Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a sub-lease agreement with Community for New Direction Incorporation to occupy, provide services and manage the first and half of the second floor of the Sawyer Recreation Center, located at 1000 Atcheson St., Columbus, Ohio 43204. Community for New Direction will provide community services for youth/adults/families for health and wellness as well as job related assistance. Family and youth job programming workshops are offered as well as health care screenings and programs associated with educational assistance for the community are also part of the community outreach and services provided.
Principal Parties:
Community for New Direction, Inc.
2323 W. Fifth Ave., Ste. 160
Columbus, Ohio 43204
Gregory A. Jefferson, 614.272.1464
Emergency Justification: An emergency is being requested in order for services to continue and go uninterrupted. The previous agreement was not with the City, rather a private entity that has since disbanded and is no longer a non-profit. Community for New Direction still occupies the space as well as provides the services.
Benefits to the Public: This will continue to provide services to the community that would otherwise not be offered. The community will have continued assistance with workshops and services associated with health, wellness and job support.
Community Input Issues: The community is requesting the continuation of these services.
Area(s) Affected: Planning Area 18 (Sawyer Recreation Center)
Master Plan Relation: This meets partnerships, community based programming, health and wellness initiatives as well as youth and family services.
Fiscal Impact: None
Title
To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into a sub-lease agreement with Community for New Direction Inc. to occupy, provide services, and manage the first and half of the second floor of the Sawyer Recreation Center, located at 1000 Atcheson St., Columbus, Ohio 43204; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio leases real property with a community center located at 1000 Atcheson St., Columbus, Ohio 43204; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and Community for New Direction ("CND") desire to enter into a sub-lease agreement to extend CND's occupancy and providing community services for youth/adults/families; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a sub-lease agreement with CND to avoid interruption of services provided to the youth, adults & families in the community, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be, and hereby is, authorized to execute those documents, as approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate, necessary to enter into a sub-lease agreement for the rental of real property located at 1000 Atcheson St., Columbus, Ohio 43204 by and between the City of Columbus and Community for New Direction, Inc.
SECTION 2. That the terms and conditions of this lease shall be in a form approved by the City Attorney's Office and shall include the following:
a) This sub-lease agreement, subject to the terms and conditions of the prime lease between the City of Columbus, Ohio, and the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, shall be effective for One (1) year commencing on January 1, 2018 and terminating on December 31, 2018.
b) Such other terms and conditions as are required and/or approved by the City Attorney's Office.
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.