Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development, or authorized signee, to execute a Fourth Amendment to Agreement for Lease of Real Property for Agricultural Purposes with Radcliff Ventures, LLC, authorized by City Council Ordinance 2799-2016, to adjust the acreage being farmed at the Parsons Avenue Water Plant. The Parties have agreed to eliminate the 16 tillable acres from PIN 495-232643 leaving a total of 103.39 tillable acres The City will receive a decrease in annual rent income from $22,087.15 to $15,540.00. This legislation is presented as emergency measure to memorialize the leased portion of the property in time for Spring planting.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
Emergency Action: This legislation is presented as emergency measure to allow for the appropriate lease modifications in time for Spring planting and so that the farming operations can proceed uninterrupted.
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To authorize the Director of Development, or authorized signee, on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities, to execute those documents necessary to enter into a Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement for Use of Real Property for Agricultural Purposes with Radcliff Ventures LLC; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development, through its Real Estate and Land Redevelopment Office, leases vacant land in Franklin County on behalf of the Department of Public Utilities for farming purposes; and
WHEREAS, certain acreage has become difficult to access and due to the increase in traffic in and around the area and safety has become a concern. The City has agreed to remove this acreage from the lease and must amend the lease accordingly
WHEREAS, it is necessary to immediately amend the City’s existing lease with Radcliff Ventures, LLC to eliminate the 16 tillable acres from PIN 495-232643 leaving a total of 103.39 tillable acres and to modify the rent due to the City; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Development, or authorized signee, to execute a Fourth Amendment to Agreement for Lease of Real Property for Agricultural Purposes at the earliest possible date to reduce the tillable acreage and adjust the annual rent accordingly to allow the appropriate lease modifications in time for Spring planting and so that current farming operations continue uninterrupted, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Development, or authorized signee, be, and hereby is, authorized to execute a Fourth Amendment to Lease Agreement for Use of Real Property for Agricultural Purposes by and between the City of Columbus and Radcliff Ventures LLC, as prepared and approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate to make those changes necessary to reduce acreage to be farmed and modify the annual rent at the Parsons Avenue Water Plant.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this lease is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City’s financial records.
SECTION 3. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.