Explanation
Background: South Side Settlement, an Ohio non-profit corporation, is the owner of that real property commonly known as 310 Innis Avenue, located at the northwestern corner of Innis Avenue and Washington Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The site is comprised of eleven (11) Franklin County Tax Parcels totaling approximately .917 acres, and contains a 22,335 square foot commercial building and a 1,120 square foot house. Built in 1979, the main building has served as a settlement house providing numerous social service programs to the neighborhood. Due to current economic conditions and cuts in support funding over the course of several years, South Side Settlement has not been able to support the maintenance of the building. The current building improvements suffer from functional obsolescence and significant deferred maintenance. South Side Settlement desires to donate the property to the City of Columbus to be used to assist the City in providing a variety of social service programs in an effort to revitalize this south side neighborhood.
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to negotiate and execute those documents as are necessary and approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate to accept and obtain title to that real property containing eleven parcels and commonly known as 310 Innis Avenue from South Side Settlement.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to enable the Director of Finance and Management to immediately begin the processes required to accept and obtain title to the property.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to accept and obtain title to that real property commonly known as 310 Innis Avenue from the South Side Settlement; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the South Side Settlement, an Ohio non-profit corporation, successor in interest to the South Side Settlement Foundation, desires to donate that real located at the northwest corner of Innis Avenue and Washington Avenue and commonly known as 310 Innis Avenue to the City of Columbus for the purpose of aiding the City and its community partners in providing a variety of social service programs to the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of a Deed recorded in the Franklin County, Ohio, Recorder's Office, South Side Settlement, successor in interest to the South Side Settlement Foundation, has agreed to transfer title to that real property containing eleven parcels, identified as Franklin County Tax Parcels 010-001786, 010-016062, 010-0311489, 010-032240, 010-037909, 010-039456, 010-039458, 010-049268, 010-049269, 010-050053, 010-051517, commonly known as 310 Innis Avenue, Columbus, Ohio to the City of Columbus to be used to provide a variety of social service programs to the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to obtain this real property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City, in that it is necessary to immediately authorize the Director of Finance and Management to obtain title to the real property to immediately begin its efforts to reestablish a base for the provision of social service programs to the neighborhood; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. The Director of Finance and Management is authorized to negotiate and execute those documents as are necessary and approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate to accept and obtain title to that real property commonly known as 310 Innis Avenue, Franklin County, Ohio containing eleven parcels identified as Franklin County Tax Parcels 010-001786, 010-016062, 010-0311489, 010-032240, 010-037909, 010-039456, 010-039458, 010-049268, 010-049269, 010-050053, 010-051517.
Section 2. That for 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.