EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND: The City’s Recreation and Parks Department (“CRPD”) is performing the FRA-Souder Avenue Trail, PID 1057336 Project (“Public Project”). The City must acquire certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of West Broad Street to the Scioto Trail at Dublin Road (collectively, “Real Estate”) in order for CRPD to timely complete the Public Project. The City passed Ordinance Numbers 1673-2021 and 0350-2022 authorizing the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate. Furthermore, the City also adopted Resolution 0097X-2022 establishing the City’s intent to appropriate the Real Estate. The City’s acquisition of the Real Estate will help make, improve, or repair certain portions of the public right-of-way of West Broad Street to the Scioto Trail at Dublin Road.
The City Attorney, pursuant to Columbus City Code, Section 909.03, served notice to all of the owners of the Real Estate of the (i) Public Project’s public purpose and necessity, and (ii) adoption of Resolution 0097X-2022. However, the City Attorney was unable to either locate some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) or agree with some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding to acquire the Real Estate is available through the Rec & Parks GO Bond Fund number 7702 pursuant to existing Auditor’s Certificate ACDI001531-10 until it is depleted then additional funding is available pursuant to existing Auditor’s Certificate ACDI001695-10.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to acquire the Real Estate and allow CRPD to timely complete the Public Project and meet all project deadlines without unnecessary delay, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare.
TITLE
To authorize the City Attorney to file complaints in order to immediately appropriate and accept the remaining fee simple and lesser real estate necessary to timely complete the FRA-Souder Avenue Trail Project; to authorize an expenditure of $107,655.00; and to declare an emergency. ($107,655.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City intends to make, improve, or repair certain public right-of-ways by completing the FRA-Souder Avenue Trail, PID 1057336 Project (“Public Project”); and
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to acquire the necessary fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of the public right-of-way of West Broad Street to the Scioto Trail at Dublin Road; and
WHEREAS, the City, pursuant to the passage of Ordinance Numbers 1673-2021 and 0350-2022 and the adoption of Resolution Number 0097X-2022, intends to authorize the City Attorney to spend City funds and file the necessary complaints to immediately appropriate and accept title to the remainder of the Real Estate; and
WHEREAS, the City intends for the Real Estate’s acquisition to help make, improve, or repair certain portions of the public right-of-way of West Broad Street to the Scioto Trail at Dublin Road; and now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the fee simple and lesser real estate associated with the project parcel numbers listed in Section Four (4) of this ordinance (“Real Estate”) are (i) fully described in Resolution 0097X-2022 and incorporated into this ordinance for reference as if rewritten, and (ii) to be immediately appropriated and accepted for the public purpose of the the Recreation and Parks Department (“CRPD”) timely completing the FRA-Souder Avenue Trail, PID 1057336 Project (“Public Project”).
SECTION 2. That the City declares, pursuant to the City's power and authority under the Ohio Constitution, Ohio Revised Code Sections 715.01, 717.01, 719.01, and 719.02, the City's Charter, and Columbus City Code Chapter 909, the appropriation of the Real Estate is necessary for the Public Project, because the City was unable to locate the Real Estate’s owner(s) or agree in good faith with the Real Estate’s owner(s) regarding the amount of just compensation to be paid by the City for the Real Estate.
SECTION 3. That the City intends to obtain immediate possession of the Real Estate for the Public Project.
SECTION 4. That the City declares that the fair market value of the Real Estate as follows:
PUBLIC PROJECT PARCEL NUMBER(S) (FMVE)
REAL ESTATE OWNER
OWNER ADDRESS
PARCELS 2 WD T, 3 WD T, 6 WD T - FMVE $107,655
WBS Columbus, LLC
536 S. Wall Street, Suite 300
Columbus, Ohio 43215
McKesson Corporation
6555 Hwy 161
Irving, Texas 75039
SECTION 5. That the City Attorney is authorized to file petitions necessary to appropriate the Real Estate in the appropriate court of common pleas and impanel a jury to inquire and assess the amount of just compensation for the Real Estate.
SECTION 6. That the Real Estate’s acquisition for the Public Project is required to make, improve, or repair certain portions of the public right-of-way of West Broad Street to the Scioto Trail at Dublin Road and associated appurtenances which will be open to the public without charge.
SECTION 7. That the City Attorney, in order to pay for the Real Estate’s acquisition and appropriation costs for the Public Project, is authorized to spend up to One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-five 00/100 U.S. Dollars ($107,655.00), or so much as may be needed from existing Auditor’s Certificates ACDI001531-10 and ACDI001695-10.
SECTION 8. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 9. That this ordinance, for the reasons stated in the preamble, which are made a part of this ordinance and fully incorporated for reference as if rewritten, is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after this ordinance’s adoption and approval by the Mayor or ten (10) days after its adoption if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes this ordinance.