Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Development to modify a contract with the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID) for the Downtown C-Pass Program. Ordinance 2900-2020 authorized the City to enter into a Five (5) year agreement with the Capital Crossroads SID to continue to have employees who work in City buildings that are within the Capital Crossroads SID boundaries but do not pay SID assessments to continue to participate in the Downtown C-Pass program.
Exhibit B of the original contract outlined the per building rate for 2023 at $.06 per square foot of the entire building and $40.50 as the per employee rate. The SID renegotiated prices for 2023 to $.04 per square foot of the entire building, and $27 per employee.
Ordinance 3416-2022 authorized the 2023 C-Pass payment to the SID with the updated rates for a total of $14,628.80. The need exists to amend the Five (5) year agreement to reflect the updated 2023 rates to allow for the execution of the payment.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately amend the Five (5) year agreement so that existing funding may be used and avoid a disruption in services.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to modify the Five (5) year contract with the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID) to reflect the revised 2023 rates; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, due to cost negotiations, the per building and per employee rate for the C-Pass program has changed from the original Five (5) year Capital Crossroads SID contract; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to amend the current contract to reflect the updated 2023 rates; 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 modify this contract to prevent interruption in services, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; 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 modify a Five (5) year contract with the Capital Crossroads SID for the C-Pass program to reflect the renegotiated 2023 rates.
SECTION 2. 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.