Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the period October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. The WIC budget provides a total amount of $199,947.20 for the lease of real property to be used as clinic space for the WIC Program.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute a new lease for one property whose current lease contains no additional renewals and will expire on September 30, 2013.
New lease agreement:
Property Owner Number of sq ft Price Per Sq Ft . Federal ID Number
Beaumont 4522, LLC 2,520 $12.09 274235346
Included in the WIC budget is funding for rent payments for the automatic renewal of five existing leases that have previously been approved by City Council.
Leases renewals to be funded:
Property Owner Number of sq ft Price Per Sq Ft . Federal ID Number
PLM of Col. 3,145 $10.76 284543851
Dr. Jacinto Beard 4,000 $10.63 188589094
Holt Road Center, LLC 3,600 $14.00 202695096
St. Stephens Community Services 800 $08.75 314379568
Sama Management Group 2,860 $12.50 460897137
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The lease payments cited above are entirely funded by the WIC grant. This grant does not generate revenue or require a City match. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of Ordinance No. 2261-2013 that authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $5,880,237.00 for the 2013-2014 WIC Grant Program.
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To authorize and direct the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a new lease contract for a WIC clinic at 4550 Indianola Avenue for the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014, and authorizes a total expenditure of $199,947.20 from the Health Department Grants Fund for payment of five leases for the WIC Program; and to declare an emergency. ($199,947.20)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the City desires, for the benefit of Columbus Public Health, to enter into a new lease and appropriate and expend funds for the new lease and for five renewal lease contracts, in order to provide services for the Women, Infants and Children program for the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) budget provides $199,947.20 for the lease of real property to be used as clinic space for the WIC Program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Health in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a new lease and renew five existing lease agreements, in order to allow the WIC clinics to continue offering program services to the community as quickly as possible for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Finance and Management Department is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a lease contract with Beaumont 4522, LLC, for continued operation of a WIC clinic for the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014.
SECTION 2. That the terms and conditions of the lease are as stated in the lease agreement as approved by the Real Estate Division, City Attorney's Office, and include the following provisions:
a). The lease agreement with Beaumont 4522, LLC shall include an initial one-year term commencing October 1, 2013 and terminating September 30, 2014 and shall include four successive one-year automatic renewal at established renewal rates subject to appropriation of rental funds by City Council and certification of availability of funds by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $199,947.20 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Grant No. 501342, Division No. 50-01, OCA Code 501342 for payment of the costs of the following six lease contracts as follows:
Object Object
Property Owner OCA Level 01 Level 03 Amount
Sama Management Group 501342 03 3301 $35,750.00
St. Stephens Community Services 501342 03 3301 $07,000.00
PLM of Cols. 501342 03 3301 $33,840.00
Dr. Jacinto Beard 501342 03 3301 $42,500.00
Holt Road Center, LLC 501342 03 3301 $50,400.00
Beaumont 4522, LLC 501342 03 3301 $30,457.20
$199,947.20
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 5. That for 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 its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.