Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ten properties 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 such real properties. These parcels will be
purchased by Tony Reynolds of RPM Ventures, LLC for new construction of single-family homes.
Emergency action is requested to prevent a delay in the construction schedule. Mr. Reynolds will be in jeopardy
of losing his contracts with the builders if the schedule is not meet.
FISCAL IMPACT: 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.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of ten parcels of real property held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2161-93 Council adopted and elected to use the Revised Code Chapter 5722, Land Reutilization Program, to facilitate effective reutilization of nonproductive land acquired through a sale pursuant to a foreclosure proceeding initiated by the Franklin County Treasurer or through a sale of forfeited lands by the Franklin County Auditor or through a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure to foster either return of such land to tax revenue generating status or its devotion to public use; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the sale of ten parcels which have been acquired for this program meet the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and have been approved; and
WHEREAS, such these ten parcels of real estate being sold at not less than fair market value in conformity with Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.07; and
WHEREAS, in order to complete the transfer of such properties 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 such real property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Office of Land Management in that it is immediately necessary to convey title of said parcels of real estate, all 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 the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized and directed to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title of the following parcels of real estate:
1. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-032073
ADDRESS: 110 S. Harris Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of single- family home
010-032073-110 S. Harris Avenue
Being Lot Number Five Hundred and Six (506) of Wicklow Extension Addition, as the same numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book number 7, Page 65, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
2. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-005244
ADDRESS: 121-123 S. Harris Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of single-family home
010-005244-121-123 S. Harris Avenue
Being Lot Number Seven Hundred Six (706) of Wicklow Addition, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 7, page 65, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
3. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-007402
ADDRESS: 261 S. Harris Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of single-family home
010-007402 - 261 S. Harris Avenue
Being Lot Number Six Hundred Seventy-Four (674) of WICKOW EXTENSION ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat book 7, page 65, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
4. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-030983
ADDRESS: Oakley Avenue, Lot 81
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of single-family home
010-030983 - Oakley Avenue, Lot 81
Being Lot Number Eighty-one (81) in Oakley Subdivision, West Side, Columbus, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, pages 294 and 295, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
5. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-001177
ADDRESS: 157 Oakley Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of single-family
010-001177 - 157 Oakley Avenue
Being Lot Number seventy-three (73) in Oakley Subdivision, west side, Columbus, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the Recorded Plat thereof, of record in Plat Book No. 4 page 294-5, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
6. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-004664
ADDRESS: S. Ogden Avenue, Lot 68
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of a single-family home
010-004664 - S. Ogden Avenue, Lot 68
Being Lot Number Sixty-eight (68) of WICKLOW ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 5, page 412, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
7. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-020262
ADDRESS: 86-88 S. Ogden Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of a single-family home
010-020262 - 86-88 S. Ogden Avenue
Being Lot Number Thirty-three (33) of Wicklow Addition, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 5, page 412, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
8. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-028044
ADDRESS: 350 S. Ogden Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of a single-family home
010-028044 - 350 S. Ogden Avenue
Being Lot Number Ninety-three (93) of the Wicklow Addition, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 5, pages 412-414, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
9. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-031789
ADDRESS S. Eureka Avenue
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of a single-family home
010-031789 - S. Eureka Avenue, Lot 260
Being Lot Two Hundred Sixty (260) in Bellaire Extension Addition, to the City of Columbus, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book No. 7, pages 236 and 237, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
10. PARCEL NUMBER: 010-088878
ADDRESS S. Barnett Road, Lot 26
PRICE: $500.00
USE: Construction of a single-family home
010-088878 - S. Barnett Road, Lot 26
Being Lot Number Twenty-Six (26) in Whitehall Addition, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 7, Pages 354 and 355, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
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.