Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Homeless Families Foundation. The agreement will provide $86,000 from the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget to assist with the rehabilitation of nine affordable housing units on S. Grubb Street that provide emergency shelter for homeless families. The Homeless Families Foundation will use the dollars to undertake kitchen and bathroom plumbing repairs, security improvements, replacing electrical fixtures, subfloor improvements, and other critical repairs. The improvements will assist in meeting emergency shelter service demands for homeless families.
This much needed service cannot be performed by city employees as the facility is private property operated by a non-profit providing a public service in the form of assistance to the homeless.
Emergency action is requested for this legislation in order to comply with the time line for the project to begin construction.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this project are included in the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Homeless Families Foundation; to authorize the expenditure of $86,000 from the 2005 Capital Improvements Fund; and to declare an emergency ($86,000).
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Development, Housing Division, desires to enter into an agreement with the Homeless Families Foundation to aid in the rehabilitation of the Homeless Families Foundation Grubb Street Shelter; and
WHEREAS, the contract will provide $86,000 from the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget for the rehabilitation of the Homeless Families Foundation Grubb Street Shelter for homeless families; and
WHEREAS, the Homeless Families Foundation will rehabilitate its Grubb Street Shelter facility to improve the conditions for homeless families; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Housing Division, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into an agreement with the Homeless Families Foundation to allow rehabilitation to begin immediately, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, and; 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 Homeless Families Foundation to aid in the rehabilitation of the Homeless Families Foundation Grubb Street Shelter for the homeless families.
Section 2. That this contract is awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Code.
Section 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $86,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Housing Division, Department No. 44-10, Fund 782, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6615, Project No. 782003, OCA 782003.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this legislation 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.