Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction easements in and to real estate necessary for the Sidewalk Installation Phase IV Project.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is from the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay so that the project may be completed in a timely manner.
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To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction easements in and to real estate necessary for the Sidewalk Installation Phase IV Project, to authorize the expenditure of $225.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($225.00).
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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 Phase IV Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 333X-2003, on the 29th day of September, 2003, 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 Public Service Department, 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 construction easements in, over, under, across and through the following described real property, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Sidewalk Installation Phase IV Project, #530790, 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:
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Situated in the State of Ohio, Franklin County, City of Columbus, lying on, over and across part of Lot 7 and Lot 8 of "NORTH BEXLEY VIEW ADDITION" a subdivision of record in Plat Book 17, Pages 4 and 5 as conveyed to Ronald Littlefield by deed of record in Instrument Number 199901050001385 (all records herein are from the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
Begin, for reference at the southwesterly corner of said Lot 7 and being on the northerly right-of-way of Fifth Avenue;
Thence South 79° 18' 14" East, a distance of 39.00 feet, along the northerly right-of-way of Fifth Avenue, the southerly line of Lot 7, to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence the following two (2) courses and distances across said Lots 7 and 8;
1. North 10° 35' 46" East, a distance of 15.00 feet, to a point;
2. South 79° 18' 14" East, a distance of 17.00 feet, to a point on the easterly line of said Littlefield tract;
Thence South 10° 35' 46" West, a distance of 15.00 feet, to a point on the northerly right-of-way of Fifth Avenue;
Thence North 79° 18' 14" West, a distance of 17.00 feet, along said northerly right-of-way of Fifth Avenue to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.0059 acre, more or less.
Bearings in the above description are based on the northerly right-of-way line of Fifth Avenue which bears South 79° 18' 14" East.
ADR & Associates, Ltd.
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Robert J. Sands, PS Date
Registered Surveyor # S-8053
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 declares the value of the subject real property interests to be Two Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($225.00).
Section 5. That the City Attorney be and he 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 6. That the expenditure of $225.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the Sidewalk Installation Phase IV Project, Project # 530790, from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund #704, OCA Code 644385, Object Level Three, 6601, Auditor's Certificate No. 020107, for the appropriation of said real property interests determined to be necessary for the stated public purpose is hereby authorized.
Section 7. That for the reasons state in the preamble hereto, 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.