Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Council is being asked to approve and to declare the necessity to implement the Base Services Plan and the Transit Services Plan, adopted by the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc., and the necessity to levy special assessments for the respective services set forth in said Plans upon the lots and lands benefiting under the Plans, and to declare an emergency.
At the request of property owners in the core of Downtown, City Council authorized the creation of the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. (Capital Crossroads SID) in 2001 to begin collecting assessments for services in the SID area. The Capital Crossroads SID has operated successfully since its inception and the property owners reauthorized the Capital Crossroads SID in 2006, 2011 and 2016 with City Council consent. City Council approved the addition of the Transit Services Plan for the Capital Crossroads SID at the request of property owners in 2017.
The property owners now request reauthorization of the Base Services Plan for an additional four-year period (2022-2025) and the Transit Services Plan for additional five-year period (2021-2025), both with slightly different boundaries.
A one-petition process has been initiated in which owners representing at least 60% of the property frontage within the District signed a petition approving the reauthorization of the SID and approving both the Base Services Plan and the Transit Services Plan (Plans for Services) with respective services to be provided by the SID. This petition was accepted and approved by Columbus City Council by Ordinance No. 0802-2020, passed May 4, 2020. Another action required by the Ohio Revised Code is the approval of the Base Services Plan and the Transit Services Plan and the inclusion of City-owned property in said Plans. This legislation was approved by Columbus City Council by Resolution No.0067X-2020, passed May 18, 2020.
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