Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to accept the donation of one parcel located at 2243 Marcia Drive (010-109102) into the City's Land Bank and to transfer the parcel to Elenora Moore. Elenora Moore is a community stakeholder, who will rehabilitate the existing single family structure and maintain it as a rental property. The parcel will be transferred by deed recorded in the Official Records of the Franklin County Recorder's Office.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested to expedite the transfer to reduce further deterioration of the structure and to immediately commence rehabilitation.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation. The City may first recover reimbursement of any and all expenses incurred on account of the acquisition, administration, management, maintenance and disposition of such land and such other expenses of the program as the City may apportion to such land from the sale proceeds.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to accept a deed for one parcel of real property (2243 Marcia Drive) and to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of the same, held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the owner of the real estate has agreed to donate this property to the City's Land Bank; and
WHEREAS, the parcel will be acquired pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.06 and in accordance with the Land Reutilization Program's policies, procedures, and guiding principles and the acquisition has been approved by the Land Redevelopment Office Administrator; and
WHEREAS, the property will be transferred to the City by deed recorded in the Franklin County, Ohio Recorder's Office; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to accept the property described below; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the sale of the property which will be acquired pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.06 meets the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved by the Land Redevelopment Office Administrator; and
WHEREAS, the property will be sold at not less than fair market value in conformity with Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.07, competitive bidding is not required; and
WHEREAS, under 5722.07 "fair market value" means the appraised value of the nonproductive land made with reference to any redevelopment and reutilization restrictions as may be imposed by the electing subdivision as a condition of sale or as may otherwise be applicable to such land; and
WHEREAS, in order to complete the transfer of such property to the purchaser, authority is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds of conveyance for the real property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Land Redevelopment Office in that it is immediately necessary to accept and convey title of said parcel of real estate to expedite the commencement of rehabilitation, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and 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 to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to accept and convey title to the following parcel of real estate:
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-109102
ADDRESS: 2243 Marcia Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43211
PRICE: $5,000 plus a $38.00 recording fee
USE: Rental Property
Situated in the County of Franklin City of Columbus and State of Ohio, and being described as follows:
Being Lot Number Five (5) in Block F, Arlington Park Tract No. 2, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 27, page 7, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. That for good cause shown, Section 329.29 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby waived.
Section 3. That Council hereby finds that the selection process utilized in this matter is in accordance with the Land Bank Disposition Process created pursuant to the City's Land Reutilization Program and hereby approves the same.
Section 4. 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.