Explanation
Background:
By Resolution Nos. 0268X-2019 and 0284X-2019, City Council, as the “organizational board of commissioners,” previously established the Marble Cliff Quarry Community Authority (the “Authority”) pursuant to Ohio Revised Code (“ORC”) Chapter 349 to support the redevelopment of approximately 300 acres of real property located at the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Trabue Road adjacent to a new metro park. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 3095-2019, the City and the Authority subsequently entered into the Marble Cliff Quarry Utility Cooperative Agreement to authorize the Authority to provide water and sewer service within its new community district. In order for The Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District (“Metro Parks”) to obtain water and sewer service for the new metro park under the aforementioned utility cooperative agreement, City Council approved Resolution Nos. 0197X-2022 and 0227X-2022 to add Metro Park’s property to the Authority’s new community district. Now, QT Apartments III LLC, an affiliate of Marble Cliff Canyon, LLC who is the developer of the Authority, (the “Affiliated Developer”), desires to also obtain the same water and sewer services for parcel no. 560-239130 through the Authority. On March 13, 2024, the Affiliated Developer submitted to the Clerk of City Council a Consent to Add Property to a New Community District (the “Consent”) to add an additional parcel to the Authority’s new community district. City Council is now required by ORC Chapter 349 to determine the sufficiency of the Consent to add the property to the Authority District, authorize public notices, and set a public hearing date on the Consent. In this Resolution, City Council authorizes the City’s Director of the Department of Development, or his or her authorized designee, to hold the required hearing and to forthwith certify to Council that the hearing was held as advertised.
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