Explanation
Background:
Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2822-2017, the City and Wagenbrenner Development, Inc. (the “Developer”) entered into an Economic Development Agreement dated December 22, 2017 (the “EDA”) for the Developer’s approximately 55.707-acre Grandview Crossing project that will redevelop property located at the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue (the “Initial Property”). In the EDA, the City committed to cooperating with the Developer to establish a new community authority pursuant to R.C. Chapter 349 to support the redevelopment of the Initial Property. On April 12, 2019, an affiliate of the Developer, 810 Grandview LLC, submitted to the Clerk of City Council the Petition for the Organization of the Grandview Crossing Community Authority. By Resolution Nos. 0144X-2019 and 0183X-2019, City Council, as the “organizational board of commissioners” for all purposes of R.C Chapter 349, established the Grandview Crossing Community Authority and the Grandview Crossing New Community District over the Initial Property following prior notices and a public hearing held on May 15, 2019. 810 Grandview LLC and the Grandview Crossing Community Authority desire to add territory to the Grandview Crossing Community District encompassing the rear portion of the Franklin County Engineer’s Office’s property at 970 Dublin Road (the “Additional Property”). On or about May 1, 2026, 810 Grandview LLC and the Grandview Crossing Community Authority submitted to the Clerk of City Council a written consent for the Additional Property pursuant to R.C. Section 349.03 (the “Consent”). By this Resolution, City Council, as the aforesaid organizational board of commissioners described and required by R.C. Chapter 349, will determine the sufficiency of the Consent, set a public hearing date on the Consent, and authorize notices for such hearing. Furthermore, by this resolution, City Council authorizes the Director of the Department of Development, or his or her authorized designee, to hold the required hearing and to forthwith certify to City Council that the hearing was held as advertised.
Emergency Justification: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development that in order to provide notice in a newspaper of general circulation for three consecutive weeks prior to a public hearing, or as provided in R.C. Section 7.16, and set the public hearing date within 30-45 days of the date after the consent was filed in accordance with R.C. Chapter 349 to allow for the addition of territory to the Grandview Crossing Community Authority’s district.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
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To determine that the written consent providing for the addition of certain property to the Grandview Crossing Community Authority’s district and that is owned or controlled by 810 Grandview LLC and the Grandview Crossing Community Authority is sufficient and complies with the requirements of Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code; to set the time and place for a public hearing on such consent; to authorize the notice of such public hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation for three consecutive weeks, or as provided in Ohio Revised Code Section 7.16; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Wagenbrenner Development. Inc. (the “Developer”) is redeveloping approximately 55.707-acres of property located at the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue (as depicted on Exhibit A attached hereto, the “Initial Property”); and
WHEREAS, the Developer planned a mixed-use commercial and residential development known as the Grandview Crossing project consisting of approximately 200,000 square feet of Class A office space, 900 apartment units, a 260-unit senior living facility, a 120-key hotel, 29,000 square feet of retail space, additional site improvements and amenities for the office and residential uses including surface and structured parking, roadway improvements, utilities, and green space; and
WHEREAS, to support the redevelopment of the Grandview Crossing project, Ordinance No. 2822-2017 authorized the City to enter into the Economic Development Agreement dated December 22, 2017 with the Developer to thereafter cooperate in the establishment of the Grandview Crossing Community Authority (the “Authority”) and the Authority’s new community district for the Initial Property (the “District”); and
WHEREAS, an affiliate of the Developer, 810 Grandview LLC, submitted the Petition for the Organization of the Grandview Crossing Community Authority under R.C. Chapter 349 (the “Petition”) with the Clerk of City Council on April 12, 2019; and
WHEREAS, City Council, as the “organizational board of commissioners” within the meaning of R.C. Section 349.01(F), adopted Resolution No. 0144X-2019 to determine that the Petition complied as to form and substance with the requirements of R.C. Section 349.03(A), fixed the time and place for a hearing on the establishment of the Authority and the District, and authorized notices for such hearing, which was held on May 15, 2019; and
WHEREAS, City Council adopted Resolution No. 0183X-2019 to determine that the Authority and its District would be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience and welfare and that it was intended to result in the development of a new community as described in R.C. Chapter 349 of, and to declare the Authority is organized as a body corporate and politic in the State of Ohio; and
WHEREAS, the Petition describes the initial boundaries of the District, which are coextensive with the Initial Property, and allows for the addition of property to the territory of the District from time to time pursuant to R.C. Section 349.03(B); and
WHEREAS, 810 Grandview LLC and the Grandview Crossing Community Authority control the rear portion of the Franklin County Engineer’s Office’s property at 970 Dublin Road through leases of at least forty (40) years’ duration, options, or contracts to purchase, which includes a portion of the new parcel depicted on Exhibit A and such portion of that new parcel as more clearly depicted on Exhibit B (both exhibits are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, the “Additional Property”); and
WHEREAS, 810 Grandview LLC and the Grandview Crossing Community Authority, authorized the written consent (the “Consent”) to be filed with the Clerk of City Council on or about May 1, 2026 to request that the Additional Property be added to the District under R.C. Section 349.03(B); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.C. Section 349.03(A), City Council, as the organizational board of commissioners for the Consent, will determine that the Consent is sufficient and in compliance with the required statutory requirements, and herein will fix a time and place for a public hearing on the Consent and cause notice of such hearing as required by statute; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to make the legislative determinations regarding the sufficiency of the Consent in order to provide notice in a newspaper of general circulation for three weeks prior to a public hearing, or as provided in R.C. Section 7.16, and set the public hearing date within 30-45 days of the date after the Consent was filed in accordance with the requirements of R.C. Chapter 349, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare of the City; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That this City Council acknowledges and determines that it is the “organizational board of commissioners” for all purposes of Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code; that this City Council has examined the Consent and finds and determines that the Consent complies with the requirements of Section 349.03 of the Ohio Revised Code as to form and substance.
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of Development, or his or her duly authorized representative, shall hold a public hearing on the Consent to expand the District to include the Additional Property, and such hearing shall be held at 3:00 p.m. on June 4, 2026, in the Michael B. Coleman Government Center, 111 N. Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. That the Director of the Department of Development, or his or her duly authorized representative, shall certify to City Council in writing that the hearing was held as advertised.
SECTION 3. That the City Attorney, Clerk of City Council, the Director of the Department of Development, or any of them individually, shall arrange for notice of the public hearing by publication once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin County pursuant to Section 349.03(A) of the Ohio Revised Code, or as provided in R.C. Section 7.16; provided that each such publication shall appear prior to the public hearing described herein.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the Preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution 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 the passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.