Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction and permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the OSIS Augmentation and Relief Sewer (OARS) Project.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is from the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Voted Sanitary Sewer Bond Fund.
Emergency Justification: The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to consider this ordinance an emergency measure. The OSIS Augmentation and Relief Sewer Project (OARS) is one of the projects that the Division is required to be completed in accordance with the provisions of an existing consent order between the City and the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Failure to adhere to the project schedule contained within the consent order will make the City liable for stipulated fines.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of construction and permanent easements in and to real estate necessary for the OSIS Augmentation and Relief Sewer (OARS) Project, and to declare an emergency
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the OSIS Augmentation and Relief Sewer (OARS) Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0016X-2008, on the 4th 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 Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that t...
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