EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND: The City’s Department of Public Service (“DPS”) is performing the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening Phase I Project (PID 105734) (Project No. P530103-100061) (“Public Project”). The City must acquire certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of East Broad Street from east of I-270 to Outerbelt Street (collectively, “Real Estate”) in order for DPS to timely complete the Public Project. The City passed Ordinance Number 1428-2021 authorizing the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate. Furthermore, the City also adopted Resolution 0234X-2022 establishing the City’s intent to appropriate the Real Estate. The City’s acquisition of the Real Estate will help make, improve, or repair certain portions of the public right-of-way of East Broad Street from east of I-270 to Outerbelt Street which will be open to the public without charge.
The City Attorney, pursuant to Columbus City Code, Section 909.03, served notice to all of the owners of the Real Estate of the (i) Public Project’s public purpose and necessity, and (ii) adoption of Resolution 0234X-2022. However, the City Attorney was unable to either locate some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) or agree with some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding to acquire the Real Estate is available through the Federal Transportation Grant Fund, Fund Number 7765, pursuant to existing Auditor’s Certificates ACDI001517-10 and ACDI001517-20 with sixty percent of the funding coming from ACDI001517-10 and forty percent of the funding coming from ACDI001517-20.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to acquire the Real Estate and allow DPS to timely complete the Public Project without unnecessary delay in order to meet the right-of-way clear date of January 6, 2024, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, saf...
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