 3,145 $10.76 284543851
Jane Setterlin 2,520 $12.09 287323903
Dr. Beard 4,000 $10.63 188589094
LGPG, LP 2,860 $12.50 200344671
Holt Road Center, LLC 3,600 $14.00 202695096
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in making payments to the landlords.
FISCAL IMPACT: The lease payments cited above are entirely funded by the WIC grant. This grant does not generate revenue or require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Department of Finance and Management to renew four existing lease contracts, and to enter into a lease contract with Dr. Jacinto W. Beard, for the lease of clinic space for the WIC program, for the period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012, to authorize a total expenditure of $192,947.20 from the Health Department Grants Fund and to declare an emergency. ($192,947.20)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012; and,
WHEREAS, The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) budget provides $192,947.20 for the lease of real property to be used as clinic space for the WIC Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City desires, for the benefit of Columbus Public Health, to renew four lease contracts for the rental of real property, and to enter into a lease contract with Dr. Jacinto W. Beard, for the lease of clinic space for the WIC program, for the period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012 in order to provide services for the Women, Infants and Children program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Health in that it is immediately necessary to renew four existing lease agreements, in order to allow the WIC clinic to continue offering program services to the community as quickly as possible for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Finance and Management Department is hereby authorized and directed to renew four existing leases, for the provision of rental space for WIC clinics for the period October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Finance and Management Department is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a lease contract with Dr. Jacinto W. Beard, for the provision of rental space for a WIC clinic for the period October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.
SECTION 3. That to pay the costs of said contracts, the expenditure of $192,947.20 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Grant No 501150, Division No. 50-01, OCA Code 501150, as follows:
Object Object
Property Owner OCA Level 01 Level 03 Amount
PLM of Cols. 501150 03 3301 $33,840.00
Jane Setterlin 501150 03 3301 $30,457.20
Dr. Beard 501150 03 3301 $42,500.00
LGPG, LP 501150 03 3301 $35,750.00
Holt Road Center, LLC 501150 03 3301 $50,400.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these leases are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 4. That for 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.