Explanation
BACKGROUND: Authorization is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an option agreement or sales contract to sell and transfer 15 parcels to Oberer TAC, Inc. located within the Hilltop. The sites are a part of a 30-unit scattered site, lease-to-own single-family project Oberer will develop in partnership with Homes on the Hill Community Development Corporation. The project will include both new construction and renovation of existing residential homes and is contingent on the allocation of 2013 Low Income Housing Tax Credits. This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to enter into the necessary option agreement or agreements as needed to sell and transfer of the property.
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.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested to enable the City to immediately enter into the necessary agreements allowing the buyer to meet the application deadlines established by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, which is required to complete the development of the senior housing project on the property.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an option agreement or agreements as needed to sell and transfer by quitclaim deed 15 parcels, located in the Hilltop to Oberer TAC in exchange for the payment of $31,521.00; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, ordinance 1860-2008 adopted the City's Neighborhood Stabilization Program, authorized the filing of the City's Neighborhood Stabilization Program application with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and made a substantial amendment to the Consolidated Plan's 2008 Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, ordinances 0234-2009 and 0136-2009 authorized the Director of the Department of Development's to expend funds and acquire properties under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 1325-98, Council adopted and elected to use the Revised Code Chapter 5722, Land Reutilization Program, to facilitate effective reutilization of nonproductive land acquired through a sale pursuant to a foreclosure proceeding initiated by the Franklin County Treasurer, or through a sale of forfeited lands by the Franklin County Auditor, or through a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure to foster either return of such land to tax revenue generating status or its devotion to public use, or any other land acquired as part of the land reutilization program; and
WHEREAS, a proposal for the sale of the property which was acquired pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.06 and 5722.03 meets the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and has been approved by the Land Redevelopment Office Administrator; and
WHEREAS, in conformity with Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.07, the property will be sold at not less than fair market value, defined as 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; therefore, competitive bidding is not required; 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 enable the City to enter into the necessary agreements allowing the buyer to meet the application deadlines established by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, which is required to complete the development of the senior housing project on the property, 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 those documents on behalf of the City of Columbus, as approved by the Department of Law, Division of Real Estate, necessary to enter into a contract for the sale of the following described property, and to execute a quitclaim deed and any ancillary documents as may be necessary to transfer title thereto;
010-007078
127 Highland Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, and in the City of Columbus and described as follows:
Being Lot Number Thirteen (13) of Joseph O. Ong's Maple Grove Addition as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof of record in Plat Book 4, Page 142, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-067192
253-55 S. Highland Ave.
Situated in the County of Franklin, City of Columbus and State of Ohio
Being part of Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) Arlington Subdivision as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 284, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin in the southeasterly corner of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261); thence Westerly along the southerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 125.00 feet to an iron pin at the southwesterly corner of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261); thence Northerly along the westerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 15.00 feet to an iron pin; thence Easterly parallel to the northerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 61.2 feet to a point, passing through a garage wall at a distance of 62 feet and a distance of 24.4 feet; thence Southerly parallel to the easterly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261 ) a distance of 1.3 feet to a point; thence Easterly through a part wall and the projections thereof, a distance of 54.9 feet to a point; thence Northerly parallel to the easterly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 0.7 feet to a point; thence Easterly parallel to the northerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 8.9 feet to an iron pin in the easterly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 15.00 feet to the place of beginning.
Being part of Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) Arlington Subdivision as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 284, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin in the northeasterly corner of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261); thence Southerly along the easterly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 15.00 feet to an iron pin; thence Westerly parallel to the northerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 8.9 feet to a point; thence Southerly parallel to the easterly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 0.7 feet to a point; thence Westerly, through a part wall and the projections thereof, a distance of 54.9 feet to a point; thence Northerly parallel to the easterly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 1.3 feet to a point; thence Westerly parallel to the northerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 61.2 feet to an iron pin in the westerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) passing through a garage wall at a distance of 36.8 feet and at a distance of 55.0 feet; thence Northerly along the westerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) a distance of 15.00 feet to an iron pin at the northwesterly corner of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261); then Easterly along the northerly line of said Lot Two Hundred Sixty-one (261) distance of 125.00 feet to the place of the beginning.
010-055695
89-91 Whitethorne Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number Eighteen (18) of Robert M. Johnson's Subdivision of Lot "A" and the private alley bounding same on the north in Hayden and Price's Westwood Heights Addition, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 7, Page 178, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-031200
208 Whitethorne Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus, and being described as follows:
Being Lot Number Five (5) of Levering's Subdivision of Gilmore and Moore's Subdivision of Lot No. 17 of Henry O'Blenness' Subdivision of 30 Acres of Land, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, page 172, and re-recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 156, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-013212
262 Whitethorne Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number Thirty Six (36) of Charles E. Munson's Glenwood Addition, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 69, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-057967
33 Belvidere Ave.
Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Forty and One-half (40 ½) feet off the North end of One Hundred and Sixty-seven and One-half (167 ½) feet of the East end of Lot Number Seven (7) of Henry O'Bleness' Subdivision, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 3, Page 354, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-045231
195 Belvidere Ave.
Situated in the City of Columbus, the County of Franklin and the State of Ohio:
Being Lot Number One (1) of Levering's Resubdivision of Lot Number Seventeen (17) of Henry O. Bleness' Subdivision, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 172, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-044923
198 Lechner Ave.
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio:
Being part of Lot Number Two Hundred Ten (210) in GLENWOOD HEIGHTS ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, page 358, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a point in the West line of said lot, 28 feet from the northwest corner; thence East parallel with the North line of said Lot to a point in the East line of said Lot, which point is 28 feet from said Lot, 6.26 feet to the southeast corner of southwest corner of said Lot; thence westerly along the South line of said Lot, 137.44 feet to the southwest corner of said Lot; thence northerly along the West line of said lot, 31.58 feet to the place of the beginning.
010-015426
87 N. Eureka Ave.
Situated in the County of Franklin, State of Ohio and City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number Eighteen (18) of Delbert B. Ong's Eureka Subdivision, as said lot is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, in Plat Book No. 5, Page 85, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-015634
28 N. Oakley Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number Seventy (70), in HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 326, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-000067
55 N. Oakley Ave.
Situated in the County of Franklin in the State of Ohio, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number Eighty-one (81) of Highland Park Subdivision of Lot Numbers 17 and 18 of the Partition of the estate of William S. Sullivant, deceased, of record in Complete Record 61, Page 80, of the records of the Common Pleas, Franklin County, Ohio as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 327, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-047963
73 N. Oakley Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus.
Being Lot Number Eighty-three (83) of HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISION of Lots 17 & 18 of Plat B of the Partition of the Estate of William B. Sullivant, deceased of record in Complete Record 61, page 80 of record in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 327, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-052034
111 N. Oakley Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lot Number Ninty-one (91) of HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 326, Recorder's Office Franklin County, Ohio.
010-014902
213 N. Oakley Ave.
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio:
Being Lot Number One Hundred Twenty-three (123) of the subdivision or allotment known as Glen View Heights, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 11, Page 4, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
010-017408
43 N. Wheatland Ave.
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the City of Columbus.
Being Lot Number Nineteen (19) of HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISIONS, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 327, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. That the sale proceeds to be received by the City shall be deposited as determined by the City Auditor.
Section 3. That for good cause shown, Section 329.29 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby waived.
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.