Explanation
Background: The City is under contract to sell 10.877 acres of the former Lazarus Department Store site at the former Northland Mall to Northland Associates LLC. A need exists to demolish the in-line mall space, the old Sears store, the Sears tire store, the former bank drive-through, all Northland Mall signage and at a later date, the Taco Bell restaurant. Completion of Retail Ventures, Inc.'s corporate offices are to follow and will be the first project in the overall $150-200 million redevelopment effort known as NorthlandPARK. In order for Columbus Urban Growth Corporation (CUGC) to clear the site to make way for new construction the Director of Department of Development must enter into a Guaranteed Maximum Cost contract with CUGC for the amount of $1,100,000 to perform demolition work.
Fiscal Impact: $1,100,000 in capital funds to be expended from Fund No. 735.Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to meet contract deadlines for redevelopment.
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To authorize the Director of Development to enter into a $1,100,000 Guaranteed Maximum Cost contract with Columbus Urban Growth Corporation for purposes of demolition at the old Northland Mall site to allow for new development known as NorthlandPARK; and to declare an emergency. ($1,100,000)
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WHEREAS, The City is under contract to sell 10.877 acres of the former Lazarus Department Store site at the former Northland Mall to Northland Associates LLC; and
WHEREAS, the tenant who will be occupying the former Lazarus site, Retail Ventures, Inc., intends to relocate its corporate offices into the renovated structure; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Urban Growth Corporation ("CUGC"), Lessee of the remaining Northland Mall site and as developer of the Northland Mall site, needs to demolish buildings on the Mall site in order to allow for future development; and
WHEREAS, CUGC has indicated that demolition must take place immediately after the transfer of the former Lazarus Store site in order to adhere to the site redevelopment construction schedule; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Director of Development to enter into a Guaranteed Maximum Cost contract with CUGC for $1,100,000 to demolish several structures and signage on the former Northland Mall site; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize its Director to enter into a demolition contract to demolish certain buildings at the old Northland Mall in order to meet contract deadlines for redevelopment of the former Lazarus site, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Development be authorized to enter into a Guaranteed Maximum Cost contract for One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000) with Columbus Urban Growth Corporation to demolish the former structures of Northland Mall being specifically the in-line mall space, the Sears store, the Sears Tire store, the bank drive-through, Taco Bell restaurant and all Northland Mall signage.
Section 2. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $1,100,000 from the Department of Development, Division No. 44-01, Fund No. 735, Object Level One 06, Object Level Three 6621, OCA Code 441735, Project No. 441735 is hereby authorized.
Section 3. That in contracting for demolition services Columbus Urban Growth Corporation shall follow the procedures of the City of Columbus in bidding and awarding a contract for demolition.
Section 4. That funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this Ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated.
Section 5. 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.