Explanation
Background:
The following legislation is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to real estate in connection with the Recreation and Parks Department's project to expand and improve Academy Park. The acquisition of that real property identified as 352 S. Nelson Road is necessary to the completion of the project.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to allow the improvement of Academy Park to proceed in a timely manner.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate in connection with the Recreation and Parks Department's project to expand and improve the Academy Park area, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Department is undertaking the expansion and improvement of Academy Park; and
WHEREAS, the City, through voluntary transactions, has already acquired four out of the five properties necessary to the project; and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of that real property identified as 352 S. Nelson Road is necessary to the completion of the project
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to the hereinbefore described real estate necessary for the aforementioned project so that there will be no delay in the project thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That this Council hereby declares the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the following described real estate necessary for the Recreation and Parks Department's expansion and improvement of Academy Park, pursuant to and in accordance with the Charter of the City of Columbus, Columbus City Code (1959) Revised, Chapter 909, the Constitution of the State of Ohio and Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 719; to-wit:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus,
Being Lot No. Twenty-three (23) and Twenty-four (24) of RICHARD CLAYTON'S CITY ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 7, page 44, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Property commonly known as 352 Nelson Road, Columbus, Ohio
Tax parcel No. 010-43629
Section 2. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to cause a written notice of the adoption of this resolution to be served upon the owners, persons in possession of or persons having a real or possible interest of record in the above described premises in the manner provided by law.
Section 3. That for the reasons state in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after adoption if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.