Explanation
Background: The area surrounding the City’s current site housing its operations of the Department of Public Service - Central Outpost, the Department of Finance & Management - Facilities Maintenance Division, and the Department of Development, Code Enforcement - Environmental Blight Abatement has been under redevelopment for several years for office, entertainment, and residential uses. Due to the nature of these city operations, they are best suited to a location adjacent to industrial land uses rather than to office or residential type uses. Consequently, the City has been seeking a property since June of 2011 to replace its current site for these city operations. The City’s geographic requirements for a replacement site dictate that it be centrally located and proximate to Downtown in order to maximize operational efficiency and eliminate potential service delays for street maintenance and snow removal. In addition, the replacement site must be of adequate size to accommodate these identified operational uses and allow for growth.
A property on McKinley Avenue has been identified for acquisition that is strategically located and meets all of the City’s requirements. The property contains approximately 6.3 acres and comprised of twenty-five parcels identified as Franklin County Parcel Number 010-011847, 010-013706, 010-024109, 010-024112, 010-024114, 010-024115 010-035477, 010-047371, 010-053017, 010-054036, 010-063754, 010-064854, 010-064855,010-064856, 010-064859, 010-064860, 010-064862, 010-064863, 010-064864, 010-064865, 010-064866, 010- 064867, 010-064868, 010-064869, and 010-064873. The location of the site provides opportunities for the City to share services with other governmental agencies such as COTA and perhaps other governmental entities.
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary to purchase that real property located at 1355 McKinley Avenue and to expend up to $870,000...
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