City of Columbus - File #: 0316-2004

• File #: 0316-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/4/2004
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 3/15/2004
• Final action: 3/17/2004
• Title: To authorize the transfer of $30,000.00 between projects within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; to authorize the City Attorney to expend $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund to pay court-ordered settlement costs for the eminent domain acquisition of Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T for the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project for the Transportation Division, and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/17/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/16/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/15/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/15/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/1/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/1/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
3/1/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/26/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/26/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/26/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/25/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/25/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/19/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/17/2004	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/16/2004	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
2/4/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

The City of Columbus is engaged in the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project. The purpose of this project is to widen and reconstruct Lane Avenue from a point 700 feet west of Olentangy River Road to a point 500 feet east of North High Street.

Ordinance 2280-1999, passed June 5, 2000, established preliminary funding in the amount of $700,000.00 within the 1995, 1999 Voted Street and Highways Fund for land acquisition for this project. Ordinance 1254-2001, passed July 16, 2001, authorized the expenditure of an additional $1,500,000.00 to pay acquisition-related expenses for the project. The City filed Appropriation Complaints with the Franklin County Common Pleas Court for several of the parcels necessary to complete the required acquisition. The City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, has notified the Transportation Division that court-ordered settlement costs for Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T will exceed the balance on Auditor Certificate numbers AC000922 and AC010620 by approximately $30,000.00. This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of an additional $30,000.00 to pay court-ordered settlement costs for Parcels 16 and 42 of the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project.

Funding for this expense is available within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Pedestrian Safety Improvements project and this ordinance transfers these funds between projects as required.

Emergency action is requested to provide for the timely payment of court-ordered settlement costs associated with the eminent domain acquisition of Parcels 16 WD, T and 42 WD, T for the Lane Avenue Widening and Improvement project.


Title

To authorize the transfer of $30,000.00 between projects within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; to authorize the City Attorney to expend $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund to pay court-ordered settlement costs for the e...