Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the Britton/Cosgray 16" Water Main Project.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels 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.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the Britton/Cosgray 16" Water Main Project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Britton/Cosgray 16" Water Main Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0074X-2006, on the 1st day of May, 2006, 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 Public Utilities, Division of Water, 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:
Section 1. That certain permanent easements in, over, under, across and through the following described real property, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Britton/Cosgray 16" Water Main Project, (aka Holly River Ave. 12" Water Main from Janklo...
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