Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Council is being asked to approve the Plan of Services (Attached) to be provided by the East Main Street Special Improvement District (SID); and to approve the properties of the municipal corporation in said Plan of 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 2017 a petition to create a new SID was approved by Council. The property owners initiated a one petition process in which the owners of at least 60% of the front footage of all real property located within the East Main Street area between Bexley and Whitehall, acknowledging that they were interested in the creation of a Special Improvement District and they approved of the Plan of Services to be provided by the East Main Street SID. This petition was accepted and approved by Columbus City Council by Ordinance 0765-2017, passed March 27, 20217. Another action required by the Ohio Revised Code is the approval of the Plan of Services in sad legislation. This legislation was approved by Columbus city Council by Resolution No. 0071-2017, passed April 3, 2017. The third piece of legislations was to declare the necessity to implement the Plan of Services adopted by the East Main Street SID, and to levy a special assessment for the services. This legislation was approved by Columbus City Council by Resolution No. 0147X-2017, passed May 15, 2017. A final piece of legislation, providing for the levy of assessment to property owners, was approved by City Council by Ordinance No. 1608-2017, passed July 10, 2017 for a 5-year term from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2022. Each assessment is to be returned to the SID for operational requirements as set forth in the District Plan.
The current term of the East Main Street Special Improvement District concludes in December 2022.
A one 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 of 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 plan for improvements and services to be provided by the East Main Street Special Improvement District; 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 East Main Street 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 of Incorporation of the East Main Street Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc., an Ohio non-profit corporation to be responsible for the operation of the SID; and
WHEREAS, a companion piece of the legislation being presented to Columbus Council simultaneously will request the approval of the East Main Street SID’s Petition and Articles of Incorporation and the inclusion of the properties owned by the City of Columbus in said district; and
WHEREAS, this legislation is requesting City Council’s approval of the Plan of Services to be provided by the East Main Street SID pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1710; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk of Columbus City Council finds the property owners per the signed petition and the City per this resolution represents at least sixty present (60%) of the front footage of the property located in the East Main Street SID per Chapter 1710; and
WHEREAS, it is the determination of this Council that the Special Improvement District is a valuable tool for continuing to further economic development and a means of continuing to revitalize the East Main Street area; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Plan of Services, including the estimate of cost of the improvements and services to be provided by the East Main Street Special Improvement District of Columbus, Inc., now on file with the Clerk of Columbus City Council, and all of which are incorporated herein as an Exhibit, are hereby approved.
Section 2. That the Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized to designate in writing that the properties of municipal corporation abutting upon the streets described in the petition are included in the Plan of Services as required by the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1710.
Section 3. That the Clerk of Columbus City Council is hereby directed to post a copy of this Resolution in the Office of the Clerk of Columbus City Council as provided by the Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1710.
SECTION 4. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.