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Swayne Field Visioning Study
Department of Housing and Community Development
Rosalyn Clemens (ext. 3647)
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Swayne Field Visioning Study Grant Agreement with the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation; authorizing the deposit appropriation, and expenditure of an amount not to exceed $22,500.00 from the Operations Grant Fund for the purposes of a Swayne Field Visioning Study; authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Swayne Field Urban Design and Visioning Agreement with The Collaborative, Inc.; waiving the competitive procurement provisions of Toledo Municipal Code 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation to accept a $22,500.00 grant for a Swayne Field Visioning Study
The Swayne Field Shopping Center is located at the northwest intersection of Monroe Street and North Detroit Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood in Toledo (the “Property”). In the past, the Property has served as a major commercial anchor for this important corridor of central Toledo, but in recent years, the Property has struggled economically and the neighborhood has suffered accordingly.
The City, through its Department of Housing and Community Development, wishes to engage The Collaborative, an architectural and planning firm, to develop a vision for the future of the Property.
The Land Bank operates a Neighborhood Justice Fund, in which it makes investments in neighborhoods where a majority of residents are people of color in order to grow the wealth of and support the health of these residents from an equitable lens. The City has requested that the Land Bank provide a matching grant from the Neighborhood Justice Fund in order to pay for a portion of the Proposal, and the Land Bank has agreed.
The City has also requested that the Land Bank accept grant funds from the Greater Toledo Community Foundation (the “Foundation”) in the amount of $7,500 and use those funds to further support the costs of the Proposal, and the Land Bank has agreed.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into a Swayne Field Visioning Grant Agreement with the Lucas County Land Reutilization Corporation and to deposit, appropriate. and expend from the Operations Grant Fund, Account Code 2016-16100-5G00101STDSTD, the amount not to exceed $22,500.00 for the purposes of procuring a Swayne Field Visioning Study.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into a Swayne Field Visioning Study Agreement with The Collaborative, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $22,500.00.
SECTION 3. That Council finds and determines it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive procurement requirements of Toledo Municipal Code 187 for the reason that The Collaborative is a local architectural and planning firm acutely familiar with the subject property.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, safety, and property and for further reason that this ordinance must immediately be effective in order to allow for the timely procurement of the redevelopment study.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: September 13, 2022, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Gerald E. Dendinger Matt Cherry
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: September 15, 2022
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor