13-2021 - Lakewood Park Concession Lease

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to PWS 3/15/21; 2nd reading 4/5/21 Bullock, Kepple, Litten, Neff, ORDINANCENO. 13-2021 BY: O'Malley, Rader, Shachner AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into an amendment to the concession lease agreement with HELP Foundation, Inc. for the operation of food concessions at Lakewood Park, pursuant to Section 155.08 of the Codified Ordinances. WHEREAS, the City is the owner of real property located in Lakewood, Ohio, known as Lakewood Park; and WHEREAS, HELP Foundation, Inc., whose predecessor in interest, Cornucopia, Inc., pre- viously operated Nature's Bin and continues to operate a prepared food commissary and training center on Sloane Avenue, is a Cleveland- and Lakewood -based nonprofit organization with the special mission of providing work adjustment training for people with disabilities including devel- opmental disabilities, mental illness, autism, visual and hearing impairment, and injuries resulting from accident or illness; and WHEREAS, Cornucopia, Inc., served as the city's concessionaire at Lakewood Park dur- ing the 2017-2019 seasons with success and without controversy; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that continuing to make available food concessions at Lakewood Park offered by this local, longstanding non-profit corporation is in the best interests of the City and will further the interests of the City and its residents; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lake- wood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that the beginning of the 2020 park season is upon us; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the City, to enter into an amendment to the concession lease agreement with HELP Foundation, Inc. for the operation of food concessions at Lakewood Park, pursuant to Section 155.08 of the Codified Ordinances, the amendment to be on terms approved by the Director of Law and in substantially the same form as the document attached as Exhibit A.