Explanation
BACKGROUND: Nineteen parcels currently held in the Land Bank have been approved for disposition. In order to complete the transfer, authorization is needed for the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all agreements and deeds for conveyance of such real properties. This property consists of nineteen parcels located on the northwest corner of Mt. Vernon and Hamilton Avenues making up 1.83 plus or minus acres commonly known as the Whitney Young site. Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC will purchase these parcels for $15,000 for new residential construction.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency legislation is requested to expedite the sale of the parcels to the developer.
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.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of nineteen parcels of real property known as the Whitney Young site currently held in the Land Bank; commonly known as the Whitney Young site, to authorize the sale of said parcels for fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000); to waive the provisions of Section 329.29 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959; pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Whitney Young site is comprised of nineteen parcels of real estate, ownership of which has been transferred from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to the City of Columbus; by Ordinance 2161-93 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; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to implement the specific development objectives of the King Lincoln District Plan, the Department of Development established a steering committee for the purpose of selecting a developer to redevelop the Whitney Young site; a proposal for the sale of nineteen parcels which have been acquired for this program, meet the Land Reutilization Program's Disposition Policies and Guiding Principles and have been approved; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development issued a request for statement of qualifications on July 15, 2005 in order to obtain a list of qualified developers; such these nineteen parcels of real estate are being sold at not less than fair market value in conformity with Ohio Revised Code Section 5722.07; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development issued a Notice and Request for Proposal on September 12, 2005 to developers who met the initial qualifications identified in the RFQ; in order to complete the transfer of such properties 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 such real property; and
WHEREAS, Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC submitted its response to the Department's RFP on November 11, 2005; and
WHEREAS, based upon the written specifications identified in the Department of Development RFSQ and RFP, the steering committee recommended the selection of Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC as the master developer of these parcels of real estate; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development has determined that fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is an appropriate and fair sale price for these parcels in consideration for realizing the redevelopment objectives; and
WHEREAS, the sale of these parcels for such value is in furtherance of the objectives of the King Lincoln District Plan and is consistent with the provisions of Article VIII, Sec. 16 of the Ohio Constitution which authorizes political subdivisions to provide for housing through direct or indirect public financial support; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Development submits that it is in the best interest of the City to transfer the aforementioned parcels to Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC for the purpose identified above; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus Department of Development, Office of Land Management in that it is immediately necessary to approve the sale of said parcels to Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC so that the objectives of the King Lincoln Development Plan can be implemented without delay, thereby preserving convey title of said parcels of real estate, all 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 the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized and directed to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title of the following parcels of real estate to Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC:
010-045873, 274 Hamilton Avenue; 010-006187, 733 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-006235, 735 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-028258, 736 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-019999, 751 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-019993, 751 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-067099, 756 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-039930, 232 Hamilton Avenue; 010-238623, 258 Hamilton Avenue; 010-002700, 258 Hamilton Avenue; 010-004480, O.E. Park Place; 010-004481, 238 Hamilton Avenue; 010-004482, 242 Hamilton Avenue; 010-004483, 248 Hamilton Avenue; 010-029600, 264 Hamilton Avenue.
The total cost for the nineteen parcels is $15,000.00.
The following legal description is for all the above-mentioned parcels and addresses.
Being part of Lot Number Two Hundred Thirty Six (236) EAST PARK PLACE ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, pages 61-62, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
Being Seventy Six (76) feet off the west end of said lot Number 236 EAST PARK PLACE ADDITION and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the east line of Hamilton Avenue at the southwest corner of said Lot No. 236 northerly to the northwest corner of said Lot No. 247 of said subdivision: thence along the north line of said Lot No. 236 easterly seventy-six (76) feet to a point; thence southerly across said Lot No. 236 along a line parallel to the west line of said Lot No. 236 to a point in the south line of said Lot No. 236; thence along the south line of said Lot No. 236 easterly seventy-six (76) feet to the point of beginning.
Being Lot Number Two Hundred Forty Seven (247) of EAST PARK PLACE ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, Page 61, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio: EXCEPTING THEREFROM: that part of said Lot No. 247 included in the description of premises conveyed by Herman B. Henry and Nell E. Henry, his wife, to Othello Showers, by deed dated December 22, 1952, recorded December 24, 1952, in Deed Book 1719, Page 463, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and part of Lot No. 247 conveyed to Othello Showers being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the south line of Lot No. 247, said point being 76 feet Easterly measured along the south line of said lot from its southwest corner; thence Northerly, parallel to the west line of said lot, a distance of 3.12 feet to a point, thence Easterly, parallel with the south line of said Lot No. 247, a distance of 12.6 feet to a point, thence Northerly, parallel with the west line of said Lot No. 247, a distance of 9.4 feet to a point, thence Easterly parallel with the south line of said Lot No. 247, a distance of 22.27 feet to a point in the east line of said lot; thence Southerly with the east line of said Lot No. 247, along the west line of a 20 feet allay, to a point at the southeast corner of said Lot No. 247; thence Westerly with the south line of Lot no. 247, to the place of beginning.
Being Lots Numbers 250, 261, 264, 274, 275, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308m and 309, of EAST PARK PLACE ADDITION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 2, pages 61, Recorder's Office, Franklin County Ohio.
010-020267, 777 Mt. Vernon Avenue; 010-016279, 281 St. Clair Avenue; 010-057394, 277 St. Clair Avenue; 010-039206, 269 St. Clair Avenue.
The following legal description is for all the above-mentioned parcels and addresses.
Lots no. 4 and 5 of Elizabeth and Catherine Armstrong's Subdivision of Lot No. 310 of East Park Place Addition to the City of Columbus as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat of record is Plat Book 2, Page 363, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Lots No. 3 of Elizabeth and Catherine Armstrong's Subdivision, as said Subdivision is shown of record in Plat Book 2, page 363, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin in the westerly line of St. Clair Avenue, at the southeasterly corner of Lot No. 3 of said Elizabeth and Catherine Armstrong's Subdivision; thence S. 80° 38' W., along the the southerly line of said Lot No. 3, a distance of 63.63 ft. to an iron pin at the southwesterly corner of said Lot No. 3; thence N. 9° 01' W., along the westerly line of said Lot No. 3, a distance of 32.45 ft. to a point; thence W. 80° 19' E., along the Northerly line of said Lot No. 3, a distance of 70.64 ft. to a point in the westerly line of St. Clair Avenue, at the northeasterly corner of said Lot No. 3 thence S. 3° 00' W., along the westerly line of St. Clair Avenue and along the easterly line of said Lot. No. 3, a distance of 33.63 ft. to the place of beginning, subject to all easements and restrictions shown of record, as per survey by The Jennings-Lawrence Company on March 23, 1939.
Lots Nos. 1 and 2 of E. and C. Armstrong's Subdivision of Lot No. 310 of East Park Place Addition, said Armstrong's Subdivision of record in Plat Book 2, page 363, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin at the southeast corner of the above-mentioned Lot. No. 2 of Armstrong's Subdivision, said point also being in the westerly line of St. Clair Avenue and the northerly line of an alley; thence South 80°, 59' west along the northerly line of said alley and the southerly line of said lot No. 1 a distance of 47.85 feet to a point at the southwest corner of said Lot No. 1; said point also being the southeasterly corner of lot No. 305 of East Park Place Addition, of record in Plat Book 2, page 61, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio; thence North 9° 01' West with an interior angle of 90° 00' along the westerly line of said Lots Nos. 1 and 2 and the easterly line of said Lot No. 309, a distance of 73.75 feet to an iron pin at the northwesterly corner of said Lot No. 2 and the southwesterly corner of Lot No. 3 of said Armstrong Subdivision; thence 30° 38' East with an interior angle of 90° 21' along the common line between said Lot Nos. 2 and 3 a distance of 63.63 feet to an iron pin at the northeasterly corner of said Lot No. 2 and the westerly line of St. Clair Avenue; thence South 3° 00' West with an interior angle of 77° 38' along the easterly line of said Lots Nos. 2 and 1 and the westerly line of St. Clair Avenue 75.80 feet to the place of beginning, the interior angle of said closing point being 102° 01'; subject to all legal highways, easements and restrictions shown of record.
Section 2. That in consideration for the conveyance of said parcels to Whitney Young Collaborative, LLC and Whitney Young's and/or its assignee agreeing to undertake the redevelopment set forth in its proposal submitted to and accepted by the City, the Director of the Department of Development is authorized to accept fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) as the purchase price.
Section 3. That the City's acceptance of a sale price that is fair value for said parcels is in furtherance of the objectives of the King Lincoln Development Plan and is pursuant to Article VIII, Sec. 16 of the Ohio Constitution which authorizes political subdivisions to provide housing through direct or indirect means.
Section 4. That for good cause shown, Section 329.29 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby waived.
Section 5. 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 2. 6.. 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.