Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to amend the Capital Improvement Project Grant entered into with The Ohio Historical Society doing business as (DBA) Ohio History Connection. An amendment is needed for the purpose of allowing additional time to complete construction on exterior and interior preservation and renovation, as well as, site work and landscaping for Poindexter Village.
Columbus City Council, per Ordinance Number 2612-2022, authorized the Director of Development to enter into a Grant Agreement in an amount up to $1,400,000.00 with The Ohio Historical Society DBA, Ohio History Connection, to provide a capital grant supporting construction on exterior and interior preservation and renovation, as well as, site work and landscaping for Poindexter Village. Columbus City Council subsequently authorized the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with The Ohio Historical Society, Inc. (DBA), as Ohio History Connection, in the amount of $20,000 for the purpose of providing a grant to support architectural cost for construction on the exterior and interior construction preservation and renovation. The architectural cost were not included in the capital improvement project grant. The Department of Development wishes to extend the $1,400,000.00 capital improvement project grant by an additional year to allow for the project's completion.
Because the project was delayed due to funding needed for architectural cost, an extension of one year is requested to finish the project.
In accordance with C.C. 329.09(a):
1. The amount of the additional funds to be expended is $0.00.
2. The Department of Development could not predict/did not anticipate the delay of the project.
3. It is in the City’s best interest to extend the grant term to allow for construction completion. It is not possible to award the grant to another organization for the interior/exterior renovation and landscaping of Poindexter Village.
4. There is no additional funding involved with this modification, and thus, no basis of price for additional goods or services (as there are none).
Emergency action is requested to allow the amendment to occur before the current grant agreement ends of 12/31/2024.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation does not have a fiscal impact.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: The vendor number is 006096 and contract compliance expires on 10/13/2025.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to amend the Capital City Improvement Project Grant with The Ohio Historical Society, DBA, Ohio History Connection, to amend the capital improvement project grant agreement authorized by Ordinance No. 2612-2022 to allow the grant to end on December 31, 2025 instead of December 31, 2024; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council, per Ordinance Number 2612-2022, authorized the Director of Development to enter into a Grant Agreement in an amount up to $1,400,000.00 with the Ohio Historical Society DBA Ohio History Connection to provide a capital grant supporting construction on exterior and interior preservation and renovation, as well as, site work and landscaping for Poindexter Village; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council, per Ordinance Number 1363-2024, on June 3, 2024, authorized the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Ohio History Connection, in the amount of $20,000, for the purpose of architectural services in the exterior and interior construction preservation and renovation for Poindexter Village; and
WHEREAS, the architectural cost, including marketing, was not included in the grant agreement of $1,400,000; and
WHEREAS, the amendment is needed to extend the end date of the capital improvement project grant agreement authorized by Ordinance Number 2612-2022 to December 31, 2025, instead of December 31, 2024 to allow additional time to complete construction on exterior and interior preservation and renovation, as well as, site work and landscape in Poindexter Village; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exits in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Development to amend the capital improvement project grant agreement with Ohio Historical Society, Inc. DBA, Ohio History Connection, for the purpose of extending the grant agreement end date of December 31, 2025 for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, peace, and property, and that it is immediately necessary to amend the grant agreement to promote economic development; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is authorized to amend the capital improvement project grant agreement authorized by Ordinance Number 2612-2022 with the Ohio Historical Society DBA Ohio History Connection by extending the contract end date to December 31, 2025 for the purpose of allowing additional time to complete construction on exterior and interior preservation and renovation, as well as, site for and landscape in Poindexter Village.
SECTION 2. That for the reason 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.