Explanation
Background:
The following is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate in connection with the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate in connection with the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the hereinbefore 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 listed parcels of real estate more fully described in Exhibits A through J attached hereto and made a part hereof as though fully written herein, necessary for the Sidewalk Installation Program, COTA Routes project, Project #530790 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; to-wit:
EXHIBIT PARCEL NUMBER
A/1WD/Guy Lively and Van Lively
B/4WD/Speedway Superamerica LLC
C/5WD/City Nat'l Bank
D/7T/Korean Un. Methodist Church
E/8T/Nat'l Trail House of Golf
F/9T/Rita Garner
G/10T/Raymond P. West
H/15T/N. I. R. A. LTD
I/16WD/ State of Ohio
J/17WD/Union Cemetery
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 for the reasons state 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.