Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Short North Special Improvement District (SNSID) was created in 1998 for a term of 12 years through 2011. SNSID was reauthorized in 2011 and again in 2016 for a 5-year term, respectively.
The current term of the Short North Special Improvement District will conclude in December 2021.
A petition process has been initiated in which over 60 percent of the frontage owners of all real property located within the SNSID signed that they are interested in reauthorizing SNSID and they approve of the Plan of Services to be provided by the SNSID. This petition to reauthorize the Short North Special District was accepted and approved by Columbus City Council by Ordinance No. 0734-2021, passed March 29, 2021. 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. 0046X-2021, passed April 5, 2021.
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 Short North 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.
Title
To approve and to declare the necessity to implement the Plan of Services adopted by the Short North Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc. and the necessity to levy a special assessment for the services set forth in said Plan of Services upon the lots and lands benefiting under the Plan, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 1710 of the Revised Code, effective September 29, 1994 provides for the creation of Special Improvement Districts (SIDS), by non-profit corporations governed by trustees elected by the property owners for the provision of special services in designated district. The Short North Special Improvement District (SNSID) ...
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