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.
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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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WHEREAS, small business growth and development is essential to the growth of the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the Power of One - Corridor and Parcel Intervention Pilot Program expands the existing NCR Interior/Exterior grant program from the NCR corridors to citywide; and
WHEREAS, NDC will manage a pilot program that looks to improve the small business built environment citywide and 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; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with the Neighborhood Design Center to allow for the immediate commencement of the program to begin the design and contracting with small businesses that are ready to begin renovations to their facilities without delay, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the sum of $200,000.00 is appropriated in Fund 2239 (Columbus JEDD Revenue), Dept-Div 4402 (Economic Development), in object class 03 (Services) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with 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.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $200,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 2239 (Columbus JEDD Revenue), Dept-Div 4402 (Economic Development), in object class 03 (Services) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this contract is awarded in accordance with the relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 that relate to non-profit service contracts.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. 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.