Explanation
Background: The City owns property located at 475 Elwood Avenue containing 4.88 acres of mostly vacant land that was originally acquired in December 1996 as part of the Community Development Program. The site contains a small building that has been leased since 2007 to the Columbus Urban League for Head Start programs.
The property at 475 Elwood Avenue abutts Groveport Road, except for an intervening .054 acre parcel of vacant land identified as Groveport Pike, Stambaugh, .054 Acre Lot 5, Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-000807 which is surrounded on three sides by the City’s property. The owner of this property wishes to sell it to the City. It is in the City’s best interest to purchase this property in order to create uninterrupted ownership of the frontage of the City's property along Groveport Road.
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary to purchase that .054 acre parcel of land from Catherine Windom, and to expend up to $850.00, for all costs associated with said acquisition. Purchase contingencies may include, but are not limited to, the satisfactory completion of Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I ESA and Phase II, if necessary).
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is available within the Department of Finance and Management Construction Management Capital Improvment Fund.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary to purchase that real property adjacent to the City’s owned parcel on Elwood Avenue, from Catherine Windom and to authorize the expenditure of up to $850.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($850.00)
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WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a purchase contract with Catherine Windom, for the purchase of that real property commonly known as Groveport Pike, Stambaugh, .054 Acre Lot 5, Columbus, Ohio, and identified as Fra...
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