City of Columbus - File #: 0909-2009

• File #: 0909-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/16/2009
• In control: Finance & Economic Development Committee
• On agenda: 7/6/2009
• Final action: 7/8/2009
• Title: To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary to amend and extend the Operating Agreement between the City of Columbus and the Center for Child Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital, as successor in interest to The Children's Hospital Center for Child and Family Advocacy, to extend the Operating Agreement for a one (1) year term and provide three (3) automatic one-year renewal terms for the lease of 4,014 square feet of office space located at 655 E. Livingston Avenue, to authorize the expenditure of $30,537.00 from the 2009 Special Income Tax Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($30,537.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/8/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/7/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/6/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/6/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/19/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/19/2009	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/19/2009	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/19/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/19/2009	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/18/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/18/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/18/2009	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/18/2009	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/17/2009	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/17/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2009	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/16/2009	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation


Background: The Juvenile Bureau of the Columbus Division of Police along with other area agencies have combined efforts with The Children's Hospital Center for Child and Family Advocacy since July 2005 to provide services in a collaborative approach from a central location for the assessment, treatment, protection, investigation and prosecution of child abuse and for the support and treatment for domestic violence victims. Participants include Franklin County Children Services, the Franklin County Prosecutor, the Franklin County Sheriff, and the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence.

The Division of Police has occupied office space at The Children's Hospital Center for Child and Family Advocacy since July 2005, as authorized under Ordinance #1310-2005, passed on July 27, 2005 and pursuant to the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding and an Operating Agreement that addressed the requirements of the parties. The Operating Agreement requires the City to annually reimburse The Children's Hospital Center for Child and Family Advocacy for the City's prorata share of the operating expenses of the building housing The Children's Hospital Center for Child and Family Advocacy.

The Operating Agreement (Agreement) is actually a lease of office space. The Agreement identified a commencement date but failed to include a termination date, identified an annual office space reimbursement schedule through 2008, and did not provide for a renewal term. In 2007, the contracting corporate entity changed its name to "Center for Child Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital". The Operating Agreement requires an amendment to correct deficiencies in the terms and reflect the change in name of the corporate entity. The City and the Center for Child Advocacy at Nationwide Children's Hospital desire to enter into an amendment to: extend the Agreement by establishing a new term with specified commencement and termination dates; reflect the change of the name of...