Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to accept the donation of a 3.873 +/- acre tract of land located at the southeast corner of Easton Way and Sunbury Road being a portion of Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-221294, 3425 Stelzer Road. The site is of sufficient size to accommodate future construction of a modern police substation and sufficient parking to serve this rapidly growing section of the City. Morso Holding Co., a Delaware corporation, with offices at 3 Limited Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43230 is the donor of the real property. The City will complete due diligence activities including environmental site assessments and geotechnical soil testing prior to acceptance of the property to make certain that the site is suitable for the City’s intended purpose.
Fiscal Impact: No fiscal action is required at this time.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested so that due diligence activities may begin immediately and be completed in a timely manner to allow ownership of this tract to be conveyed to the City at the earliest possible date and to meet the terms of the donation agreement.
Fiscal Impact: No fiscal action is required at this time.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to accept the donation of a 3.873 +/- acre tract of real property located at the southeast corner of Easton Way and Sunbury Road; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, MORSO Holding Co., desires to donate a 3.873 +/- acre tract of real property located at the southeast corner of Easton Way and Sunbury Road as a site for the future construction of a Columbus Division of Police substation to serve the public in the northeast area of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to accept the donation and ownership of this tract of real property; and
WHEREAS, the Department will complete due diligence activities including environmental site assessments and geotechnical soil testing prior to acceptance of the property to make certain that the site is suitable for the City’s intended purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to execute those documents necessary to accept the donation of this tract of real property to secure the site for the City’s intended use at the earliest possible date and to meet the terms of the donation agreement, 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 Director of the Department of Finance and Management, be and hereby is, authorized to execute those documents, as approved by the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, necessary to accept a donation of that tract of real property containing approximately 3.873 +/- acres of land located at the southeast corner of Easton Way and Sunbury Road and being a portion of Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-221294, 3425 Stelzer Road.
SECTION 2. 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.