Explanation
BACKGROUND: In 2005 the Northland Alliance, the Morse Road SID Exploratory Committee, and the City of Columbus Development Department initiated an effort with property owners on Morse Road from Indianola Avenue to Cleveland Avenue to create a Special Improvement District (SID). On October 12, 2005, the City Council Jobs and Economic Development Committee was briefed on the plans and progress of the Morse Road SID. The property owners, using the single petition method, have successfully attained the signatures of owners representing at least 60% of the front feet contained in the District. The attached petition (and its accompanying services plan, district boundaries description, parcel list, and map) requests City Council to create a ten year Morse Road SID whose primary purpose is to provide public space services to maintain and keep clean the area of the Morse Road enhancement project being undertaken in the same area by the City of Columbus. This legislation is one of the first actions required by Chapter 1710 of the Ohio Revised Code.
City Council must accept the petitions and the Articles of Incorporation of the Morse Road Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc., an Ohio not-for-profit corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 1710 of the Revised Code.
City Council is also being asked to approve the inclusion of City owned property as part of the Special Improvement District.
Emergency action is required to allow the Morse Road Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. to continue the establishment of a Special Improvement District in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
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To approve the Morse Road Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc., Petition and Articles of Incorporation and the inclusion of the properties owned by the City of Columbus in said district; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 1710 of the Revised Code, effec...
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