Explanation
BACKGROUND: Two parcels currently held in the Land Bank have been approved for disposition. In order to complete the transfer, authorization is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all agreements and deeds for conveyance of the real property. 2180 Delavan Dr. (010-167322) and 2321 Dunning Ct. (010-153175) will be sold to Antranik Baghasarian who will rehabilitate the existing single family dwellings and maintain them as rental property. The property will be transferred by deed and recorded in the Official Records of the Franklin County Recorder's Office.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to expedite the transfer so the buyer can begin the renovation of the houses immediately.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation. The City may first recover reimbursement of any and all expenses incurred on account of the acquisition, administration, management, maintenance and disposition of such land and such other expenses of the program as the City may apportion to such land from the sale proceeds.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of two parcels of real property (2180 Delavan Dr. and 2321 Dunning Ct.) held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Land Redevelopment Office was authorized to purchase the parcels from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Good Neighbor Program and accepted into the Land Reutilization Program by Ordinance 0106-2008, passed January 28, 2008; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the sale of two parcels which were acquired pursuant to Section 5722.06 for this program meet the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved; and
WHEREAS, in order to complete the transfer of such property to the purchaser, authority is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds of conveyance for the real property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Land Redevelopment Office in that it is immediately necessary to convey title of said parcels of real estate so the buyer can begin the renovation of the houses immediately, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title of the following parcel of real estate to Antranik Baghasarian:
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-167322
ADDRESS: 2180 Delavan Dr, Columbus, Ohio 43219
PRICE: $4,522 plus a $38.00 recording fee
USE: single family residence
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, and in the Township of Mifflin and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number Eighteen (18) in Block "Q" in AMVET HOMESTEAD SUBDIVISION NO. 2, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 21, page 51, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-153175
ADDRESS: 2321 Dunning Ct, Columbus, Ohio 43219
PRICE: $7225 plus $38.00 recording fee
USE: single family residence
Situated in the County of Franklin in the State of Ohio and in the City of Columbus, more specifically described as:
Being Lot Number Two Hundred Twenty-Two (222) of BRITTANY HILLS NO. 2, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book A2, page 9, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. That for good cause shown, Section 329.29 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby waived.
Section 3. That Council hereby finds that the selection process utilized in this matter is in accordance with the Land Bank Disposition Process created pursuant to the City's Land Reutilization Program and hereby approves the same.
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.