EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND:
The City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (i.e. City), Department of Public Service (DPS) is engaged in the FRA - Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) - Cleveland Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) - (PID 94357; 3163 Dr E), Public Improvement Project (“Public Project”). The City must acquire certain, modified fee simple title and lesser real property interests located in the vicinity of Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (collectively, “Real Estate”) in order to complete the Public Project. The City passed Ordinance Number 0567-2015 on March 9, 2015, authorizing the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate. Furthermore, the City previously adopted Resolution 0152x-2015 on July 13, 2015, which declared the City’s intent to appropriate the Real Estate. However, since the adoption of Resolution 0152-2015, DPS modified the Public Project’s plans adjusting for the extent of real estate necessary to complete the Public Project.
Pursuant to the City’s partnerships in completing the Public Project, the City Attorney will acquire and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City, Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, a body politic and corporate organized and existing pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 301 (“Franklin County”), City of Westerville, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (“Westerville”), and the Central Ohio Transit Authority, a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 306 (“COTA”), as the case may be and as necessary to complete the Public Project. Furthermore, the City intends to appropriate and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City, Franklin County, Westerville, and COTA, as case may be in the event the City Attorney is unable to (i) locate the owners of the Real Estate, or (ii) agree with the owners of the Real Estate in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation for the Real Estate.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE №: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to acquire and accept the Real Estate and allowing the Public Project to be completed without unnecessary delay, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
TITLE
To declare the City’s immediate necessity and intent to appropriate and accept in the names of the City, Franklin County, COTA, and Westerville, as the case may be, for certain fee simple title and lesser real property interests in order for the City’s Department of Public Service to timely complete the FRA - COTA Cleveland Ave-BRT Public Improvement Project; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City needs to acquire certain, modified fee simple title and lesser property interests (i.e. Real Estate) in order to allow for the Department of Public Service (i.e. DPS) to timely complete the FRA - COTA - Cleveland Avenue-BRT Public Improvement Project (i.e. Public Project);
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate in order to complete the Public Project;
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to acquire and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City of Columbus, Ohio (i.e. City), Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio (i.e. Franklin County), City of Westerville, Ohio (i.e. Westerville), and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (i.e. COTA), as the case may be for DPS to complete the Public Project
WHEREAS, in order to for DPS to timely complete the Public Project, the City intends to appropriate and accept the Real Estate in the names of the City, Franklin County, Westerville, and COTA, as case may be in the event the City Attorney is unable to (i) locate the owners of the Real Estate, or (ii) agree with the owners of the Real Estate in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation for the Real Estate;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of DPS in that it is immediately necessary to declare the City’s intent to appropriate the Real Estate in order to prevent unnecessary delay in completing the Public Project, which will preserve the public peace, property, health, welfare, and safety; and now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the City’s Charter, Columbus City Revised Code, Chapter 909 (1959), Constitution of the state of Ohio, and Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 719, the City declares the immediate necessity and intent to appropriate and accept in the names of the City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (i.e. City), Board of Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, a body politic and corporate organized and existing pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 301 (i.e. Franklin County), City of Westerville, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (i.e. Westerville), and the Central Ohio Transit Authority, a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 306 (i.e. COTA), as the case may be, for certain, modified the fee simple title and lesser real property interests to the following listed parcels of real property (i.e. Real Estate), which are fully described in their associated exhibits and incorporated into this resolution for reference, in order for the Department of Public Service (i.e. DPS) to timely complete the FRA - COTA Cleveland Avenue BRT (PID 94357; 3163 Dr E), Public Improvement Project:
(EXHIBIT) … (PUBLIC PROJECT PARCEL IDENTIFICATION) … (TYPE OF REAL ESTATE) … (GRANTEE’S INFORMATION)
1) 1-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
2) 4-WD1 (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
3) 4-WD2 (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
4) 4-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
5) 5-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
6) 6-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
7) 7-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
8) 8-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
9) 9-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
10) 10-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
11) 10-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
12) 11-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
13) 11-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
14) 12-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
15) 12-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
16) 13-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
17) 13-U (general utility easement) Columbus
18) 13-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
19) 14-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
20) 15-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
21) 15-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
22) 17-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
23) 18-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
24) 18-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
25) 19-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
26) 20-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
27) 21-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
28) 21-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
29) 22-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
30) 23-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
31) 24-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
32) 24-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
33) 26-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
34) 27-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
35) 27-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
36) 28-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
37) 29-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
38) 30-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
39) 30-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
40) 31-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
41) 31-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
42) 32-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
43) 32-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
44) 33-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
45) 33-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
46) 34-WDV1 (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
47) 34-WDV2 (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
48) 35-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
49) 35-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
50) 36-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Franklin County
51) 36-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
52) 38-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
53) 38-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
54) 40-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
55) 41-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
56) 41-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
57) 42-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
58) 42-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
59) 43-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
60) 43-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
61) 44-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
62) 45-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Westerville
63) 45-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
64) 46-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
65) 47-WDV (fee simple title without limitation of access) Westerville
66) 47-T (temporary construction & access easement) COTA
67) 50-WD (fee simple title without limitation of access) Columbus
SECTION 2. The City Attorney is authorized to cause a written notice of this resolution’s adoption to be served in the manner provided by law upon the owner(s), person(s) in possession, or person(s) possessing a real or possible real property interest of record in the Real Estate.
SECTION 3. For the reasons stated in the preamble of this resolution, which are fully incorporated into this resolution as if rewritten, 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 (10) days after its adoption if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes this resolution.