Explanation
Background:
The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title in and to real estate necessary for the Milo-Grogan Recreation Center Expansion Project.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this project is from the Department of Recreation and Parks Voted 1999 and 2004 Bond Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action: Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate filing of the necessary complaint for appropriation of the subject real property in order to clear title and assess just compensation to be paid for the foregoing described real property interests without delay.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title in and to real estate necessary for the Milo-Grogan Recreation Center Expansion Project 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 Milo-Grogan Recreation Center Expansion Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0139X-2006, on the 18th day of September, 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 Recreation and Parks Department, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the aforesaid professional services necessary in connection with said project for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That fee simple title in and to the following described real property, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Milo-Grogan Recreation Center Expansion Project, Project #510104, pursuant to the power and authority granted to a municipal corporation 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 Code (1959), Chapter 909;
Situated in this City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio.
Being lot number three hundred sixteen (316) in Bidleman's subdivision, as the lot is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in plat book P page 14A, Franklin County Recorder.
Permanent Parcel Number 010-016106
Unveiling and unfolding of the Truth Ministries, Inc.
807 Saint Clair Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201
First American Ordered No. 3439966
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 One Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($137,500.00).
Section 4. That the City Attorney be and he 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 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 its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.