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 Skyline Drive Stormwater System Improvements Project.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is from the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Storm Sewer Revenue Bonds Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to provide for the immediate acquisition of real property interests within the time frame established by the Division of Sewers and Drains.
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 Skyline Drive Stormwater System Improvements Project, 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 Skyline Drive Stormwater System Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 0107X-2008, on the 14th day of July, 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 there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That construction and permanent easements in, over, under, across and throug...
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