Explanation
Background: In November of 1975, the City entered into a lease agreement with the County Commissioners of Franklin County Ohio ("County") for the Franklin County Court Building at 375 South High Street to house the Municipal Court. The current lease as modified, automatically renews for an additional ten (10) years unless the City notifies the County in writing of its decision to terminate the lease no later than June 1, 2006. Discussions between City and County officials have indicated that it would be desirable, for planning purposes, to shorten the renewal term of the lease from 10 years to 5 years and to authorize such other changes as are mutually agreed upon to clarify conflicting language and to reflect allocation of common and maintenance expenses
Therefore, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute a "Tenth Modification of Lease" to shorten the renewal term of the lease from 10 years to 5 years and to authorize such other changes as are mutually agreed upon to clarify conflicting language and to reflect allocation of common and maintenance expenses
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the subject lease to be modified prior the City's June 1st deadline.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute a "Tenth Modification of Lease" to shorten the renewal term for the Franklin County Municipal Court Building, from ten years to 5 years and to authorize such other changes as are mutually agreed upon to clarify conflicting language and to reflect allocation of common and maintenance expenses and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, in November of 1975, the City entered in a lease agreement with the County Commissioners of Franklin County Ohio ("County") for the Franklin County Municipal Court Building at 375 S. High Street to house the Municipal Court; and
WHEREAS, the current lease as previously modified, automatically renews for an additional ten (10) years unless the City notifies the County in writing of its decision to terminate the lease no later than June 1, 2006; and
WHEREAS, discussions between City and County officials have indicated that it would be desirable, for planning purposes, to shorten the renewal term of the lease from 10 years to 5 years; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute a "Tenth Modification of Lease" and to shorten the length of the current lease of the Franklin County Municipal Court Building, from a 10 year term to a 5 year term, and to authorize such other changes as are mutually agreed upon to clarify conflicting language and to reflect allocation of common and maintenance expenses for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management be and hereby is authorized to execute a "Tenth Modification of Lease" necessary to shorten the renewal term under the lease between Franklin County and the City for the Franklin County Municipal Court Building from ten (10) years to five (5) years and to authorize such other changes as are mutually agreed upon to clarify conflicting language and to reflect allocation of common and maintenance expenses and to declare an emergency.
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 passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.