Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The Reauthorized Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. (SID), a non-profit organization, was created in Juneof 2011to go into effect in January 2012. As part of the Plan for Services for the SID, the Development Department committed to providing a cooperative share of $100,000 per year for the five years of the SID. 2012 is the first year of the SID and the City of Columbus committed to providing an additional $90,000 for a business recruitment specialist to attract new retail businesses to downtown Columbus.
The City cooperative share will be combined with the property owners share to provide services within the SID boundaries. These services include: environmental maintenance, supplemental security, promotions and marketing, member services and business recruitment.
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Development Department to enter into an agreement with the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads SID to provide funding for services within the SID boundaries.
Emergency action is requested so that the agreement with the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads SID can be executed immediately in order to continue the services provided by the SID.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The funding for this agreement has been allocated from the 2012 General Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District of Columbus Inc. to provide funding for services within the SID boundaries; to authorize the expenditure of $190,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($190,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads SID was formed in June 2011, and took effect in January 2012, for a period of five years; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Plan for Services for the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads SID the Development Department committed to providing a cooperative share of $100,000 per year for the five years of the SID; and
WHEREAS, 2012 is the first year of the SID and the City of Columbus committed to providing an additional $90,000 for a business recruitment specialist to attract new retail businesses to downtown Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the City cooperative share will be combined with the property owners share to provide services within the SID boundaries. These services include: Environmental Maintenance, Supplemental Security, Promotions and Marketing, Member Services and business recruitment; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Development Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into an agreement with the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads SID to avoid an interruption in program services, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, 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 to enter into an agreement with the Reauthorized Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. to provide funding for services within the SID boundaries per the Plan for Services.
Section 2. That this agreement is awarded in accordance with Chapter 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
Section 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $ 190,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Department of Development, Division 44-02, Fund No. 010, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA 440314.
Section 4. 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.