Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus (Collaborative). The contract will provide funds to support the Collaborative in its role as a funding intermediary, facilitator of training, and builder of organizational capacity for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) in Columbus. This funding represents a commitment from the City to the long-term goal of building strong, viable CDCs and CHDOs in Columbus that can significantly contribute to neighborhood revitalization. The CD Collaborative contracts with the Affordable Housing Trust for Columbus and Franklin County to provide administrative support. The amount of the contract will be $45,000.
Emergency action is requested to allow program services to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract consists $45,000 from the 2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus for administrative support; to authorize the expenditure of $45,000.00 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($45,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into contract with the Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus to promote continuity, provide for accountability and in general, focus the efforts of the Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) in the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the Collaborative will fill the role of funding intermediary, facilitator of training, and builder of organizational capacity for both CHDOs and CDCs; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract with the Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus to allow program services to continue without interruption, all for the preservation of 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 be and is hereby authorized to contract with the Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus to promote continuity, provide for accountability and in general, focus the efforts of the Community Development Corporations (CDCs) and Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) in the City of Columbus.
SECTION 2. That these contracts are awarded pursuant to the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of City Code relating to the process for awarding not-for-profit service contracts.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $45,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Community Development Block Grant Fund, Department of Development, Division 44-10, Fund 248, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA 445248.
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 for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which 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.