Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This resolution is presented as a result of Columbus City Council Resolution No. 0262X-2017, passed October 16, 2017, determining the sufficiency of the petition to create the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority (the "Authority") and acknowledges that Authority as a body politic and corporate within the new community district (the "District") along with its associated Board of Trustees.
WC Goodale LLC (the “Developer”) plans to develop an approximately 19.3-acre site located within the municipal corporate boundaries of 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.
A public hearing, as required by Ohio law to establish a new community authority, was held on November 14, 2017.
Emergency action is requested in order to facilitate the development of this project in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To declare that the establishment of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority will be conducive to the public safety, convenience, and welfare, and is intended to result in the development of a new community and to declare that the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority be organized as a body politic and corporate, within the new community district, along with its associated Board of Trustees; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, WG 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 build...
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