Council approves broad authority for stormwater and development projects

Columbus City Council approved broad authority for stormwater, flood remediation, demolition, environmental cleanup, real estate acquisition, public art and related professional services. The measure passed Oct. 26 with eight votes in favor and Council member Rob Dorans absent. The source also includes an active Ohio trade-name record for Thrive Companies LLC at 842 N. 4th Street.

To create the WestBend TIF encompassing property at the southwest, southeast, and northeast, corners of the intersection of Fisher Road and McKinley Avenue and between the New York Central Railroad to the west and the Scioto River to the east; to declare improvements to those parcel(s) to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; to require the owner(s) of those parcel(s) to make service payments in lieu of taxes; to require the distribution of the applicable portion of those service payments to the Columbus City Schools; to establish a municipal public improvement tax increment equivalent fund for the deposit of the remainder of those non-school service payments; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

Oct 26, 20262895-2026: To create the WestBend TIF encompassing property at the southwest, southeast, and northeast, corners of the intersection of Fisher Road and McKinley Avenue and between the New York Central Railroad to the west and the Scioto River to the east; to declare improvements to those parcel(s) to be a public purpose and exempt from real property taxation; to require the owner(s) of those parcel(s) to make service payments in lieu of taxes; to require the distribution of the applicable portionSource documentPDF 1PDF 2PDF 3