Explanation
Background: The following is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title to and lesser interests in real estate in connection with the Central Outpost Relocation Project. It has been determined that it is in the best interest of the city to relocate several city operations from their existing locations, including but not limited to, the Central Outpost of the Department of Public Service, the Division of Facilities Management Offices of the Department of Finance and Management and Department of Development Code Enforcement Environmental Blight and Abatement.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: The relocation of the city operations contemplated by this project is essential to continue to provide for the proper maintenance of city facilities, timely street maintenance and snow removal from streets in the Downtown area, Code Enforcement activities in response to environmental abatement needs, and access to fueling, including CNG, for street maintenance vehicles. Failure to complete this property acquisition acquisition in a timely manner will delay the current construction and design schedule for the project. Emergency action is requested to allow acquisition of this site to allow this project to remain on schedule and deliver services to residents and businesses of Columbus.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title to and lesser interests in real estate in connection with the Central Outpost Relocation Project. ; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Central Outpost Relocation Project; and
WHEREAS, the placement and adjacency of various City operations to their respective service locations is essential to ensure maximum operational efficiency; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title to and lesser interests in the hereinafter described real estate necessary for the aforementioned project so that there will be no delay in the project thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That this Council hereby declares the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the following parcels of real estate,commonly known as 1355 McKinley Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, containing approximately 6.5+/- acres and comprised of twenty-five parcels identified as Franklin County Parcel Numbers 010-011847, 010-013706, 010-024109, 010-024112, 010-024114, 010-024115, 010-035477, 010-047371, 010-053017, 010-054036, 010-063754, 010-064854, 010-064855, 010-064856, 010-064859, 010-064860, 010-064862, 010-064863, 010-064864, 010-064865, 010-064866, 010-064867, 010-064868, 010-064869, 010-064873necessary for the Central Outpost Relocation Project, Project # 570062-100000, pursuant to and in accordance with the Charter of the City of Columbus, Columbus City Code (1959) Revised, Chapter 909, the Constitution of the State of Ohio and Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 719.
SECTION 2. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to cause a written notice of the adoption of this resolution to be served upon the owners, persons in possession of or persons having a real or possible interest of record in the above described premises in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 3. That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this resolution is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after adoption if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.