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File #: 1167-2023    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/11/2023 In control: Recreation & Parks Committee
On agenda: 4/17/2023 Final action: 4/20/2023
Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks, on behalf of the City of Columbus, to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Columbus Zoological Park Association and the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County for the provision and maintenance of zoological park services and facilities of the Columbus Zoological Park Association; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Attachments: 1. Memorandum of Agreement - County Commissioners Columbus Zoo and City of Columbus
Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Columbus Zoological Park Association (“Association”) and the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County (“Board of County Commissioners”) regarding the operation and maintenance of The Columbus Zoo.

Emergency Justification: To maintain the provision and maintenance of services and facilities of the Columbus Zoological Park Association.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks, on behalf of the City of Columbus, to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Columbus Zoological Park Association and the Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County for the provision and maintenance of zoological park services and facilities of the Columbus Zoological Park Association; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, by the Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 5, 1980, authorized by Ordinance No. 1086-80, passed May 5, 1980; as modified by the agreement dated February 19, 1981; authorized by Ordinance No. 344-81, passed February 9, 1981; by the agreement dated January 5, 1982, authorized by Ordinance No. 2699-81, passed December 14, 1981; by the agreement dated July 29, 1983, authorized by Ordinance No. 1400-83, passed July 11, 1983; by the agreement dated March 14, 1990, authorized by Ordinance No. 553-90, passed February 26, 1990; by the agreement dated October 31, 1994, authorized by Ordinance No. 2279-94, passed October 24, 1994; by the agreement dated August 27, 2004, authorized by Ordinance No. 1378-2004, passed July 19, 2004; by the Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, entered into effective as of July 22, 2003, as amended by the Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, entered into effective as of May 22, 2007, as amended by the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, entered into effective as of August 21, 2007, as amended by the Third Amendment...

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