Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance will amend Ordinance No. 2027-2021 by authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Service to grant a quit-claim deed in order to transfer fee title to parcel 31B-WL to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), instead of a permanent easement as originally contemplated, in connection to ODOT’s Roadway Improvements - Far East Freeway Phase 1 (3347-E), ODOT designation FRA-70-22.61, PID 95639.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the City.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in order to allow for the timely granting of the requested quit-claim deed, which will allow construction to proceed per the schedule established by ODOT.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 2027-2021; to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary for the City to quit-claim fee title to parcel 31B-WL to the Ohio Department of Transportation; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends the language in Ordinance No. 2027-2021 from granting a permanent easement to quit-claiming fee title to the parcel 31B-WL to ODOT; and
WHEREAS, ODOT will acquire parcel “31-WDV” in the name of the City, at no cost to the City, in order accommodate the adjustment to Scarborough Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Service to execute those documents necessary to quit-claim fee title to parcel 31B-WL to ODOT to allow construction to proceed per the schedule established by ODOT, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Service be and is hereby authorized to execute those documents necessary to execute a quit-claim deed to transfer parcel 31B-WL to ODOT, as described in the attachment(s) to this legislation.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance No. 2027-2021 remains otherwise unchanged.
SECTION 3. 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.