Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction and permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for Minnesota Avenue Improvement Project.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency action is being requested to allow right-of-way acquisition-related activities to be initiated by the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, as soon as possible so that construction of this improvement project can begin without delay.
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To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction and permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the Minnesota Avenue Improvement Project, to authorize the expenditure of $16,372.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($16,372.00).
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Minnesota Avenue Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0148X-2005, on the 24th day of October 2005, 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 Department of Public Service, Division of Transportation, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, and 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 construction and permanent easements in, over, under, across and through the parcels listed in Section 4 hereof, as are fully described in Resolution No. 0148X-2005, adopted October 24, 2005, said descriptions being incorporated herein, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Minnesota Avenue Improvement Project, #530161, pursuant to the power and authority granted to the City of Columbus 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 City Code (1959), Chapter 909:
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 hereby declares its intention to obtain immediate possession of the real property interests described herein.
Section 4. That the Council of the City of Columbus hereby fixes the value of said construction easements as follows:
1. 8T $200.00
2. 9T $200.00
3. 10T $200.00
4. 11T $1,560.00
5. 14T $200.00
6. 15T $1,585.00
7. 16T $200.00
8. 19T $2,750.00
9. 20T $660.00
10. 27T $200.00
11. 29T $1,000.00
12. 32T $200.00
13. 33T $200.00
14. 34T $1,946.00
15. 35T $3,276.00
16. 36T $200.00
17. 37T $1,595.00
18. 38T $200.00
Section 5. 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 6. That the expenditure of $16,372.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary from 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund #704; Dept./Div. 59-09, Project No. 530161; OCA Code 644385; Object Level Three 6601, Auditor Certificate #024226 for acquisition costs related to the aforesaid purpose is hereby authorized.
Section 7. That for the reasons state 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.