..Explanation
Background: The Columbus Neighborhood Health (CNHC), a not-for-profit corporation offering health care services to medically underserved patients, occupies a portion of the Dental Clinic located on the 2nd Floor of the Columbus Department of Health, located at 240 Parsons Avenue, to provide clinical and preventive dental services for low income adults and children. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute a license agreement with CNHC for its occupancy of space in the Dental Clinic to provide clinical and preventive dental services for low income adults and children. The license agreement is for a period consisting of five (5) consecutive one (1) year terms.
Fiscal Impact: The license agreement shall provide for CNHC's pro-rata reimbursement of expenses associated with utilities, maintenance, and janitorial services based on the portion of its occupancy of the Dental Clinic office space.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate execution of the license agreement to benefit the public health and for the preservation of the public peace, property health and safety.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a license agreement with Columbus Neighborhood Health (CNHC) for its occupancy of a portion of the Dental Clinic located at the Columbus Department of Health, 240 Parsons Avenue, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, Columbus Neighborhood Health (CNHC) provides clinical and preventive dental services for low income adults and children in a portion of the Dental Clinic located on the 2nd Floor of the Columbus Department of Health, located at 240 Parsons Avenue; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into a license agreement in order to set the terms and conditions for CNHC occupancy of the Dental Clinic space and its reimbursement of pro-rata expenses; and
WHEREAS, the Departments of Health and Finance and Management have determined that serves a public purpose and therefore the license should be granted; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to grant authority to the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into and execute a license agreement for Columbus Neighborhood Health (CNHC) to provide clinical and preventive dental services for low income adults and children in a portion of the Dental Clinic located on the 2nd Floor of the Columbus Department of Health for the preservation of the public peace, property, health 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 enter into a license agreement, as approved by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, with Columbus Neighborhood Health Center (CNHC) to set the terms, conditions, and reimbursement of pro-rata expenses associated with CNHC occupancy of space in the Dental Clinic located on the 2nd Floor of the Columbus Department of Health at 240 Parsons Avenue and its reimbursement of pro-rata expenses associated with occupancy.
Section 2. That for the reasons state in the preamble hereto, 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.