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 Oakland Park Improvement Project.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay, in order to meet the Department of Transportation's project time line.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title in and to real estate in connection with the Oakland Park Improvement Project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Oakland Park Improvement Project; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service, Transportation Division, 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 Oakland Park Improvement Project, Project #440005, 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:
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Situate in Quarter Township I, Township I, Range 18, United States Military Lands, City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio, and being part of a 0.562 acre tract of land as conveyed to Oasis Properties Condominium Owners' Association by deed as recorded in Inst. No. 200312120393604 (all references to deeds, microfiche, plats, surveys, etc. refer to the records of the Franklin County Recorders Office, unless noted otherwise) and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Commencing for reference at a spike found at the intersection of the centerline of Oakland Park Avenue with the centerline of Reis Avenue;
Thence along the centerline of said Reis Avenue South four degrees twenty minutes twenty seconds West (S04°20'20"W) for twenty-five and 00/1 00 feet (25.00') to an iron pin found at the northeast comer of said 0.562 acre tract, said point also being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described tract;
Thence continuing along the centerline of said Reis Avenue and the east line of said 0.562 acre tract South four degrees twenty minutes twenty seconds West (S04°20'20"W) for eight and 00/1 00 feet (8.00') to an iron pin set;
Thence leaving said centerline and said east line across said 0.562 acre tract North eighty-five degrees thirty-nine minutes forty seconds West (N85°39'40"W) for one hundred forty and 00/1 00 feet (140.00') to an iron pin set on the west line of said 0.562 acre tract;
Thence along the west line of said 0.562 acre tract North four degrees twenty minutes twenty seconds East (N04°20'20"E) for eight and 00/1 00 feet (8.00') to a point at the northwest comer of said 0.562 acre tract;
Thence along the north line of said 0.562 acre tract South eighty-five degrees thirty-nine minutes forty seconds East (S85°39'40"E) for one hundred forty and 00/100 feet (140.00') to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing zero and 026/1 000 (0.026) acres, more or less.
This description was prepared from a field survey performed by Woolpert, Inc., in July 2003, with bearings based upon Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD83 (CORS). Said bearings originated from said coordinate system by GPS observations and observations of selected stations in the Ohio Department of Transportation Virtual Reference Station network. The portion of the centerline of Oakland Park Avenue having a bearing of South eighty-five degrees thirty-nine minutes forty seconds East (S85°39'40"E) and monumented as described herein, is designated the "basis of bearing" for this survey.
Iron pins set are 5/8" rebar, 30" in length, with a plastic plug placed on top inscribed with the name WOOLPERT", unless otherwise noted. All monuments found are in good condition unless otherwise noted.
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 state 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.