Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation, by Boyce Safford, III, Director of the City of Columbus Department of Development, and Columbus Urban Growth Corporation, an Ohio non-profit corporation, by Lawrence A. Herrett, Liquidator, 99 year lease holder by Memorandum of Lease, of record in Instrument Number 200312290404389, have submitted the plat titled "Tamarack Boulevard Phase 2 Dedication" to the City Engineer's Office for review and approval. This plat has been reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. The following legislation allows the City to accept said plat for property located south of Morse Road and east of Karl Road.
2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow development of the proposed site to proceed as currently scheduled.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Development Department to sign, as an owner, the plat titled "Tamarack Boulevard Phase 2 Dedication;" to accept said plat from The City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation, by Boyce Safford, III, Director of the City of Columbus Department of Development, and Columbus Urban Growth Corporation, an Ohio non-profit corporation, by Lawrence A. Herrett, Liquidator, 99 year lease holder by Memorandum of Lease, of record in Instrument Number 200312290404389; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is the fee owner of approximately 22.544 acres of land, being part of those tracts of land conveyed to the City by deeds of record in Instrument Numbers 200304210115043, 20030130003048 and 200301300030439, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of a Memorandum of Lease, of record in Instrument Number 200312290404389, Recorders Office, Franklin County, Ohio, Columbus Urban Growth Corporation, an Ohio non-profit corporation, has a leasehold interest in these lands; and
WHEREAS, the plat titled "Tamarack Boulevard Phase 2 Dedication" (hereinafter "plat"), has been submitted to the City Engineer's Office for approval and acceptance; and
WHEREAS, The City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation, by Boyce Safford, III, Director of the City of Columbus Department of Development, and Columbus Urban Growth Corporation, an Ohio non-profit corporation, by Lawrence A. Herrett, Liquidator, 99 year lease holder by Memorandum of Lease, of record in Instrument Number 200312290404389, owners of the platted land, desire to dedicate to the public use all or such parts of the Boulevard shown on said plat and not heretofore so dedicated; and
WHEREAS, after examination, it has been found to be in the best interest of the City to accept said plat; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the acceptance of this plat so development of the proposed site can proceed as currently scheduled thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That on behalf of the City of Columbus, Boyce Safford, III, Director of the Development Department be and hereby is authorized to sign the plat titled "Tamarack Boulevard Phase 2 Dedication" as an owner.
Section 2. That the plat titled "Tamarack Boulevard Phase 2 Dedication" on file in the office of the City Engineer, Division of Planning and Operations, be and the same is hereby accepted.
Section 3. 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.