Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to execute and sign a petition to initiate the creation of The Hayden Run Community Development Authority to govern the Hayden Run Community Development District. The petition is required in order to create a new community authority as provided under Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code.
The Hayden Run Community Development District encompasses the northwest side of Columbus generally bounded by the Columbus City Limits on the North, the Conrail Railroad Tracks on the East, Hayden Run Road on the South, and Cosgray Road on the West, all to be developed as part of an area characterized by well-balanced and diversified land use patterns to provide facilities for the conduct of commercial, residential, cultural, educational, and recreational activities.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to execute and sign, on behalf of the City of Columbus and the Columbus City Council, the Petition for the creation of The Hayden Run Community Development Authority; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, in late 2002, the City of Columbus (the "City") became aware of the development interest in the area of the northwest side of Columbus generally bounded by the Columbus City Limits on the North, the Conrail Railroad Tracks on the East, Hayden Run Road on the South, and Cosgray Road on the West (the "District"); and
WHEREAS, based on this interest, the City engaged in a cooperative dialogue with the development community, adjoining municipalities and townships, and various stakeholders that resulted in the Interim Hayden Run Corridor Plan (the "Interim Plan"); and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the implementation of the Interim Plan and in accordance with the City's "Pay As We Grow" initiative, the City entered into an unprecedented agreement with MI Homes of Central Ohio, LLC, Dominion Homes, Inc., Huntington Tower...
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