Explanation
Background: The following is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to real estate in connection with the Briggs Road Ditch Enclosure Project.Fiscal Impact: N/AEmergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to real estate in connection with the Briggs Road Ditch Enclosure Project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Briggs Road Ditch Enclosure Project, and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to the hereinbefore described real estate necessary for the aforementioned project so that there will be no delay in the project thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That this Council hereby declares the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to the following described real estate necessary for the Briggs Road Ditch Enclosure Project, Project #610953, pursuant to and in accordance with the Charter of the City of Columbus, Columbus City Code (1959) Revised, Chapter 909, the Constitution of the State of Ohio and Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 719; to-wit:
PARCEL NO. 46WD (REVISED 6-3-03)
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio, and being part of Virginia Military Survey 971, and being part of a 57.84 acre tract, as recorded in Deed Book 3559, Page 20, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio and bounded and described as follows:
Commencing for reference at a point at the northwest corner of the above-mentioned tract, said point being in the centerline of Briggs Road;
Thence along the westerly property line of said tract, South 14 º 45' 00" West a distance of 30.00 feet to a point being on the southerly right of way line of Briggs Road and being the TRUE point of beginning for the parcel herein conveyed;
Thence along said right of way line South 35º15'00" East a distance of 1137.72 feet to a point on the westerly right of way line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
Thence along said right of way line South 35º15'00" West a distance of 482.09 feet to a point on the proposed easement line;
Thence along said right of way line South 35º15'00" West a distance of 378.00 feet to a point;
Thence along the proposed easement line North 17º48'37" East a distance of 447.20 feet to a point;
Thence along the proposed easement line North 75º15'00" West a distance of 614.85 feet to a point on the westerly property line of said tract;
Thence along said property line North 14º45'00" East a distance of 5.00 feet to the TRUE point of beginning and containing 4.74 acres, more or less.
The above take area is from Auditor's Parcel No. 570-130067, which contains 57.84 acres.
The above-description was prepared under the direction of Michael D. Weeks, Professional Surveyor No. 7357.
The Basis of Bearing for this description is the westerly property line, being South 14º45'00" West, as shown of record in Deed Book 3559, Page 20, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Michael D. Weeks 5-20-03, Registered Surveyor No. 7357
Section 2. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to cause a written notice of the adoption of this resolution to be served upon the owners, persons in possession of or persons having a real or possible interest of record in the above described premises in the manner provided by law.
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after adoption if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.