Explanation
Background:
The Recreation and Parks Department desires to renew a lease agreement with Franklin County Genealogical Society for use of the Harrison House, 570 W. Broad Street, and the Lucas Sullivant Land Office, 25 N. Gift Street.
The lease shall be automatically renewable for successive terms of one (1) year each up to a maximum of ten (10) terms.
The Department has leased the house to the Genealogical Society for a number of years. They make the house available to the public for tours upon request. Having a tenant in the house assists the department in keeping the structure in good condition.
The lease is for $1.00 per year.
This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency as current lease expired September 1, 2006.
Fiscal Impact:
Revenue - $1.00 per year.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to renew a lease agreement, in the amount of $1.00 per year, with the Franklin County Genealogical Society for the Harrison House and the Lucas Sullivant Land Office, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Genealogical Society wishes to renew its lease for the Harrison House and the Lucas Sullivant Land Office; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to renew the lease and the current lease expired September 1, 2006; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter renew the lease with the Franklin County Genealogical Society for the Harrison House and the Lucas Sullivant Land Office, at the rate of $1.00 per year.
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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.