..Explanation
Background: The Columbus Department of Health wishes to provide clinic space at 240 Parsons Avenue as an “in kind” contribution in support of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation providing health care for patients enrolled in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, a federally funded program that provides HIV-related health services. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute a license agreement with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, to occupy Room 139, to provide health care for patients enrolled in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. The license agreement is for a period consisting of five (5) consecutive one (1) year terms and has the option for one renewal for a period of five (5) consecutive one (1) year terms.
Fiscal Impact: The Department of Health is providing the space and related building services as “in kind” support. There is no direct cost associated.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a license agreement with AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) for occupancy of clinical space at the Columbus Department of Health, 240 Parsons Avenue.
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WHEREAS, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) provides HIV-related health services for patients enrolled in the federally funded Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into a license agreement in order to set the terms and conditions for AHF’s occupancy of clinic space identified as Room 139 at 240 Parsons Avenue;
WHEREAS, the Departments of Health and Finance and Management have determined that providing AHF clinical space to provide HIV-related health services serves a public purpose and therefore the license should be granted; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Health to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into and execute a license agreement with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, to occupy Room 139, at 240 Parsons Avenue, Columbus Department of Health, to provide health care for patients enrolled in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program for the preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, be and hereby is authorized to enter into a license agreement, as approved by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) to set the terms and conditions associated with AHF occupancy of clinical space identified as Room 139 of the Columbus Department of Health at 240 Parsons Avenue.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.