Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is from the Department of Public Service, Transportation Division, Federal State Highway Engineering Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow right-of-way acquisition-related activities previously authorized by the Ohio Department of Transportation to be initiated by the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, as soon as possible so that right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation can be completed and certified to the State of Ohio on or before March 1, 2007, as required by the above-referenced Real Estate Agreement.
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To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project, to authorize the expenditure of $2,050.00 from the Federal State Highway Engineering Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($2,050.00).
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0048X-2006, on the 3rd day of April, 2006, declaring the necessity and intent to appropriate the real property interests hereinafter described and the purpose of the appropriation, and notice of such adoption of said resolution has been served in accordance with Columbus City Code Sec. 909.03; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Department of Public Service, Transportation Division, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, and for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the parcels listed in Section 4 hereof, as are fully described in Resolution No. 0048X-2006, adopted April 3, 2006, said descriptions being incorporated herein, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project, Grant # 595010 pursuant to the power and authority granted to a municipal corporation by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Ohio Revised Code, Sec. 715.01, Sec. 717.01, Sec. 719.01 through Sec. 719.02; the Charter of the City of Columbus; and the Columbus City Code (1959), Chapter 909:
Section 2. That the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, declares that the appropriation of said real property interests is necessary for the stated public purpose, and that the City of Columbus, Ohio, has been unable to agree with the owner(s) as to the just compensation to be paid by the City of Columbus, Ohio.
Section 3. That the Council of the City of Columbus hereby declares its intention to obtain immediate possession of the real property interests described herein.
Section 4. That the Council of the City of Columbus hereby fixes the value of said fee simple title and lesser interests as follows:
1. 1WD $1,450.00
2. 8T $300.00
3. 9T $300.00
Section 5. That for the purpose of paying for said acquisition costs for the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project, the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division be and hereby is authorized to expend $2,050.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from Fund 765, the Federal State Highway Engineering Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level Three Code 6601, OCA Code 595010 and Grant 595010, Auditor Certificate 024585.
Section 6. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to file a complaint for appropriation of real property, in a Court of competent jurisdiction, and to have a jury impaneled to make inquiry into and assess the just compensation to be paid for the foregoing described real property interests.
Section 7. 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.