Explanation
Background:
Wagenbrenner Development and the City have entered into an Economic Development Agreement for its Grandview Crossing project that will redevelop property located at the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue. The City committed in the Economic Development Agreement to form a new community authority pursuant to ORC Chapter 349 to support that redevelopment. On April 12, 2019, a Petition for the Organization of the Grandview Crossing Community Authority was submitted to City Council. City Council, as the organization board of commissioners, is now required by ORC Chapter 349 to determine the sufficiency of the Petition and set a public hearing date on the Petition.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to comply with statutory notice and hearing requirements and to facilitate the development of this project in a timely manner.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To determine that the petition to establish the Grandview Crossing Community Authority 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, Wagenbrenner Development (the “Developer”) has proposed to redevelop property located at the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue by constructing a mixed use commercial and residential development known as the Grandview Crossing Project consisting of approximately 200,000 square feet of Class A office space, 900 apartment units, a 260-unit senior living facility, a 120-key hotel, 29,000 square feet of retail space, additional site improvements and amenities for the office and residential uses including parking (surface and structured), roadway improvements, utilities and green space; and
WHEREAS, to support the redevelopment of the project site, the City agreed in the Economic Development Agreement to support the formation of a new community authority for the site; and
WHEREAS, a Petition for the Organization of the Grandview Crossing Community Authority (the “Authority”) under ORC Chapter 349 (the “Petition”) has been submitted to this Council; and
WHEREAS, the Authority’s new community district, as described in the Petition, is located primarily within the municipal corporate boundaries of the City, and this Council, as the legislative authority of the City, is therefore the organizational board of commissioners for purposes of the Petition; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Authority’s new community district, as described in the Petition, is located within the municipal corporate boundaries of the City of Grandview Heights, and the City of Grandview Heights has executed the Petition as a “proximate city” for purposes of ORC Chapter 349 in order to provide its consent to the formation of the Authority;
WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed the Petition, and by this resolution desires to legislatively determine, pursuant to ORC Section 349.03, that the Petition complies with the requirements of that section as to form and substance, to set the time and place of a hearing on the Petition and 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 make the legislative determinations regarding the sufficiency of the Petition in order to facilitate the redevelopment of the project site 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:
Section 1. That this Council hereby acknowledges and determines that, pursuant to ORC Section 349.01(F)(3), it is the “organizational board of commissioners” of the Authority for all purposes of ORC Chapter 349.
Section 2. That thiis Council has examined the Petition and finds and determines that the Petition is sufficient and complies with the requirements of ORC Section 349.03 in form and substance.
Section 3. That this Council hereby determines to hold a public hearing on the Petition on May 15, 2019 at the City Economic Development Offices, 111 North Front Street, 8th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, 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 ORC Section 349.03(A). All prior notices published for such hearing are hereby ratified.
Section 4. That 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.