Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will provide the City Attorney with funding for real estate services that are needed for the City to acquire sanitary sewer easements for an existing sanitary sewer which the Division of Sewerage and Drainage recently found that it does not posess a recorded easement for. The two parcels affected by this easement acquisition are located along Hilliard Rome Road, in the vicinity of Feder Rd., which is located on the fart west side of the City of Columbus.
2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to consider this ordinance an emergency measure, in order to resolve outstanding issues related to a finding by the City Attorney that the City does not posess a required permanent easement for an existing sanitary sewer. It is necessary to immediately proceed with the procurement of said easement that is required for the effective maintenance and operation of the subject vital sanitary infrastructure.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
The Division is requesting City Council to authorize the City Audtior to transfer residual project funds from within the Voted Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund. Project accounts from which funds are being transferred will not be adversely affected by this legislation.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests; to contract for professional services; to authorize the transfer and expenditure of $69,000.00 within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; in connection with permanent easements along Hilliard Rome Road in the vicinity of Feder Road; to amend the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($69,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, has identified an existing sewer located in the vicinity of Hilliard-Rome Road, and Feder Road on the far west side of the City of Columbus, that the City does not posess an easement for; and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the procurement of the required easement, and to allow for future connections to the same, it has been determined necessary for this City Council to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary to complete said acquisition; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the transfer and expenditure of funds within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to authorize the City Attorney to procure the required easements required to operate and maintain an existing sanitary sewer; and to amend the 2005 Capital Improvements; for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $69,000.00 from within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund No. 664, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage as follows:
FROM:
650348| WWTF Blacklick Creek Sanitary Subt| OCA 654348| $5,826.17
650351| Wastewater Treatment Plants| OCA642918 |$62,073.02
650353| SWWTP Digester Rehab.| OCA 651353| $1,100.81
TO:
650100| Sanitary Sewer Contingency| OCA 650100| $69,000.00
Section 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
Section 3. That the City Attorney be, and hereby is, authorized to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary in connection with procuring easements for an existing sewer that is located within Franklin County Auditor Parcel No. 240-002540-00 owned by Larry L. Hoffman and Parcel No. 240-000203 owned by Ruth A. Hoffman.
Section 4. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to expend $69,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in order to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary, from the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund No. 664; Division 60-05; MOC 6601; within the following projects:
Proj. No. 650100| Sanitary Sewer Contingency| OCA 650100| $69,000.00
Section 5. That the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance No. 1070-2005 is hereby amended as follows, in order to provide sufficient budget authority for the aforementioned easement acquisition services as referenced in the preamble hereto.
CURRENT:
650100| Sanitary Sewer Contingency| $0.00 (Voted Carryover)
AMENDED TO:
650100| Sanitary Sewer Contingency| $69,000.00 (Voted Carryover)
Section 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.