Explanation
Background:
The following is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate perpetual and construction easements in, over, under and through real estate in connection with the West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System Project.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to allow acquisition activities necessary to the above referenced project to proceed without delay in order to commence within this year's construction season.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate perpetual and construction easements in, over, under and through real estate in connection with the West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System Project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate perpetual and construction easements in, over, under and through 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 permanent and construction easements in, over, under and through the following described real estate necessary for the West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System Project, Project # 610846, 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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