Explanation
The Recreation and Parks Department ("City") is engaged in the development of Hanford Park located in the vicinity of Kent Avenue and South Nelson Road. The City desires to make several improvements to the park, including increasing its size by acquiring certain vacant lots adjacent to the park. The following is an ordinance to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services, and to expend the monies for payment of acquisition costs in connection with the Hanford Village Property Acquisition Project.
Fiscal Impact: The Department of Recreation and Parks has determined funding for this project will be from the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow acquisition activities to begin as soon as possible thereby allowing for the project to maintain its completion schedule.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services, and to expend $30,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund for costs in connection with the Hanford Village Property Acquisition Project, and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00).
Body
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Department ("City") is engaged in the development of Hanford Park located in the vicinity of Kent Avenue and South Nelson Road; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to make several improvements to the park, including increasing its size by acquiring certain vacant lots adjacent to park; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks, in that it is immediately necessary 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 aforesaid professional services necessary in connection with said project 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 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 the Hanford Village Property Acquisition Project.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $30,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Recreation Bond Fund #746; Dept./Div.51-01; Project No. 510717-100002; OCA Code 767702; Object Level Three 6601 for the aforesaid purpose is hereby authorized.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.