Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Attorney General. This grant will fund efforts to clean up the significant illegal dumping at Island View Nature Preserve. The $95,503.70 grant will support clean-up services as well as signage to prevent future illegal dumping at the site.
Island View is a 10.25-acre nature preserve located in the Clintonville community. A property owner whose property sits adjacent to Island View has been encroaching upon City parkland with significant illegal dumping for several decades. Contents at Island View from this property owner include two abandoned cars, three boats, a car frame, a motorcycle, a partial camper, wooden pallets, tarps, tiller, metal carts, rusted metal parts, tractor parts, trailers, bricks, and other trash and debris. CRPD has been in contact with the property owner since 2007 and has issued several written notices of encroachments but has thus far been unsuccessful in having the property owner remove the dumped items.
Island View was designated as a nature preserve in 2024, serving as an environmental oasis within an urban community. The current trash and debris is significant and poses risk to the environment and nature preserve patrons. Partnering with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will allow CRPD to clean up this vital nature preserve.
Principal Parties:
The Ohio Attorney General
30 E Broad St, 14th Floor
Columbus, OH. 43215
Hannah Smith-Welsh, Paralegal II- Environmental Enforcement Section
614-466-2766
Area(s) Affected: Clintonville community surrounding Island View Nature Preserve (403 Westview Ave Columbus, OH 43214), and any other City of Columbus park patrons.
Master Plan Relation: Clean up of Island View Nature Preserve is in line with CRPD’s goals of fostering a culture of belonging across parks and facilities, promoting safe parks and facilities, and fostering community stewa...
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