Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 3174-2019, passed December 16, 2019, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to transfer one parcel of real property held in the Land Bank and located at 2081 E 5th Ave. (010-081806) to Mengesha Gemerew & Herbert Peak, for the sum of $20,000.00 plus a $195.00 processing fee. We need to amend the Buyer’s name from Mengesha Gemerew & Herbert Peak to Mengesha Gemerew.
Emergency action is requested so the transfer of the property can be made without further delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required by this legislation.
Title
To amend Ordinance 3174-2019, passed December 16, 2019, related to the conveyance of title for 2081 E 5th Ave. held in the Land Bank, to amend the Buyer’s name from Mengesha Gemerew & Herbert Peak to Mengesha Gemerew, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2019, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 3174-2019 authorizing the Director of the Department of Development to transfer one parcel of real property held in the Land Bank and located at 2081 E 5th Ave. (010-081806) to Mengesha Gemerew & Herbert Peak, for the sum of $20,000.00 plus a $195.00 processing fee. We need to amend the Buyer’s name from Mengesha Gemerew & Herbert Peak to Mengesha Gemerew.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the Buyer’s name from Mengesha Gemerew & Herbert Peak to Mengesha Gemerew; and
WHEREAS, no funding is required for this amendment; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance 3174-2019 so the transfer of the property can be made without further delay, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance 3174-2019, passed December 16, 2019, is hereby amended to read as follows:
That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds to convey title to the following parcel of real estate to Mengesha Gemerew:
PARCEL NUMBER: 010-081806
ADDRESS: 2081 E 5th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43219
PRICE: $20,000.00, plus a $195.00 processing fee
USE: Single-family Unit
SECTION 2. That 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 passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.