EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND: The City’s Department of Public Service (“DPS”) is performing the Columbus Housing Initiatives Wheatland Avenue (Project Number 530303-100002) (“Public Project”). The City must acquire certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of Wheatland Avenue in the Greater Hilltop Planning Area (53) (collectively, “Real Estate”) in order for DPS to timely complete the Public Project. The City passed Ordinance Number 3287-2022 authorizing the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate. Furthermore, the City also adopted Resolution 0033X-2024 establishing the City’s intent to appropriate the Real Estate. The City’s acquisition of the Real Estate will help make, improve, or repair certain portions of the public right-of-way located in the vicinity of Wheatland Avenue in the Greater Hilltop Planning Area (53) which will be open to the public without charge.
The City Attorney, pursuant to Columbus City Code, Section 909.03, served notice to all of the owners of the Real Estate of the (i) Public Project’s public purpose and necessity, and (ii) adoption of Resolution 0033X-2024. However, the City Attorney was unable to either locate some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) or agree with some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding to acquire the Real Estate is available through the Streets and Highways GO Bond Fund, Fund Number 7704 pursuant to existing Auditor’s Certificate ACDI001914-10.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Not applicable.
TITLE
To authorize the City Attorney to file complaints in order to immediately appropriate and accept the remaining fee simple and lesser real estate necessary to timely complete the Columbus Housing Initiatives Wheatland Avenue project; to authorize an expenditure of $432.00 ($432.00).
BODY
WHEREAS, the City intends to make, improve, or repair certain public right-of-ways by completi...
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