Explanation
BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a professional services contract with Warhol & Wall St Ltd to educate Columbus residents and stakeholders on the City of Columbus zoning code changes by creatively supporting the “Zone In Gallery”.
In April, the City of Columbus will introduce a proposal to modernize the zoning of Columbus corridors. This will be the city’s first comprehensive effort to update its zoning code in more than 70 years. In order to educate Columbus residents and stakeholders on the code changes, the city is sponsoring the creation of a “Zone In Gallery”, the gallery is an interactive space where residents can learn:
· Why our 70-year-old code is due for a change to match the needs of our growing city
· The steps taken to develop a proposal for modernized zoning
· What the proposed zoning would look like in their neighborhood
· How the proposed zoning code updates will help build housing, grow use of transit, support new and existing businesses and more.
The Zone in Gallery will be open six days a week during the proposal’s public comment period.
Warhol & Wall St Ltd. began the creative development and fabrication (including educational displays, explanatory collateral, furniture rental and other supportive tasks to execute this concept) on the Zone In Gallery project as a sub-contractor to the Lisa Wise Consulting contract, originally authorized by Ord # 1041-2022, and the contract was later extended under the authorization of Ord # 0867-2024. The scope of the gallery creation exceeds Warhol’s budgeted scope within the Lisa Wise Consulting contract.
The purpose of this independent contract is to provide sufficient funds to execute the gallery, and to add permission to purchase food (snacks to be served to gallery attendees). The authorization to purchase food and/or beverages for light refreshments is requested, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00, which will ser...
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