Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus ("City") desires to convey a 52.1 +/- acre tract of real property located at the northwest corner of James Road and Ruhl Avenue ("Woodland Meadows Site") to the Board of Education of the Columbus City School District ("CCS") in exchange for a former elementary school located at 280 Reeb Avenue ("Reeb Elementary"). CCS received approval of the proposed exchange at its June 19, 2012 School Board Meeting and plans to redevelop the Woodland Meadows Site into a public school facility. The exchange will allow the City to gain ownership of the Reeb Elementary site, which is located adjacent to existing City-owned properties along Parsons Avenue, including the site of City's future health center. The property will be held by the City to complement ongoing City efforts to redevelop the Reeb-Hosack area.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements, as approved by the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, for conveyance of real property formerly known as Woodland Meadows and to authorize the Mayor and the Clerk of City Council to execute a quit claim deed conveying title; and to accept in exchange title to the real property formerly known as Reeb Elementary.
Body
WHEREAS, Section 3313.40 of the Ohio Revised Code authorizes the exchange of real property between a board of education and a municipal corporation when a board of education and the legislative authority of a municipality declare that exchange is mutually beneficial to the school district and the municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS, ordinance 0843-2010 authorized the City of Columbus to acquire a 52-acre site located north of Ruhl Avenue, east of Gould Road, south of Allegheny and west of James Road ("Woodland Meadows"); and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Board of Education is the owner of certain real property known as Reeb Elemen...
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