Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to modify the existing agreement (Ord.# 0721-2015) with the Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District. This modification is to authorize the appropriation and the transfer of $30,000 from the City's Jobs Growth Fund 015 for operating expenses related to the Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District for the City's share of the operation of the District and the surrounding department-owned land for the peiod of February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. This allocation will support the continued management, operation, development, marketing, security and volunteer programming of the Conservatory and the maintenance of the entire Franklin Park site, including the portion owned by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. This contract was awarded pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 329 that relate to not-for-profit service contracts.
The modification for this project is $30,000.00 and will increase the original contract amount of $350,000.00 to $380,000.00.
Principal Parties:
Franklin Park Conservatory Joint Recreation District
1777 East Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43203
Federal Identification Number: 31-1364884 (Non-Profit Organization)
Emergency Justification: An emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify said contract so that work may continue and stay on schedule.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this ordinance is made available from the City’s Jobs Growth Fund 015 for transfer to the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund 018 and for transfer to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund 285. Contract No. EL016938 was established in the amount of $350,000.00 in April of 2015, per Ordinance No. 0721-2015. This ordinance will provide funding that will modify the previously authorized amount by $30,000.00. The aggregate total contract amount, including this modification, is $380,000.00....
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