Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the non-profit Urban Land Institute (ULI) Columbus to provide planning support for an upcoming housing forum.
ULI Columbus is planning to host, in partnership with the City of Columbus, a full-day conference that gathers development and human services professionals, community and business leaders, and advocates alike. The event will focus on exploring efforts to address housing supply, zoning reform, and the best paths to promote sustainable, equitable, and dense transit-oriented development, with case studies from Columbus and peer cities across the U.S.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately undertake planning activities in advance of an anticipated housing forum in September.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Columbus to provide planning support for an upcoming housing forum; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, ULI Columbus is planning to host, in partnership with the City of Columbus, a full-day conference that gathers development and human services professionals, community and business leaders, and advocates alike; and
WHEREAS, the event will focus on exploring efforts to address housing supply, zoning reform, and the best paths to promote sustainable, equitable, and dense transit-oriented development, with case studies from Columbus and peer cities across the U.S.; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a contract with ULI Columbus in order to immediately undertake planning activities in advance of an anticipated housing forum in September; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a not for profit services contract with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Columbus to provide planning support for an upcoming housing forum.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $40,000.00 to the Department of Development within fund 1000 (General Fund), subfund 100018 (Neighborhood Initiatives), Dept. 44 01 (Administration), in Object Class 03 (Services) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose as stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $40,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized in fund 1000 (General Fund), subfund 100018 (Neighborhood Initiatives), Dept. 44 01 (Administration), in Object Class 03 (Services) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this contract is authorized under the non-profit contracting provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. 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 its approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.