Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City’s Recreation and Parks Department (CRPD) is engaged in FRA-Johnstown Rd-Alum Creek Trail (PID 99828) Public Improvement Project (“Public Project”). This project will include constructing a trail connection from the Alum Creek Trail to the East Columbus/Krumm Park community. The City must acquire in good faith and accept certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of Johnstown Road and Parkview Boulevard Columbus Ohio, 43219 (collectively, “Real Estate”). The City will be acquiring and paying for the real estate and ODOT will be contributing money toward the construction of the trail under PID 99828. Accordingly, CRPD requested the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate in good faith and contract for associated professional services (e.g. surveys, title work, appraisals, etc.) in order for CRPD to timely complete the acquisition of the property.
The trail connection will include a trail to Johnstown Road, where bike lanes will be built along Johnstown Road to Cassady Avenue. A second connection will also provide a bike path from Parkview Avenue to Cassaday Avenue, along 10th Avenue, to Krumm Park. When completed the project will connect over 5,000 residents to the regional trail network.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Two Hundred Twenty-five Thousand and 00/100 U.S. Dollars ($225,000.00) is required and budgeted for the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate and CRPD determined it will come from CRPD’s Voted Bond Fund, Fund 7702.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in order to meet the deadlines of the ODOT project funding.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to spend City funds to acquire and accept in good faith certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of Johnstown Road and Parkview Boulevard Columbus Ohio, 43219 and contract for associated profess...
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