Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The City’s Department of Public Service (DPS) is engaged in the Intersection Improvements - Georgesville Road at Hold Road (FRA-Georgesville/Holt PID 530086-100020) Public Improvement Project (“Public Project”). The City must acquire certain fee simple title and lesser real property interests (collectively, “Real Estate”), which are located in the general vicinity of Georgesville Road and Holt Road, Columbus, Ohio 43228, in order for DPS to complete the Public Project. The City passed Ordinance Number 2463-2014 on November 10, 2014, which authorized the City Attorney to engage in the Real Estate’s acquisition. The City also adopted Resolution Numbers 0248x-2014 on January 12, 2015, and 0143x-2015 on June 8, 2015, which each declared the City’s (i) public purpose and necessity of the Public Project, and (ii) intent to appropriate the Real Estate.
Pursuant to Columbus City Code, Section 909.03, the City Attorney served notice to all of the Real Estate’s owners of the (i) Public Project’s public purpose and necessity, and (ii) adoption of Resolution Numbers 0248x-2014 and 0143x-2015. However, the City Attorney was unable to either locate some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) or agree with some of the Real Estate’s owner(s) in good faith regarding the amount of just compensation the City would pay for the Real Estate. Accordingly, this ordinance authorizes the City Attorney to spend City funds and file necessary complaints to appropriate the Real Estate.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding to appropriate the Real Estate will come from the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: The City Attorney’s office requests emergency designation to allow for the appropriation and acquisition of the Real Estate necessary for DPS to complete the Public Project without unnecessary delay, which will preserve the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney...
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