Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Council is being asked to approve the Plan for Improvements and Services (Attached) to be provided by the Discovery Special Improvement District; and to approve the properties of the municipal corporation in said plan for improvements and services.
A companion ordinance is being presented simultaneously that approves the Petition, the Articles of Incorporation of the Discovery SID, and the inclusion of properties owned by the City of Columbus in the district.
At the request of property owners on the east side of Downtown, City Council authorized the creation of the Discovery Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. (Discovery SID) in 2006 to begin collecting assessments for services in the SID area. The Discovery SID has operated successfully since its inception and the property owners reauthorized the Discovery SID in 2010 and 2015 with Council’s consent. The property owners now request reauthorization for an additional five-year period (2021 to 2025) with slightly different boundaries.
A one-petition process has been initiated in which owners representing at least 60% of the frontage of property within the District 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.
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To approve the plan for improvements and services to be provided by the Discovery Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc.; and to approve the properties of the municipal corporation in said plan for improvements and services.
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WHEREAS, the property owners located in the Discovery Special Improvement Development area have initiated a petition to reauthorize the SID and have filed the petition with the Clerk of the Columbus City Council along with the Articles...
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