Explanation
Background: The City is the underlying fee owner of property (“Property”) adjacent to Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-022522, known as 50 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215, that is part of Willow Street. The State of Ohio, Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) has a highway easement on the Property and is currently acquiring additional property for its FRA-71-17.14 project (“Project”). As part of the acquisition of the additional property and in the spirit of inter-governmental cooperation, ODOT has asked the City to quit claim a 0.011 acre parcel, known as parcel 200-EL, which is more fully described within the one page attachment to this legislation, to Jefferson Apartments, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, (“Jefferson”). The sole managing member of Jefferson is Community Housing Network, a non-profit organization that develops and manages property to serve the homeless and those with severe and persistent mental illness. Upon reviewing ODOT’s request, the City determined that the 0.011 acre parcel is already subject to an ODOT Highway Easement and that the Property requested by ODOT to be transferred to Jefferson to complete its Project should be granted at no cost, subject to the reservation of a general utility easement. The following legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute those documents as approved by the Columbus City Attorney, Real Estate Division, to quit claim the Property to Jefferson in order to allow ODOT to complete its Project.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to not delay the benefit to the City resulting from ODOT’S Project, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute documents approved by the City Attorney, Real Estate Division, to quit claim a 0.011 acre parcel to Jefferson Apartments, LLC; and to dec...
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