Explanation
Background:
The following is a resolution to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate permanent easements in, over, under and through real estate in connection with the Sullivant Avenue and Wedgewood Drive Traffic Signal Installation project.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Emergency action is requested to allow the Real Estate Division to acquire the necessary right-of-way and allow the Transportation Division to proceed with the installation of the proposed signal at the intersection of Sullivant Avenue and Wedgewood Drive without delay to mitigate the dangers inherent presently at this intersection.
Title
To declare the necessity and intent to appropriate permanent easements in, over, under and through real estate in connection with the Sullivant Avenue and Wedgewood Drive Traffic Signal Installation project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Sullivant Avenue and Wedgewood Drive Traffic Signal Installation project; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity and intent to appropriate permanent easements in, over, under and through the hereinbefore described real estate necessary for the aforementioned project so that there will be no delay in the project thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That this Council hereby declares the necessity and intent to appropriate permanent easements in, over, under and through the following described real estate necessary for the Sullivant Avenue and Wedgewood Drive Traffic Signal Installation project, Project #540007, pursuant to and in accordance with the Charter of the City of Columbus, Columbus City Code (1959) Revised, Chapter 909, the Constitution of the State of Ohio a...
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