Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Ordinance is to levy a special assessment upon the lots and lands benefited by the installation of a high-pressure sodium street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring in the Berwick I area including: Burnaby Drive, Floribunda Drive, Halleck Place, Halleck Drive, Mitzi Drive, Peace Place, Rose View Drive, Schaaf Drive, Sonata Drive, Spartan Drive, Stafford Place, Talisman Court, Tiffany Court, Haddon Road from College Avenue to and including parcel number 010-101705, Kenview Road South from Halleck Place to and including parcel number 010-140920, Kenwick Road from Scottwood Road to Kenview Road South, Roosevelt Avenue from Scottwood Road to Sonata Drive, Scottwood Road from Haddon Road to James Road, and Sherbrooke Place from Scottwood Road to Stafford Place.
All costs of the street lighting system now have been assembled, the final assessment report prepared, and the assessing ordinance should be passed.
Emergency action is requested in order that the assessment process may be completed prior to the street lighting notes becoming due.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to levy a special assessment upon the lots and lands benefited by the installation of a street lighting system with underground wiring and ornamental poles in the Berwick I area, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, property owners have submitted a petition for a high pressure sodium street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring in the Berwick I area including: Burnaby Drive, Floribunda Drive, Halleck Place, Halleck Drive, Mitzi Drive, Peace Place, Rose View Drive, Schaaf Drive, Sonata Drive, Spartan Drive, Stafford Place, Talisman Court, Tiffany Court, Haddon Road from College Avenue to and including parcel number 010-101705, Kenview Road South from Halleck Place to and including parcel number 010-140920, Kenwick Road from Scottwood Road to Kenview Road South, Roosevelt Avenue from Scottwood Road to Sonata Drive, Scottwood Road from Haddon Road to James Road, and Sherbrooke Place from Scottwood Road to Stafford Place; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 0848-2004, passed May 24, 2004, authorized the installation of said street lighting system under the assessment procedures; and
WHEREAS, all costs of the street lighting system now have been assembled, the final assessment report prepared, and the assessing ordinance should be passed; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Electricity, in that it is immediately necessary to complete the assessment process prior to the street lighting notes becoming due thereby preserving 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 Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized and directed to levy an assessment for the cost and expense of installing a street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring in the Berwick I area including: Burnaby Drive, Floribunda Drive, Halleck Place, Halleck Drive, Mitzi Drive, Peace Place, Rose View Drive, Schaaf Drive, Sonata Drive, Spartan Drive, Stafford Place, Talisman Court, Tiffany Court, Haddon Road from College Avenue to and including parcel number 010-101705, Kenview Road South from Halleck Place to and including parcel number 010-140920, Kenwick Road from Scottwood Road to Kenview Road South, Roosevelt Avenue from Scottwood Road to Sonata Drive, Scottwood Road from Haddon Road to James Road, and Sherbrooke Place from Scottwood Road to Stafford Place, in accordance with Ordinance Number 0848-2004, passed May 24, 2004, in the City of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio as prepared by the Division of Electricity and the same is hereby confirmed and that there be and hereby levied and assessed upon the lots and lands hereinafter set forth, the several amounts as therein set forth, it being hereby determined and declared that each said lots and lands is specially benefited by said improvements and in an amount equal to said improvement
Total amount of construction contract $550,441.09
Inspection and Prevailing Wage costs 38,191.61
Division of Electricity - Engineering 17,954.60
Division of Electricity - Certified Mail - Notices 2,179.06
Division of Electricity - Certified Mail - Invoices 2,179.06
Cost of Issuance of Bonds 7,500.00
2.15% Interest on $354,000 for 18 months 11,416.50
Total Cost $629,861.92
Less City Portion (DOE) (163,000.00)
Less City Portion (UIRF) (187,200.00)
Total Property Portion $279,661.92
Property portion of $279,661.92 divided by 484.5 assessable units*, or percentage of, equaling $577.22 per assessable unit.
*One unit equals one lot of property.
Refer to attachment ORD 1117-2005.xls
SECTION 2. That the total assessment shall be payable at the office of the City Treasurer of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, within thirty days from the effective date of this ordinance or, at the option of the owner, in twenty semi-annual installments with interest upon deferred payment at the same rate as shall be borne by the bonds to be issued in anticipation of the collection of the same at the Office of the County Treasurer of Franklin County, Ohio, after the same have been certified to the County Auditor of Franklin County, Ohio for collection in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3. That the said assessment, and all portions thereof, when collected, shall be paid into the Sinking Fund and shall be applied to the payment of the bonds issued for said improvement and the interest thereon, as the same shall become due and to no other purpose whatsoever.
SECTION 4. 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 its passage if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.