Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the Bill Moose Run Sanitary Sewer Improvement.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: N/A
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the Bill Moose Run Sanitary Sewer Improvement and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Bill Moose Run Sanitary Sewer Improvement; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0017X-2006, on the 27th day of February 2006, declaring the necessity and intent to appropriate the real property interests hereinafter described and the purpose of the appropriation, and notice of such adoption of said resolution has been served in accordance with Columbus City Code Sec. 909.03; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the parcels listed in Section 4 hereof, as are fully described in Resolution No. 0017X-2006, adopted 27th day of February, 2006, said descriptions being incorporated herein, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Bill Moose Run Sanitary Sewer Improvement, #650672, pursuant to the power and authority granted to the City of Columbus by the Constitution of the State of Ohio, the Ohio Revised Code, Sec. 715.01, Sec. 717.01, Sec. 719.01 through Sec. 719.02; the Charter of the City of Columbus; and the Columbus City Code (1959), Chapter 909:
Section 2. That the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, declares that the appropriation of said real property interests is necessary for the stated public purpose, and that the City of Columbus, Ohio, has been unable to agree with the owner(s) as to the just compensation to be paid by the City of Columbus, Ohio.
Section 3. That the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, hereby declares the value of the subject real property interests to be as follows:
1. 1AP $200.00
2. 1BP $200.00
3. 1CP $200.00
4. 2AP $21,250.00
5. 2BP $6,400.00
6. 3AP $1,000.00
7. 3CP $1,100.00
8. 4PS, 4P1, 4P2 $22,600.00
Section 4. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to file a complaint for appropriation of real property, in a Court of competent jurisdiction, and to have a jury impaneled to make inquiry into and assess the just compensation to be paid for the foregoing described real property interests.
Section 5. That for the reasons state 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.