Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Council is being asked to approve the Base Plan for Public Services and Improvements (Attached) to be provided by the University District Special Improvement District; and to approve the properties of the municipal corporation in said plan for improvements and services.
A Companion legislation is being presented simultaneously that approves the Petition and Articles of Incorporation that are on file with the Clerk of the Columbus City Council.
In 2015 a petition to create a new SID in the University area to be known as the University District Special Improvement District (SID) was approved by Council. The property owners initiated a petition process in which the owners of at least 60% of the frontage of all real property located within the District signed, acknowledging that they are interested in the creation of the University Special Improvement district and they approved of the Plan for Improvements and Services to be provided by the University SID. The petition was accepted and approved by Columbus City Council by Ordinance 0641-2015, passed on March 23, 2015. The current term of the University Special Improvement District concludes in 2020.
A petition process has been initiated in which owners of at least 60% of the frontage of all real property located within the District have signed that they are interested in reauthorizing the SID and they approve of the plan for improvements and services to be provided by the SID.
This resolution is the second of a series of four actions required by Chapter 1710 of the Ohio Revised code to reauthorize.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To approve the Base Plan for Public Services and Improvemens to be provided by the University District Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc.; and to approve the properties of the municipal corporation in said plan for improvements and services.
Body
WHEREAS, the property owners located in the University Sp...
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