Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with the Neighborhood Design Center (NDC) in an amount up to $200,000.00 to create and manage all aspects of the Power of One - Corridor and Parcel Intervention Pilot Program.
Building upon their experience assisting the department with the current Interior/Exterior Grant program that focuses on improving the small business build environment in the Neighborhood Corridor Revitalization areas (NCR districts), NDC will manage a pilot program that looks to improve the small business built environment citywide. NDC will assess, evaluate, and recommend projects for city funding under the pilot program. For projects that are funded, NDC will be available to provide design services as needed.
The services included in this non-for-profit service contract cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current staffing capacity to provide.
Emergency action is requested in order to allow for the immediate commencement of the pilot program to begin the design and contracting with small businesses that are ready to begin renovations to their facilities without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funding of $200,000.00 is available in the Columbus JEDD Revenue fund (Fund 2239)
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: The vendor’s contract compliance 006529 is active and expires on 4/6/2023.
Title
To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of up to $200,000.00 in the Columbus JEDD Revenue fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with the Neighborhood Design Center in an amount up to $200,000.00 to create and manage all aspects of the Power of One - Corridor and Parcel Intervention Pilot Program; to authorize the expenditure of up to $200,000.00 from the from the Columbus JEDD Revenue fund; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)
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