Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the Mt. Vernon District Improvement Association, in an amount up to $13,000.00, for the purpose of serving as a Neighborhood Referral Partner with the Department of Development’s COVID-19 Small Business Response and Recovery Program and to allow expenses prior to the approval of the purchase order with a contract period of March 1, 2020, to December 30, 2020.
Mt. Vernon District Improvement Association is a not for profit organization that provides community services to the Mt. Vernon Avenue area. It serves as the City of Columbus’s Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization (NCR) Association for the Mt. Vernon Area. The Association’s mission is to “create and preserve healthy, stable and affordable communities, one neighborhood, one person at a time”.
Mt. Vernon District Improvement Association serves as a Neighborhood Referral Partner with the Department of Development’s COVID-19 Small Business Response and Recovery Program. As a Neighborhood Referral Partner, Mt. Vernon District Improvement Association will encourage and refer businesses to the department’s COVID-19 Small Business Response and Recovery Program for services including: financial relief, personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement assistance, and training and technical Assistance.
The services included in this agreement cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
Emergency legislation is requested in order to encumber funds in a timely manner so the Mt. Vernon District Improvement Association can expend the funds before the end of the year.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: The vendor number is 018091 and contract compliance expires on 3/3/2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by ...
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