Explanation
The City of Columbus is engaged in the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project. The purpose of this project is to widen and reconstruct Lane Avenue from a point 700 feet west of Olentangy River Road to a point 500 feet east of North High Street.
Ordinance 2280-1999, passed June 5, 2000, established preliminary funding in the amount of $700,000.00 within the 1995, 1999 Voted Street and Highways Fund for land acquisition for this project. Ordinance 1254-2001, passed July 16, 2001, authorized the expenditure of an additional $1,500,000.00 to pay acquisition-related expenses for the project. The City filed Appropriation Complaints with the Franklin County Common Pleas Court for several of the parcels necessary to complete the required acquisition. The City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, has notified the Transportation Division that court-ordered settlement costs for Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T will exceed the balance on Auditor Certificate numbers AC000922 and AC010620 by approximately $30,000.00. This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of an additional $30,000.00 to pay court-ordered settlement costs for Parcels 16 and 42 of the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project.
Funding for this expense is available within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Pedestrian Safety Improvements project and this ordinance transfers these funds between projects as required.
Emergency action is requested to provide for the timely payment of court-ordered settlement costs associated with the eminent domain acquisition of Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T for the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project.
Title
To authorize the transfer of $30,000.00 between projects within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; to authorize the City Attorney to expend $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund to pay court-ordered settlement costs for the eminent domain acquisition of Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T for the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project for the Transportation Division, and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00).
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the improvement and widening of Lane Avenue from a point 700 feet west of Olentangy River Road to a point 500 feet east of North High Street; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2280-1999, passed June 5, 2000, established preliminary land acquisition funding in the amount of $700,000.00 within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund for this project; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1254-2001, passed July 16, 2001, authorized the expenditure of an additional $1,500,000.00 to pay acquisition-related expenses on this project; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, filed Appropriation Complaints with the Franklin County Common Pleas Court for several of the parcels necessary to complete this project; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, has notified the Transportation Division that court-ordered settlement costs for Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T will exceed the balance on Auditor Certificate numbers AC 000922 and AC 010620 by approximately $30,000.00; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance increases the funding necessary to enable the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to pay court-ordered settlement costs for these parcels; and
WHEREAS, funds must be transferred between projects within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that it is immediately necessary to provide for the timely payment of court-ordered settlement costs associated with the eminent domain acquisition for this project, 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 the transfer of $30,000.00 between projects within Fund 704, the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, be and hereby is authorized as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
Project No. / Project / O.L. 01 / O.L. 03 / OCA Codes
590105 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements / 06 / 6600 / 644385
Total Transfer From: $30,000.00
TRANSFER TO:
Project No. / Project / O.L. 01 / O.L. 03 / OCA Codes
590401 / Lane Avenue Widening and Improvements / 06 / 6601 / 644385
Total Transfer To: $30,000.00
SECTION 2. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to pay the court-ordered settlement costs necessary to complete acquisition of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T for the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose of paying for said costs the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to expend the sum of $30,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from Fund 704, the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6601, OCA Code 644385 and Project 590401.
SECTION 4. 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.