Explanation
Background:
Authorize the Direction of Recreation and Parks to enter into a lease agreement with the Columbus Zoological Park and Associates in conjunction with its activities at the structure located within Jeffery Club Property, located at 6000 SR 745, Shawnee Hill, Oh.
The agreement will be for a term of one (1) year with the option of renewal for an additional ten (10) years, if both parties are in agreement for renewal.
This lease will continue to allow the Columbus Zoological Park and Associates to utilize the structure located within the Jeffery Club Property for the continued freshwater mussel research. The Columbus Zoological Park and Associates will provide general maintenance and capital improvements to the structure with their own funding.
The lease is for $1.00 per year.
This ordinance is being submitted as an emergency as current lease will expire 3/1/07.
Fiscal Impact:
Revenue - $1.00 per year.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to renew a lease agreement, in the amount of $1.00 per year, with the Columbus Zoological Park and Associates to utilize the structure located with the Jeffery Club Property, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Columbus Zoological Park and Associates wishes to renew its lease for the use of the Jeffery Club Property Facility; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to renew the lease as the current lease will expire 3/1/07; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to renew the lease with the Columbus Zoological Park and Associates for use of the Jeffery Club Property Facility, at the rate of $1.00 per year.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a ...
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