Explanation
Background: Pursuant to Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code, and in response to petitions by several developers, the Columbus City Council has created the Hayden Run Community Development Authority (CDA) in northwest Columbus. It was established in 2007, pursuant to the City's policy to Pay as We Grow and Grow with a Plan.
Section 349.04 of the Ohio Revised Code deals with the "Method of selecting board of trustees." The CDA is governed by a seven (7) member Board of Trustees. Currently one local government representative and three citizen members are appointed by the City, and three representatives are selected by developers. The state statute provides that over time appointed trustees will be replaced by trustees elected from and by residents of the authority district, and specifies the stages of development at which the number and category of appointed trustees will be replaced by elected successor resident trustees. Community authority elections occur on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in December of those years in which a sufficient population threshold has been reached.
The certified population of the authority District for 2011 is 2,112. Since this is 42.2% of the total projected population of 5,000, state law requires the CDA to conduct its first election on December 6, 2011, in which residents will elect three successor resident trustees to replace two appointed citizen trustees and one appointed developer trustee. The procedures established by this ordinance will apply to this election and to future elections of the CDA in the years in which applicable population thresholds are reached.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
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To establish election procedures for successor resident members of the Board of Trustees of the Hayden Run Community Development Authority; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Hayden Run Community Development Authority ("CDA") has heretofore...
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