Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 1262-2007 authorized the Director of Development to enter into a Metro Park Development Agreement providing for development of a natural area Metro Park in the unincorporated area of Plain Township west of Peter Hoover Road and north of Walnut Street. This agreement requires that the City of Columbus pay Metro Parks $7.5 million entirely from TIF revenues. Semi annual payments will be made and will be limited to the monies in the Rocky Fork-Blacklick Tax Increment Financing Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $549,457.34 so that payment can be made to Metro Parks.
Emergency action is requested in order for the City to make the payment to Metro Parks according to the schedule established in the agreement.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $549,457.34 from the Rocky Fork-Blacklick Tax Increment Financing Fund; to authorize and direct the payment of $549,457.34 to Metro Parks in accordance with the Metro Park Development Agreement; to authorize the expenditure of $549,457.34 from the Rocky Fork-Blacklick Tax Increment Financing Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($549,457.34)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1262-2007, authorized the Director of the Development Department to enter into a Metro Park Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Metro Park Development Agreement provides for development of a natural area Metro Park in the unincorporated area of Plain Township west of Peter Hoover Road and north of Walnut Street; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement requires the City to make semi-annual payments to Metro Parks; and
WHEREAS, the amount due on December 1, 2009 is $549,457.34; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, in that it is immediately necessary to make the payment to Metro Parks pursuant to the Metro Park Development Agreement in order to preserve the public peace, health,property, safety...
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