Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Council is being asked to approve and to declare the necessity to implement the Plan for Services adopted by the Discovery Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. and the necessity to levy a special assessment for the services set forth in said Plan upon the lots and lands benefiting under the Plan, and to declare an emergency.
At the request of property owners in the Discovery District, 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 SID in 2010 and 2015 with City Council consent.
The current term of the Discovery Special Improvement District (Discovery SID) will conclude in December 2020.
A one-petition process has been initiated in which owners representing at least 60 percent of the property frontage located within the said District signed that they are interested in reauthorizing the SID and they approve of the Plan of Services with specified services to be provided by the Discovery SID. This petition to reauthorize the Discovery SID was accepted and approved by Columbus City Council by Ordinance No. 0808-2020, passed May 4, 2020. Another action required by the Ohio Revised Code is the approval of the Plan of Services. This legislation was approved by City Council by Resolution No. 0068X-2020, passed May 18, 2020.
This legislation is the third of four actions required by Chapter 1710 of the Ohio Revised code to reauthorize.
Emergency action is required to allow the Discovery Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. to implement its Plan of Services and to permit the special assessment process to proceed in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
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To declare the necessity to implement the Plan for Services adopted by Discovery...
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