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 FRA Olentangy Trail Bridge Project ( State Job 465874).
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this project is from the Recreation and Parks Department, Voted 1995/1999 Recreation and Parks Bond Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow acquisition activities to begin as soon as possible as not to delay the benefit to the City.
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 FRA Olentangy Trail Bridge Project (State Job 465874), and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the FRA Olentangy Trail Bridge Project (State Job 465874); and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0121X-2005, on the 19th day of September, 2005, 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 Recreation and Parks Department, 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 welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the following described real property, be appropriated for the public purpose of the FRA Olentangy Trail Bridge ...
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