Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction easements in and to real estate necessary for the Lockbourne Road Roadway Improvement Project. The project will widen Lockbourne Rd between Groveport Rd to SR 104 from 2 to 3 lanes and add curb and sidewalk.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is from the Public Service Department, Transportation Division 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency action is requested to allow right-of-way acquisition-related activities to begin without delay so that construction can begin as currently scheduled.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction easements in and to real estate necessary to the Lockbourne Road Roadway Improvement Project, to authorize the expenditure of $92.00 from 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; and to declare an emergency ($92.00).
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Lockbourne Road Roadway Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0193X-2006, on the 4th day of December, 2006, 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 Public Service Department, Transportation, 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:
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