29-2022 - Authorize HELP Foundation lease for Cove Bistro

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Placed on 1st reading referred to HHS 9/6/22 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, ORDINANCE NO. 29-2022 BY: Marx, 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 a lease agreement for the operation of the Bistro at Cove Community Center with HELP Foundation, Inc. pursuant to Section 155.08 of the Codified Ordinances. WHEREAS, the City is the owner of real property located in Lakewood, Ohio, known as Cove Community Center; 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, the Help Foundation, has served as the city's concessionaire at Lakewood Park during the 2017-2022 seasons with success and without controversy; 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 Cove Community Center is now open to the public and this service would benefit the community; 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 a lease agreement with HELP Foundation, Inc. for the operation of the Bistro at Cove Community Center, pursuant to Section 155.08 of the Codified Ordinances, to be on terms approved by the Director of Law and in substantially the same form as the document attached as Exhibit A. Section 2. To the extent HELP Foundation, Inc.'s provision of services or other operation under the Bistro lease agreement conflicts with other established municipal rules and ordinances related to the presence of persons or the operation of food service at Cove Community Center, the concession lease agreement shall control over those rules and ordinances.