Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction and permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System Project.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the acquisition of the parcels necessary for this project to proceed without delay in order to immediately begin acquisition and avoid delaying the project and subsequent benefit to the City.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction and permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System 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 West Fifth Avenue Underpass Stormwater System Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0142-2005, on the 24th day of October, 2005, 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 Sewers and Drains, 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 construction and permanent easements in, over, under, across and through the following described real property, be appropriated for the public purpo...
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