Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the disposition of one property located at 1032 East Main Street currently held in the Land Bank and the acceptance of one parcel of real property into the Land Bank known as lot 82 of East Park Place Subdivision located on N. Garfield Avenue. The 1032 East Main Street parcel will be deeded to Mr. David Fisher in exchange for his vacant lot on North Garfield Avenue. This vacant lot is currently owned by Mr. Fisher and will be transferred to the Land Bank for future development in the King Lincoln District. The property will be held in the City's Land Bank and managed in accordance with
the policies and procedures of the Land Reutilization Program.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation. The maintenance of the property on North Garfield Avenue will be provided by the Environmental Blight Abatement unit.
EMERGENCYJUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to facilitate the development in the King Lincoln District.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of one parcel of real property known as 1032 E. Main Street currently held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; to authorize the acceptance of a deed for one parcel of land known as lot 82 of East Park Place Subdivision located on North Garfield Avenue; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 2161-93 Council adopted and elected to use the Revised Code Chapter 5722, Land Reutilization Program, to facilitate effective reutilization of nonproductive land acquired through a sale pursuant to a foreclosure proceeding initiated by the Franklin County Treasurer, or through a sale of forfeited lands by the Franklin County Auditor or through a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure to foster either return of such land to tax revenue generating status or its devotion to public use; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the exchange of one parcel within the Land Bank for a similar parcel meets the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved; and
WHEREAS, Mr. David Fisher, owner of the said real estate, has agreed to the property exchange; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to accept the deed for said property which will be held in the Land Bank Program and managed in accordance with the Land Reutilization Program's policies and procedures; and
WHEREAS, in order to complete the exchange of such property, authority is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds of conveyance for such real property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Office of Land Redevelopment in that it is immediately necessary to approve said Land Bank real estate exchange, all for the immediate preservation of 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 the Department of Development is hereby authorized and directed to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title of the following parcels of real estate:
PARCEL: 010-006834
ADDRESS: 1032 E. Main Street
USE: Future development project
PRICE: $0
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, and in the City of Columbus, being Lot Number Six (6) if Brown and Hoffman's Subdivision, of certain lots in Columbus, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof of record in Plat Book 5, Page 91, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. That the City of Columbus hereby accepts the property described herein as:
PARCEL: 010-064858
ADDRESS: North Garfield Avenue
USE: Development in the King Lincoln District
PRICE: $0
Being a part of lot 82 East Park Place, Bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stake at the southwest corner of Garfield Avenue and Almond Alley; thence in a southerly direction along the west line of Garfield Avenue 50.54 feet to a point; thence in a westerly direction along the south line of said lot 82, 91.30 feet to a stake; thence in a northerly direction 49.54 feet to a stake in the north line of said lot 82; thence in an easterly direction along the north line of said lot 82 and the south line of Almond Alley 101.30 feet to the place of beginning.
Section 3. 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.