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Update from Campus Partners:
Prepared for residents the University Area Commission
January 19, 2007
Contents:
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Demolition to begin soon at Columbus Coated
Fabrics ·
Update on refuse and code enforcement |
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New web site will promote the University District ·
Campus Music Hop set for April 12-15 |
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Demolition to begin soon at Columbus Coated Fabrics
Columbus City Council last October approved an agreement between the
city and Campus Partners under which Campus Partners would assign its purchase
agreement for the 17.5-acre Columbus Coated Fabrics property to the
city. Subsequently, City Council
on Dec. 11 authorized the expenditure of $1.6 million from a municipal bond
sale to remove asbestos and demolish the buildings on the property. Council also authorized the
preparation of an agreement between the city and Campus Partners under which
Campus Partners would manage the demolition process. In an agreement approved by a
bankruptcy court in the State of
Campus Partners is managing the public bidding process for the
asbestos removal and demolition of the buildings on the site. Bids are due Jan. 19. Campus Partners expects to select a
contractor by early February.
Demolition should begin in the first quarter of 2007 and be completed
before the end of the year.
Campus Partners also will assist the city in preparing an application
for a grant from the state’s Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) to
cover costs associated with completing the underground demolition and
environmental remediation of the property. The grant application is due in early
April.
Meanwhile, Campus Partners has met with Wagenbrenner Realty for
several months as a potential development partner for the Columbus Coated
Fabrics site. Wagenbrenner Realty
has experience with using CORF remediation funds on sites for redevelopment. The company is building new housing in
the Update
on public safety
Officers from the Columbus Division of Police reported to the
University Area Safety Committee on Jan. 10 that post-game activities went
well following the Ohio State-Florida national championship football
game. Only five persons were
arrested, four of them for setting fires. Two of those arrested for setting
fires were
The Columbus Division of Police and the Community Crime Patrol
cooperated in December with special patrols and plainclothes officers to
prevent burglaries. On the way to
work, Ellen Moore, director of the Community Crime Patrol, spotted a man
breaking into a car along
Catherine Girves, director of the University Area Enrichment
Association, has been sharing information regarding the arrest of four
juveniles for committing acts of graffiti in Clintonville. The four live in Clintonville. Their “tags” also are
widely seen in the University District.
She is encouraging citizens and property owners to report these tags,
so the prosecutor can include these reports in the cases against the young
people. Ms. Girves spoke to the
University Area Crime Stoppers Board, which is committed to a public
awareness campaign against graffiti.
The Crime Stoppers group will work with Ms. Girves, Tom Wildman and
Lydia Pantages to develop a billboard, bus posters and other media which
focus on graffiti as a crime which hurts neighborhoods. The campaign also will publicize a
cash reward for information leading to the arrest of persons for graffiti. Update
on refuse and code enforcement
The University
District Code Enforcement Task Force and the Campus Partners Public Service
Committee on refuse collection and recycling held a joint meeting on Jan. 9. The attendees agreed that the
city’s Refuse Collection Division is continuing to provide a high level
of service. The two committees
will hold another joint meeting on Tuesday, March 13, at 2 p.m. in the New web site will promote the University District
The University District Organization and the University Community
Business Association continue to cooperate on the development of a new web
site for the University District.
Phil Marr, a web designer who lives in the University District, is
working on the new site, which will replace the existing UDO site. The new site is tentatively scheduled
to be publicly unveiled at the luncheon meeting of the University Community
Business Association on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 11:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn,
326 W. Lane Ave. The site will be
at www.universitydistrict.org. Campus
Music Hop set for April 12-15
The Campus Hop Planning Committee continues to meet monthly in
preparation for the first Campus Music Hop which will run from Thursday,
April 12, through Sunday, April 15.
Serving on the committee are representatives of UCBA, UDO
seeks part-time office manager
Beverly Meyers left her position as administrative assistant with the
University District Organization at the end of December. The UDO Board has rewritten the job
description and is now seeking a part-time office manager. The duties include taking the minutes
at the University Area Commission meetings. The complete job description is
available online at <www.universitydistrict.org>. Persons interested in
the position should send a resume by Feb. 1 to University District
Organization, Room 200, New duties for Campus Partners staff
The Board of Trustees of the Science and Technology Campus Corporation
(Scitech) last month named Terry Foegler as president and CEO. Scitech is a non-profit affiliate of
University leaders asked Mr. Foegler to become involved with Scitech
because of his extensive experience in land planning, economic development
and public-private partnerships, as well as his understanding of university
and city processes. A number of
planning and development decisions must be made as Scitech grows and as the
city and other partners implement a vision for the 315 Research and
Technology Corridor. |
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