Explanation
Janet Anderson Trustee, Janet Anderson, and Anderson Farms LTD, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, collectively as the owner and grantor of approximately 22.8 +/- acres of real property, located in the vicinity of Roberts Road and Alton-Darby Road, desire to donate the land to the City of Columbus, Ohio, Department of Recreation and Parks ("City") to be restored and preserved as parkland and an aquatic ecosystem resource. The City proposes to accept the property with additional environmental covenants necessary to restore and preserve its natural environment value, topography and wetlands pursuant to requirements the Ohio EPA associated with the Clover Groff Stream Restoration project. As a term of the conveyance, the City and Schottenstein Homes, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, will enter into a Tax Agreement wherein Schottenstein Homes, LLC will be responsible for all tax liabilities associated with the property through the tax year of 2010. It has been determined by the Recreation and Parks Department to be in the City's best interest to accept the donated property. The following legislation authorizes acceptance of title to the donated real property on behalf of the City, and authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to execute those documents relating to the allocation of taxes for the property and the placing of additional restrictive/environmental covenants on the property in order preserve its natural environmental value.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested as not to delay the acceptance, restoration and preservation of the donated property's natural environment value an aquatic ecosystem resource.
Title
To accept 22.80 +/- acres of real property donated to the City of Columbus by Janet Anderson Trustee, Janet Anderson, and Anderson Farms LTD, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, collectively; to authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to execute an Agre...
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