Explanation
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate $17,000.00 for the development of a feasibility study that will best determine the viability and implementation of a mixed-use food incubator in the Southern Gateway area along Parsons Avenue.
The Parsons Avenue Merchants Association (PAMA) recognizes that innovative economic development activity is a recommendation of the “Roadmap to Revitalization” Southern Gateway Community Report issued in May 2014 as a part of the City’s Southern Gateway Revitalization Collaborative. This initiative examines the use food production and consumption as an economic development tool in South Columbus.
This ordinance authorizes the transfer of appropriations within the General Fund from the Department of Development to the the Community Relations Commission. The ordinance also authorizes the Community Relations Commission to enter into contract with the Parsons Avenue Merchants Association for the completion of a Food Start feasibility study as a part of the Southern Gateway Initiative devoted to the revitalization of the Southern Gateway/ South Parsons Ave. area of the South Side of Columbus.
FISCAL IMPACT: $17,000.00 is available for this contract within the General Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $17,000.00 of appropriation authority within the General Fund; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer appropriations from the Department of Development to the Community Relations Commission for the Southern Gateway Revitalization Collaborative Project; to authorize the Community Relations Commission to enter into contract with the Parsons Avenue Merchants Association for a feasibility study to determine the viability and implementation of a mixed-use food incubator as a part of the Southern Gateway Initiative ($17,000.00).
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WHEREAS, Mayor Michael B. Coleman announced the creation of South Side Initiatives Fund for the Southern Gateway/South Pars...
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