Background
Ordinance 1214-2022 authorized the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a not for profit service contract through July 31,2023 with Neighborhood Design Center to administer a neighborhood beautification grant program known as 614 Beautiful. 614 Beautiful is a program aimed at beautifying and unifying Columbus communities through place-based, public-facing improvements. The 614 Beautiful program was aiming to fund projects such as pocket parks, landscape enhancements, streetscape and public right-of-way improvements, place making signage, and public art.
This ordinance authorizes an extension of the original contract through July 31, 2024, and increases the available funding by $300,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested so that Neighborhood Design Center will have enough time to plan, market, and score the applicants in advance of projects in order to avoid any disruption of the neighborhood beautification program.
Title
To authorize the Department of Neighborhoods to modify an existing agreement with the Neighborhood Design Center; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, 614 Beautiful is a program created in 2022 aimed at beautifying and unifying Columbus communities through place-based, public-facing improvements; and
WHEREAS, in addition to activating spaces and creating places, the program aims to encourage dialogue amongst neighbors, local businesses, and organizations, and promote creativity and ingenuity in strategies that support all within Columbus; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Neighborhoods in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a contract modification with Neighborhood Design Center so that Neighborhood Design Center will have enough time to plan, market, and score the applicants in advance of projects in order to avoid any disruption of the neighborhood beautification program, for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of residents ; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods is hereby authorized to modify an existing agreement with Neighborhood Design Center, originally authorized by ordinance 1214-2022, by extending the expiration date to July 31, 2024 and by adding $300,000.00 of available resources.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $300,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the Department of Neighborhoods in 03-Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That per the action authorized by Section 1 of this ordinance, the expenditure of $300,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, is hereby authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 6. 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.