Explanation
This ordinance authorizes a grant agreement between Columbus City Council and All People Arts.
All People Arts actively works toward building strong neighborhoods by providing an opportunity for all residents to gain exposure and access to art, as well as bringing the community together through creative expression. All People Arts not only wants to contribute to the beautification of the south side, but to the unity and fellowship between residents through intentional outreach for free workshops and open studios.
All People Arts creates good-paying jobs through providing a space for artists to host workshops, as well as promote and sell their work through the gallery. Supporting and empowering the paid artist is at the core of All People Arts.
All People Arts develops pathways out of poverty through providing an open, inclusive, and safe space for all, as well as free and subsidized classes. These initiatives function as a therapeutic outlet for all members of the community which in turn increases resilience, as well as sense of value and self-worth. All People Arts encourages personal agency and provides a positive mechanism for self-expression.
This funding will assist All People Arts with the buildout of their space at Parsons Village II, a senior living complex on the South Side.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in the delivery of services.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize Columbus City Council to enter into a grant agreement with All People Arts; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, All People Arts actively works toward building strong neighborhoods by providing an opportunity for all residents to gain exposure and access to art, as well as bringing the community together through creative expression; and
WHEREAS, All People Arts creates good-paying jobs through providing a space for artists to host workshops, as well as promote and sell their work through the gallery; and
WHEREAS, this funding will assist All People Arts with the buildout of their space at Parsons Village II, a senior living complex on the South Side; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of City Council in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a grant agreement with All People Arts to avoid any delay in the delivery of services; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Columbus City Council is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with All People Arts.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $30,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the actions authorized in SECTION 1, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 5. That for the 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.