Explanation
Background: The Short North Alliance, Inc. (the “Developer”) is an Ohio non-profit corporation serving both the property owners and business owners of the Short North Arts District and surrounding area to nurture commercial corridors as vibrant, creative, and inclusive communities and leading arts destinations. On May 13, 2025, the Petition for the Establishment of the Short North New Community Authority under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 349 (the “Petition”) was filed by the Developer with the Clerk of City Council. Pursuant to Resolution No. 0121X-2025 adopted May 19, 2025, City Council, as the organizational board of commissioners for all purposes of R.C. Chapter 349, determined the sufficiency of that petition, set a time and place for a public hearing on such petition, and authorized notices thereof. This resolution approves the petition, establishes the Short North New Community Authority and its new community district, appoints the City’s initial trustees to the authority’s board, and certifies the public hearing was properly conducted.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to allow the board of trustees of the authority to immediately convene to: take and subscribe to an oath, select the board’s officers, and adopt by-laws, which such steps are necessary to formally creating the new community authority to then allow City Council, by resolution, to immediately consider the addition of supplemental territory to the new community district that is immediately conducive for the board to be able to implement the community development charges for the new community development program.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To declare that the establishment of the Short North New Community Authority will be conducive to the public safety, convenience, and welfare and is intended to result in the development of a new community; to define the boundaries of the new community district consistent wit...
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