Explanation
BACKGROUND:
On July 19, 2004, the Development Department entered in contract DL 008475 with the Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development to provide administrative costs for the organization to carry out economic development activities. The contract will expire on January 31, 2005, with remaining work still to be completed. The Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development and the City desire to continue the economic development work initiated by this group. In order to accomplish these goals the contract needs to be extended until January 31, 2006.
Emergency action is necessary to allow the Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development to continue their economic development activities uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this legislation.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to amend a contract with the Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development by extending the expiration date of the contract to January 31, 2006; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Development entered into an agreement with the Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development to provide administrative costs for economic development activities along the Livingston Avenue NCR District; and
WHEREAS, the economic development activities have not been completed within the contract period; and
WHEREAS, additional time is needed to complete the work started by the Livingston Avenue Collaboration for Community Development; and
WHEREAS, the contract with the Livingston Avenue Collaboration for Community Development needs to be extended to January 31, 2006; and
WHEREAS, this legislation needs to be an emergency measure to allow the work started by the Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development to continue past the January 31, 2005 contract end date and to allow this to happen in a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to amend this contract by extending the expiration date, all 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 Department of Development is hereby authorized and directed to amend contract DL008475 with the Livingston Avenue Collaborative for Community Development by extending the term of the contract to January 31, 2006.
Section 2. That this contract modification is made pursuant to Section 329.16 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 as amended.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance id 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.