Explanation
WC Goodale LLC (the “Developer”) plans to develop an approximately 19.3-acre site located within the municipal corporate boundaries of the City of Columbus, Ohio (the “City”) as a mixed-use commercial and residential development, including two office buildings, one of which will serve as the new White Castle corporate headquarters, a multi-family residential building with appropriate associated amenities, a mixed-use building supporting retail and office uses, a community facility with associated outdoor spaces, including an amphitheater, and surface and structured parking necessary to support those uses.
Title
To determine that the petition to establish the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority and District is sufficient and complies with the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code; to set the time and place for a hearing on the petition and authorize the notice of such hearing by publication; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, WC Goodale LLC (the “Developer”) plans to develop an approximately 19.3-acre site located within the municipal corporate boundaries of the City of Columbus, Ohio (the “City”) as a mixed-use commercial and residential development, including two office buildings, one of which will serve as the new White Castle corporate headquarters, a multi-family residential building with appropriate associated amenities, a mixed-use building supporting retail and office uses, a community facility with associated outdoor spaces, including an amphitheater, and surface and structured parking necessary to support those uses; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2017 the Developer submitted to the Council of the City (“Council”), pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03, a Petition for Establishment of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority under Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code (the “Petition”); and
WHEREAS, the 555 West Goodale New Community District, as described in the Petition, is located entirely within the municipal corporate boundaries of the City, a municipal corporation, and this Council, as the legislative authority of the City, is therefore the organizational board of commissioners for purposes of this Petition; and
WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed the Petition, and by this resolution desires to legislatively determine, pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03, that the Petition complies with the requirements of that section as to form and substance; pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03, to set the time and place of a hearing on the Petition; and further pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03, authorize the notice by publication of the hearing on the Petition; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to approve the petition in order to facilitate the development of this project and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS that:
SECTION 1. Organizational Board of Commissioners. This Council hereby acknowledges and determines that, pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.01(F)(3), it is the “organizational board of commissioners” of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority for all purposes of Revised Code Chapter 349.
SECTION 2. Petition’s Sufficiency and Compliance with Revised Code Section 349.03. This Council has examined the Petition and finds and determines that the Petition is sufficient and complies with the requirements of Revised Code Section 349.03 in form and substance.
SECTION 3. Time and Place of Hearing. Pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03, this Council hereby determines to hold a hearing on the Petition on November 14, 2017 at the City Economic Development Offices,150 S. Front Street, at 2 p.m., and this Council hereby authorizes each of the City Attorney, the Clerk of Council, and the City Director of Development, or any of them individually, to cause notice of the hearing to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks, or as provided in Revised Code Section 7.16, in a newspaper of general circulation within Franklin County, Ohio, pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03(A).
SECTION 4. Effective Date. For the reasons stated in the Preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after the passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.