...Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The City’s Recreation and Parks Department (CRPD) is engaged in the Greenways - Olentangy Trail - Worthington Hills Extension (P510306-100004) Public Improvement Project PID 99533(“Public Project”). This project will extend the Olentangy Trail from Worthington Hills to Clubview Boulevard. The City must acquire in good faith and accept certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of Olentangy River Road and Clubview Boulevard Columbus Ohio, 43235 (collectively, “Real Estate”). Accordingly, CRPD requested the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate in good faith and contract for associated professional services (e.g. surveys, title work, appraisals, etc.) in order for CRPD to timely complete the acquisition of the property.
The Olentangy Trial is the busiest trial in Ohio. Recent trail counts show that the trail had over 1,000,000 uses in 2015. Several segments of the trail receive over 1,000 users per day. The trail currently ends at Worthington Hills Park along the Olentangy River a mile north of I-270. This northern end of the trail is a major access point and is one of the heaviest destination points on the 14 mile trail. Over 4,700 residents live within a 10 minute walk of this project.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$303,000.00 is required and budgeted for the City Attorney to acquire the Real Estate and CRPD determined it will come from CRPD’s Voted Bond Fund, Fund 7702.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION:
An emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in order to meet the deadlines of the ODOT project funding.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to spend City funds to acquire and accept in good faith certain fee simple title and lesser real estate located in the vicinity of Olentangy River Road and Clubview Boulevard Columbus Ohio, 43235 and contract for associated professional services in order for CRPD to timely com...
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