EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND:
The City’s Department of Public Service (DPS) is engaged in the FRA - Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) - Cleveland Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) - (PID 94357; 3163 Dr E), Public Improvement Project (“Public Project”). The City must acquire certain fee simple title and lesser real property interests located in the vicinity of Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (collectively, “Real Estate”) in order to complete the Public Project. The City passed Ordinance Number 0567-2015 on March 9, 2015, authorizing the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate. Pursuant to the City’s partnerships in completing the Public Project, the City Attorney will acquire and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (i.e. City), Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, a body politic and corporate organized and existing pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 301 (“Franklin County”), City of Westerville, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (“Westerville”), and the Central Ohio Transit Authority, a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 306 (“COTA”), as the case may be and as necessary to complete the Public Project. Furthermore, the City intends to appropriate and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City, Franklin County, Westerville, and COTA, as case may be in the event the City Attorney is unable to perform either of the following: (i) locate the owners of the Real Estate; or (ii) agree with the owners of the Real Estate in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation for the Real Estate. Accordingly, this resolution declares the City’s immediate necessity and intent to appropriate and accept the Real Estate in order for DPS to timely complete the Public Project.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE №: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to acquire and accept the Real Estate and allowing the Public Project to be completed without unnecessary delay, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
TITLE
To declare the City’s immediate necessity and intent to appropriate and accept in the names of the City of Columbus, Ohio, Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, City of Westerville, Ohio, and the Central Ohio Transit Authority, as the case may be, for certain fee simple title and lesser real property interests in order for the Columbus Department of Public Service to timely complete the FRA - COTA Cleveland Ave-BRT Public Improvement Project; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City needs additional right-of-way of Cleveland Avenue in order to allow the Department of Public Service (i.e. DPS) to complete the FRA - COTA - Cleveland Avenue-BRT Public Improvement Project (i.e. Public Project);
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to acquire the necessary fee simple title and lesser property interests (i.e. Real Estate) in order to complete the Public Project;
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to acquire the necessary fee simple title and lesser property interests (i.e. Real Estate) and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City of Columbus, Ohio (i.e. City), Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio (i.e. Franklin County), City of Westerville, Ohio (i.e. Westerville), and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (i.e. COTA), as the case may be for DPS to complete the Public Project
WHEREAS, in order to for DPS to timely complete the Public Project, the City intends to appropriate and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City, Franklin County, Westerville, and COTA, as case may be in the event the City Attorney is unable to perform either of the following: (i) locate the owners of the Real Estate; or (ii) agree with the owners of the Real Estate in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation for the Real Estate;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to declare the City’s intent to appropriate the Real Estate in order to prevent unnecessary delay in completing the Public Project, which will preserve the public peace, property, health, welfare, and safety; and now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the City’s Charter, Columbus City Revised Code, Chapter 909 (1959), Constitution of the state of Ohio, and Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 719, the City declares the immediate necessity and intent to appropriate and accept in the names of the City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (i.e. City), Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, a body politic and corporate organized and existing pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 301 (i.e. Franklin County), City of Westerville, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (i.e. Westerville), and the Central Ohio Transit Authority, a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 306 (i.e. COTA), as the case may be, for certain the fee simple title and lesser real property interests to the following listed parcels of real property (collectively, “Real Estate”), which are fully described in their associated exhibits and incorporated into this resolution for reference, in order for the Department of Public Service (i.e. DPS) to timely complete the FRA - COTA Cleveland Avenue BRT (PID 94357; 3163 Dr E), Public Improvement Project:
(EXHIBIT) … (PUBLIC PROJECT PARCEL IDENTIFICATION) … (TYPE OF REAL ESTATE) … (GRANTEE’S INFORMATION)
1) 1-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
2) 4-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
3) 4-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
4) 5-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
5) 5-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
6) 6-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
7) 7-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
8) 8-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
9) 10-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
10) 10-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
11) 11-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
12) 11-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
13) 12-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
14) 12-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
15) 13-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
16) 13-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
17) 14-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
18) 15-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
19) 15-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
20) 16-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
21) 17-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
22) 18-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
23) 18-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
24) 19-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
25) 20-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
26) 21-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
27) 21-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
28) 22-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
29) 23-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
30) 24-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
31) 25-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
32) 26-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
33) 27-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
34) 27-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
35) 28-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
36) 29-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
37) 30-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
38) 30-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
39) 31-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
40) 31-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
41) 32-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
42) 32-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
43) 33-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
44) 33-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
45) 34-WDV1 (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
46) 34-WDV2 (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
47) 35-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
48) 35-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
49) 36-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
50) 37-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
51) 37-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
52) 38-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
53) 38-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
54) 40-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
55) 40-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
56) 41-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
57) 41-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
58) 42-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
59) 42-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
60) 43-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
61) 43-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
62) 44-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
63) 45-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Westerville
64) 45-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
65) 46-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
66) 47-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Westerville
67) 47-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
SECTION 2. The City Attorney is authorized to cause a written notice of this resolution’s adoption to be served in the manner provided by law upon the owner(s), person(s) in possession, or person(s) possessing a real or possible real property interest of record in the Real Estate.
SECTION 3. For the reasons stated in the preamble of this resolution, which are fully incorporated into this resolution as if rewritten, 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 (10) days after its adoption if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes this resolution.