Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Columbus, a not-for-profit Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 501(c)(3) entity, in an amount up to $30,000.00 to sponsor the Undesign the Redline exhibition.
Undesign the Redline is a traveling educational exhibit that explores the history of structural racism and inequality, and how community development policies such as redlining, slum clearance, highway construction and others designed structural racism into American cities. The immersive exhibit creates a platform for Columbus residents to learn the history of these policies, interact with the stories of individuals and neighborhoods impacted, and invent the future of undoing structural inequities.
Through its sponsorship of the exhibit, the City of Columbus will sponsor the Columbus launch of the exhibit at the YWCA’s Activists and Agitators program, and community-based deployments of the exhibit at six locations in Columbus between October and December of 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this agreement is included in the Department of Development’s 2022 General Fund Budget.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Young Women's Christian Association’s vendor number is 006086 and expires 3/3/2024.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Young Women's Christian Association to sponsor the Undesign the Redline exhibition; to authorize a transfer of $30,000.00 between object classes within the Administration Division; and to authorize the expenditure of up to $30,000.00 from the 2022 General Fund Operating Budget. ($30,000.00) (AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 0529-2023 PASSED 2/27/2023) BA
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WHEREAS, Undesign the Redline is a traveling educational exhibit that explores the history of structural racism and inequality, and how community development policies such as redlining, slum clearance, highway construction and others designed structural racism into American cities; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development wishes to enter into a grant agreement with Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) to sponsor the Undesign the Redline exhibition; and
WHEREAS, through its sponsorship of the exhibit, the City of Columbus will sponsor the Columbus launch of the exhibit at the YWCA’s Activists and Agitators program, and community-based deployments of the exhibit at six locations in Columbus between October and December of 2022; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Columbus, a not-for-profit IRC 501(c)(3) entity, in an amount up to $30,000.00 to sponsor the Undesign the Redline exhibition.
SECTION 2. That the transfer of $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 1000 (General Fund), from Dept-Div 44-01 (Administrative Division), object class 03 (Services) to Object Class 05 (Other) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $30,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 1000 (General Fund), Dept-Div 4401 (Administrative Division), in Object Class 05 (Other) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this agreement is awarded in accordance with the relevant provisions of City Code.
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 agreements or agreement modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.