Explanation
BACKGROUND: Authorization is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a 5 year lease agreement for the property at 345 Reeb Ave. (010-017962) to Mid-Ohio Food Bank, an Ohio nonprofit whose project is to transform vacant and underutilized sites in under-served neighborhoods into productive, sustainable urban farms that provide low-income, food insecure residents increased access to fresh, local produce and encourage civic engagement. The garden is the 2017 South Side Fruit Park installation of fruit trees, trellises, and picnic tables and constructed with the Parsons Place affordable housing development. The garden was previously maintained by the Parsons Avenue Merchant Association. This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to enter into the necessary lease agreement as needed for the use, operation, lease, and management of the property by Mid-Ohio Food Bank.
FISCAL IMPACT: The City will collect “Rent” as defined as lessee’s annual rental payment to the City in the amount of One-Hundred Eighty Two and 00/100 U.S. Dollars ($182.00), which is calculated at $400.00 U.S. Dollars per acre.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into the necessary lease agreement as needed for the use, operation, lease, and management of 345 Reeb Ave. (010-017962).
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 1325-98, Council adopted and elected to use the Revised Code Chapter 5722, Land Reutilization Program, to facilitate effective reutilization of nonproductive land acquired through a sale pursuant to a foreclosure proceeding initiated by the Franklin County Treasurer, or through a sale of forfeited lands by the Franklin County Auditor, or through a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure to foster either return of such land to tax revenue generating status or its devotion to public use, or any other land acquired as part of the land reutilization program; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the leas...
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