Explanation
BACKGROUND: To respond to a petition filed on May 16, 2019 by the Mideast Area Commission Task Force to create the Mideast Area Commission as bounded and described herein, and to establish the Mideast Area Commission as its representative area commission in accordance with Chapter 3109 of the Columbus City Code and with proposed bylaws filed as part of said petition.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation. Passage of this legislation will initiate notice procedures by the Department of Neighborhoods regarding various applications involving real property within the proposed area; necessitate additional routine staff work for the Department of Neighborhoods; and require annual funding in an amount to be appropriated by Council.
Emergency Justification: to expedite the election of officers and the creation of the Mideast Area Commission for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare.
Title
To enact new Section 3111.23 of the Columbus City Code in order to create the Mideast Area Commission, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, people interested in the area of Columbus described hereafter joined together to initiate efforts to establish an area commission for their area; and
WHEREAS, a task force was established to consider organizational questions, to choose directions, to prepare and circulate documents required by Chapter 3109 of the Columbus City Code to file such documents with the City Clerk, to notify residents and to serve that area until an area commission is appointed and organized; and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2019, the task force, through Quay Barnes, the agent for petitioners, filed with the City Clerk a petition for the creation of the Mideast Area Commission together with proposed by-laws and selection procedures for its operation; and
WHEREAS, public notice of such filing was published in the City Bulletin on May 18, 2019, as required by Section 3109.03 of the Columbus City ...
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