Explanation
Background:
The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Henderson Road (S.R. 315 to High Street) Improvement Project.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this project is from the Department of Public Service, Transportation Division, 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow rights-of-way acquisition-related activities being undertaken by the City Attorney's Real Estate Division to continue 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 fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Henderson Road (S.R. 315 to High Street) Improvement Project, to authorize the expenditure of $35,100.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund and to declare an emergency. ($35,100.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Henderson Road (S.R. 315 to High Street) Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0042X-2008, on the 25th day of February, 2008, 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 Department of Public Service, Transportation Division, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and we...
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