Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Hilliard-Rome Road Improvement Project.
Fiscal Impact: It has been determined that Funding for this project will come from the Public Service Department, Transportation Divisions' Federal-State Highway Engineering Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the Eminent Domain actions to proceed without delay thereby allowing this project to meet its acquisition schedule.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Hilliard-Rome Road Improvement Project, to authorize the expenditure of $62,589.00 from the Federal-State Highway Engineering Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($62,589.00).
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Hilliard-Rome Road Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0108X-2007, on the 30th day of July, 2007, 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 Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, 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 peace, property, health and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
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