Explanation
Background:
By various agreements, the City of Columbus ("City") has transferred responsibility for the provision and maintenance of zoological park services and facilities at the Columbus Municipal Zoo to the Columbus Zoological Park Association through December 31, 2023. In connection with a renewal tax levy proposal, to be submitted to the electors of Franklin County, Ohio, in November, 2015, whereby the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County would furnish financial assistance to the Association through December 31, 2025, the City and the Association desire to extend the existing Agreement and Declaration of Trust through the period ending December 31, 2025. The following legislation authorizes the immediate modification of the existing Agreement and Declaration of Trust.
Emergency action is requested to allow this proposal to be considered prior to the November 3, 2015, General Election.
Fiscal Impact:
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Title
To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to execute those documents necessary to modify the existing Agreement and Declaration of Trust between the City and the Columbus Zoological Park Association to provide for the extension of the agreement through December 31, 2025, and to declare an emergency. ($0)
Body
WHEREAS, by the Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 5, 1980, authorized by Ordinance No. 1086-80, passed May 5, 1980, as modified by the agreement dated February 19, 1981, authorized by Ordinance No. 344-81, passed February 9, 1981, by the agreement dated January 5, 1982, authorized by Ordinance No. 2699-81, passed December 14, 1981, by the agreement dated July 29, 1983, authorized by Ordinance No. 1400-83, passed July 11, 1983, by the agreement dated March 14, 1990, authorized by Ordinance No. 553-90, passed February 26, 1990, by the agreement dated October 31, 1994, authorized by Ordinance No. 2279-94, passed October 24, 1994, and by the agreement dated August 27, 2004, autho...
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