Explanation
Background: The Mid-Ohio Foodbank is the developer of the Eastland Prosperity Center (“Center”) which will combine a free food market with a community health center, city services and other support to create a one-stop destination for social services at 4485 Refugee Road, Columbus, Ohio. As part of this Center, the City is to lease space within for Columbus Public Health, for a Women, Infant and Children’s Clinic (3,195 square feet), for the Department of Neighborhoods, for a Neighborhood Pride Center and 311 call center (2,830 square feet), and for CelebrateOne, as a community outpost dedicated to reducing infant mortality (1,206 square feet). Three separate Lease Agreements (“Leases”) will be entered into with an effective date on or about December 3, 2026, as authorized by Ordinance 1558-2026.
This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of up to $114,352.00 annually, associated with the three (3) Lease Agreements authorized by ordinance 1558-2026 with Mid-Ohio Foodbank, an Ohio non-profit corporation, for space with the Eastland Prosperity Center located at 4458 Refugee Road, Columbus, Ohio. The Leases will be for twenty (20) consecutive one-year lease terms, each subject to appropriation and certification of necessary rental funds by Columbus City Council. This ordinance is deemed an emergency.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for the three (3) leases agreements is budgeted as follows:
· $25,560.00 - Columbus Public Health - Health Operating Fund 50-5001-03-63310-2250-000000-HE002-500106
· $62,260.00 - Department of Neighborhoods - General Fund 48-4801-03-63310-1000-100010-NH002
· $26,532.00 - CelebrateOne - General Fund 40-4005-03-63310-1000-100010-MA005
Emergency Action: This legislation is presented as emergency measure to allow for timely commencement of rent payments associated with the Lease Agreements all with an effective date on or about December 3, 2026.
Title
To authorize the expenditure of funds associated with the three (3) Lease Ag...
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