Background
Ordinance 1214-2022 authorized the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a not-for-profit service contract through July 31, 2023 with Neighborhood Design Center to administer a neighborhood beautification grant program known as 614 Beautiful. 614 Beautiful is a program aimed at beautifying and unifying Columbus communities through place-based, public-facing improvements. The 614 Beautiful program was aiming to fund projects such as pocket parks, landscape enhancements, streetscape and public right-of-way improvements, place making signage, and public art.
Ordinance 1424-2023 authorized an extension of the original contract through July 31, 2024, and increased the available funding by $300,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund. Ordinance 0660-2024 authorized a contract extension to July 31, 2025.
This ordinance increases the available funding by $300,000.00 under the current contract from the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund and authorizes payment for reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverages expenses from the effective date of this ordinance.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund (Subfund 100018).
Emergency action is requested so that Neighborhood Design Center will have enough time to plan, market, and score the applicants in advance of projects in order to avoid any disruption of the neighborhood beautification program.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to modify an existing agreement with the Neighborhood Design Center to add additional funding; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund; to authorize payment for reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverages from the effective date of this ordinance; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, 614 Beautiful is a program created in 2022 aimed at beautifying and unifying Columbus communities through place-based, public-facing improv...
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