Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $1,146,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund in order to allow the the Facilities Management Division to enter into eight separate lease agreements. The Public Safety Department, Police Division, wholly occupies five of these leased properties, sharing one with the Fire Division. One is wholly occupied by the Fire Division. The two remaining properties are occupied by Neighborhood Pride Centers.
The leases, with cost estimates, are as follows:
Police Division 3042 McKinley Avenue $204,130 Police Strategic Response Bureau and community meeting center
Police Division 560 Nationwide Blvd $105,884 Precincts 1 and 16
Police Division 560 Nationwide Blvd $ 35,400 Warehouse Storage
Police Division $293,550 Office Space
Police Division 1250 Fairwood Avenue $390,966 Police Property Room, Police and Fire Dispatch Center, and Fire sleeping quarters.
Development 1186 West Broad Street $10,287 Neighborhood Pride Center
Development 310 Innis Avenue $ 8,853 Neighborhood Pride Center
Fire Division 2028 Williams Road $82,978 Warehouse and Office Space
$1,132,048
Not all of these leases may need to be renewed for a full year. It is the intention of the Facilties Management Division and the Police Division to move some operations into City-owned buildings as quickly as possible. Some of these leases end in 2005 without extension periods. It is possible that the City operations located within these buildings may need to be moved to other leased locations if the City and...
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