Explanation
Background:
The following is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate in connection with the North High Streetscapes Improvement Project.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to allow right-of-way acquisition to begin immediately so that the City can meet current schedules that require the acquisition of all necessary additional right-of-way to be completed without delay.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate in connection with the North High Streetscapes Improvement Project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the North High Streetscapes Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the hereinbefore described real estate necessary for the aforementioned project so that there will be no delay in the project thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That this Council hereby declares the necessity and intent to appropriate fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the following listed parcels of real estate more fully described in Exhibits A through L attached hereto and made a part hereof as though fully written herein, necessary for the North High Streetscapes Improvement Project, Project # 530050 pursuant to and in accordance with the Charter of the City of Columbus, Columbus City Code (1959) Revised, Chapter 909, the Constitution of the State of Ohio and Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 719; to-wit:
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