Explanation
BACKGROUND
Ordinance 1540-2024 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit services contract with the Franklinton Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. (the “Franklinton SID”) to authorize City grants not to exceed the amount of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00). The purpose of this ordinance is to amend the party to Ordinance No. 1540-2024 to authorize the Director of Development to enter into the contract with the Franklinton Board of Trade instead of the Franklinton SID in order to include all of Franklinton in the public realm plan and not just the area that the Special Improvement District covers.
FISCAL IMPACTS
No funding is required for this legislation.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The vendor number 004773 is and expires on January 17, 2026.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 1540-2024 in order to change the party to the not-for-profit service contract from the Franklinton Special Improvement District of Columbus Inc. to the Franklinton Board of Trade to encompass all of Franklinton in the public realm plan; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit services contract with the Franklinton Board of Trade to provide funding for planning of capital improvement investments in the public realm within Franklinton.($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Franklinton Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. is a qualified nonprofit corporation that partners with local business and property owners that attract and sustain businesses, and implements improvements in the Franklinton neighborhood, pursuant to the plans for public improvements and public services approved by Resolution Nos. 0069X-2020, 0103X-2020, and Ordinance No. 1895-2020; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1540-2024, passed by City Council on July 5th, 2024, authorized the Director of Development (the “Director”) to enter into a no-for-profit service contract with the Franklinton Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. to provide funding for planning of capital improvement investments in the public real within Franklinton;
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1540-2024 also authorized the transfer of funds within the West Edge I TIF Fund, to authorize the transfer and appropriation of funds within the General Fund, and to authorize the expenditure of $150,000 from the General Fund and the West Edge I TIF for the purposes of the agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Franklinton Board of Trade is a qualified nonprofit corporation that organizes business and citizens of Franklinton to advocate, beautify, connect, grow and sustain Franklinton; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Ordinance No. 1540-2024 in order to change the party of the agreement to the Franklinton Board of Trade to fully encompass all of Franklinton in the public realm plan where the Franklinton Special improvement District of Columbus, Inc. only covers a portion of Franklinton; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1540-2024 is hereby amended to read as follows, with deletions stricken and new language underlined:
Section 1. That for the reasons described herein, the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to enter into a not-for-profit services contract, on behalf of the City, with the Franklinton SID Franklinton Board of Trade to provide public realm planning within and around Franklinton.
SECTION 2. That existing Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1540-2024 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest date permitted by law.