Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development enter into a service contract with Greenwood 360 LLC in an amount up to $121,922.86 and to act as the Application Manager for recipients as part of the department’s Columbus Resilient Housing Initiative (RHI) and to waive competitive procurement requirements of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 because of their experience with the City’s ERA2 program and expertise in the emergency rental assistance application services process. This funding is needed to provide application review services for eligibility to provide rental and utility assistance to residents in the area. This ordinance also authorizes the payment of expenditures from September 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026 the term of the contract.
Greenwood 360 LLC will manage the application process of the RHI program which helps provide rental and utility assistance to residents in the local area who qualify for the assistance. Greenwood 360 LLC will work collaboratively to implement a plan to distribute RHI funds to eligible tenants with the Wells Foundation which will be processing payments and handling fiscal management of the program.
Emergency Designation: An emergency exists as it is immediately necessary to modify this agreement to assure that the funding is in place to continue to further assist tenants facing housing instability, eviction, and potential homelessness.
Waiver of Request for Proposal Requirements: A waiver of the competitive procurement requirements outlined in Columbus City Code Chapter 329 is being requested because of the need for the evaluating and processing of emergency rental assistance applications and Greenwood 360 LLC is the vendor under the ERA2 program which is coming to an end September 30, 2025 and there is not enough time to complete the request for proposal process and the current vendor for the ERA2 program will be able to streamline into the RHI program without any...
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