Agenda Item # __________
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
December 12, 2006
TO: Mayor and Councilors
SUBJECT: Optional Relocation Policy
INITIATED BY: City Manager?s Office
Recommendation: Approve a resolution establishing and adopting an optional
business relocation policy and an optional residential relocation policy.
Background: The Columbus Consolidated Government will make available
assistance under this policy to any business or rental residential units
required to relocate due to the City?s acquisition of the property by
governmental activity without activating the Uniform Relocation Act. The
policy will apply to all acquisition of property acquired with General, SPLOST,
Enterprise Zone and/or any other non-federal funding source. The Department of
Community Reinvestment is responsible for the acquisition and property
management for the Columbus Consolidated Government. The department will be
responsible for the administration of this policy. The effective date of this
resolution will be January 1, 2007.
Analysis: The relocation services and benefits set forth in this policy only
applies to those businesses and tenants that are displaced prior to the
expiration of the existing lease. ?The City will retain the option to waive the
current rent for a business or residential units based upon a cost/benefit
analysis of the rent payments vs. the liability of maintaining the property.
Financial Considerations: ?The maximum amount available under this policy is
$5,000 per business and $1,000 per Residential Unit.
Recommendation: Approve a resolution establishing and adopting an optional
business relocation policy and an optional residential relocation policy.
A RESOLUTION
NO. _____
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND ADOPTING AN OPTIONAL BUSINESS RELOCATION
POLICY AND AN OPTIONAL RESIDENTIAL RELOCATION POLICY.
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus from time to time acquires a building and/or
property with non-federal funds; and,
WHEREAS, the City has an established policy for the relocation of businesses
and residential units acquired with Federal Funds; and,
WHEREAS, the City wishes to establish a policy to regulate the relocation of
those businesses residential units that may be affected from the acquisition of
property with non-federal funds; and,
WHEREAS, the City will retain the option to waive the current rent for a
business or residential units based upon a cost/benefit analysis of the rent
payments vs. the liability of maintaining the property.
WHEREAS, the City has developed the Optional Business Relocation Policy and
Optional Residential Relocation Policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to implement the Optional Business
Relocation Policy.
2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to implement the Optional Residential
Relocation Policy.
3. The effective date of this policy will be January 1, 2007.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held the
_________day of _____________2006, and adopted at said meeting by the
affirmative vote of ____________members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting __________.
Councilor Anthony voting __________.
Councilor Davis voting __________.
Councilor Henderson voting __________.
Councilor Hunter voting __________.
Councilor McDaniel voting __________.
Councilor Turner Pugh voting __________.
Councilor Rodgers voting __________.
Councilor Suber voting __________.
Councilor Woodson voting __________.
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Tiny B. Washington, Clerk of Council Robert S. Poydasheff, Mayor
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