Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 0309-2014 authorized the Department of Development to acquire a 1.9-acre site at the southeast corner of Mt. Vernon and N. Champion Avenue. The site was identified as a key site for redevelopment in the Blueprint for Community Investment, a plan prepared by Ohio State University Hospital, the City of Columbus, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, and community leaders. The property contains an 8,000 square foot vacant former grocery store building and adjacent parcels. This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to transfer the property to Columbus Holding Group LLC, a subsidiary of Columbus Next Generation Corporation, who will demolish the structure and seek proposals to redevelop the site consistent with PACT initiative.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required with this legislation.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested to expedite the transfer in order to demolish the site, reduce Department maintenance costs, and seek proposals for redevelopment.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of 23 parcels located at the southeast corner of Mt. Vernon and Champion Avenues to Columbus Holding Group LLC; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 0309-2014 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to purchase 23 parcels located at the southeast corner of Mt. Vernon and N. Champion Avenue for $600,000; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 0898-2012 to authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with The Ohio State University Medical Center and the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority for the purposes of supporting the PACT initiative; and
WHEREAS, the principal goal of PACT is to develop a community master plan through the services of a master planning entity aided by the input of the PACT governance structure, advisory committee and sub-committees; and
WHEREAS, the site was identified as an important site for redevelopment in the Blueprint for Community Investment, a plan prepared by Ohio State University Hospital, the City of Columbus, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, and community leaders; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to transfer the property to Columbus Holding Group LLC, a subsidiary of Columbus Next Generation Corporation to demolish a 8,000 square foot vacant former grocery store building and seek proposals to redevelop the site consistent with the PACT initiative; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Development, or his designee, to execute any and all necessary documents for the conveyance of title in order to transfer the property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to convey title of said parcels of real estate to expedite the transfer in order to demolish the structure, 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 to the following parcels of real estate to Columbus Holding Group LLC, as approved by the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division.
Tract 1: Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lots No. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, and 33 of Garner and Prentice's Addition to said city, as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book No. 3, Page 25, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio
Tract 2: Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lots Number Fifteen (15), Sixteen (16), Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19) and Thirty-Four (34) of Garner and Prentice's Addition to the City of Columbus, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 3, Page 25, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Tract 3: Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lots Numbered Thirty-eight (38), Forty-one (41) and Fifty (50) of BENJAMIN MONETT'S MT. VERNON ADDITION, to said city, as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book No. 5, Page 133, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Together with any and all interest the Grantor's may have in that portion of right of way as vacated by the City of Columbus by Vacation Ordinance 1390-1970.
Franklin County Tax Parcel Nos.
010-017975; 010-010918; 010-050266; 010-023985;
010- 041168; 010-037843; 010-016409; 010-007628;
010-072494; 010-041948; 010-000429; 010-137528;
010-019138; 010-110893; 010-005140; 010-017978;
010-023283; 010-007867; 010-042169; 010-017909;
& 010-055530
Tract 4: Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number One (1) of the BENJAMIN MONETT'S MT. VERNON ADDITION, to the said city, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book No. 5, Page 133, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Address: 1341-1343 Mr. Vernon Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43203
Franklin County Tax Parcel No. 010-047313
Tract 5: Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number Three (3) of the BENJAMIN MONETT'S MT. VERNON ADDITION, to the said city, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book No. 5, Page 133, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Address: 1351 Mr. Vernon Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43203
Franklin County Tax Parcel No. 010-047309.
SECTION 2. That for good cause shown, the provisions of City Code Chapter 329 relating to the sale of city-owned realty are hereby waived.
SECTION 3. 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.