Explanation
Background:
Columbus Next Generation Corporation is a non-profit real estate development group that focuses on maintaining public and private partnerships to aid in creating viable land development opportunities in underserved communities in Columbus.
Ours Brothers Keepers is a local non-profit that offers transitional housing, a drop-in center, GED tutoring services, mental health counseling, and educational and job-skills training workshops to underserved youth in the Krum Park neighborhood and surrounding communities.
Columbus Next Generation Corporation has partnered with Ours Brothers Keepers to rehabilitate the building owned by Ours Brothers Keepers at 2918 E. Fifth Avenue to create transitional housing units for low-income households.
Ordinance 3360-2022 authorized the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate and expend $420,000.00 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding through the Columbus Next Generation Corporation Transitional Housing Rehabilitation subrecipient grant agreement.
Ordinance 1501-2024 authorized the Director of the Department of Finance and Management modify the subrecipient grant agreement in order to extend the period of the agreement through March 31, 2025.
This ordinance is needed to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to modify the aforementioned subrecipient grant agreement to extend the time period of the agreement through July 31, 2025 due to unforeseen project delays.
Fiscal Impact: There is no additional funding required for this extension.
Emergency Designation: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the modification of this subrecipient grant agreement, so that the Department of Finance and Management can comply with federal requirements and deadlines, as a grantee's tim...
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