Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This resolution is presented as a result of Columbus City Council Resolution No. 0297X-2017, passed November 20, 2017, declaring that the establishment of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority (the "Authority") will be conducive to the public safety, convenience, and welfare and is intended to result in the development of a new community and appointing Members to the associated Board of Trustees of the Authority (the "Board of Trustees").
This resolution is to appoint Members to the Board of Trustees following the terms of the Members appointed by Resolution No. 0297X-2017, passed November 20, 2017.
Emergency action is requested on this legislation to provide for the appointment of Members to the Board of Trustees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To appoint Members to the Board of Trustees of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority as required by Chapter 349 of the Ohio Revised Code; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2017 WC Goodale LLC (the “Developer”) submitted to the Council of the City (the “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 Authority 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 the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2017, pursuant to Revised Code Section 349.03, this Council adopted its Resolution No. 0262X-2017, which resolution determined that the Petition is sufficient and complies with the requirements of Revised Code Section 349.03 in form and substance; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2017, this Council adopted its resolution No. 0297X-2017, which resolution accepted the Petition, organized the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority as a body corporate and politic, and appointed 4 members to the Board of Trustees of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority; and
WHEREAS, the terms currently appointed members of the Board of Trustees have or will be expiring, and it is necessary for this Council to appoint members to the Board of Trustees of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to appoint members to the Board of Trustees of the 555 West Goodale New Community Authority in order to facilitate the operation of the Authority and the Board 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. The appointees of the City to the Board of Trustees shall be as follows:
(i) Tim Price is hereby appointed, as a citizen member, to the balance of a two-year term, such term beginning on the effective date of this resolution and expiring on November 30, 2020, and shall continue to hold over into one or more subsequent terms until a new citizen member is duly appointed to serve for the remainder of such term;
(ii) Marc Conte is hereby appointed, as a citizen member, to the balance of a two-year term, such term beginning on the effective date of this resolution and expiring on November 30, 2020, and shall continue to hold over into one or more subsequent terms until a new citizen member is duly appointed to serve for the remainder of such term;
(iii) Matt Lutz is hereby appointed, as a citizen member, to a two-year term, such term beginning December 1, 2019, and expiring on November 30, 2021, and shall continue to hold over into one or more subsequent terms until a new citizen member is duly appointed to serve for the remainder of such term; and
(iv) Mark Lundine is hereby appointed, as a member to serve as a representative of local government, to a two-year term, such term beginning December 1, 2019 and expiring on November 30, 2021, and shall continue to hold over into one or more subsequent terms until a new representative of local government is duly appointed to serve for the remainder of such term.
SECTION 2. For the reasons stated in the Preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance 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.