11-19 HELP Foundation Concession Lease

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to Public Works 3/18/19; 2nd reading on 4/1/19 Anderson, Bullock, George, Litten, O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader ORDINANCE NO. I1 -19 BY: 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 conces- sions 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., previously 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 in- cluding developmental 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 and 2018 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 inter- ests 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 Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordi- nance 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 2019 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 in- to an amendment to the concession lease agreement with HELP Foundation, Inc. for the opera- tion of food concessions at Lakewood Park, pursuant to Section 155.08 of the Codified Ordi- nances, 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.