Explanation
Background: The Ohio Bell Telephone Company desires to install and maintain underground telephone equipment on that City owned property known as the Hap Cremean Water Treatment Plant and has therefore requested the City grant them a quitclaim deed of easement in and to said real property. After investigation it has been determined by the Department of Public Utilities that the granting of the easement will not adversely affect the City. The Real Estate Division, Department of Law has established $2,050.00 as the value of the subject easement. The following ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute a quitclaim deed and any ancillary documents necessary for the granting of aforementioned quitclaim deed of easement. Fiscal Impact: The $2,050.00 to be received by the City of Columbus, Department of Department of Public Utilities, as consideration for said easement will be deposited into the appropriate fund, identified in the following legislation. Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested as not to delay the installation of the phone equipment, which will benefit the City.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute and grant a quitclaim deed of easement to The Ohio Bell Telephone Company on that City owned property known as the Hap Cremean Water Treatment Plant, and to the extent they may be applicable, to waive the competitive bidding and Land Review Commission requirements of the Columbus City Codes (1959) Revised, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is owner of that real property known as the Hap Cremean Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, has requested an easement on a portion of said real property in order to install and maintain underground telephone equipment; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities has no objection to the granting of said quitclaim deed of easement, as it has been determined that its granting will not adversely affect the City; and
WHEREAS, the Real Estate Division, Department of Law has established $2,050.00 as the value of such easement right; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Department of Public Utilities to execute a quitclaim deed of easement and any ancillary documents required to grant said quitclaim deed of easement for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Public Utilities be and hereby is authorized to execute a quitclaim deed of easement prepared by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, and any ancillary documents necessary to grant to The Ohio Bell Telephone Company the following described real property, to-wit:
Being an easement in the 69.59 acre, more or less, tract situated in the southeast quarter of Blendon Township, County of Franklin, State of Ohio, and being part of Township 2, Range 17, U.S.M.L., being shown recorded in Volume 2282, Page 360 of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, said easement being described as follows:
Beginning for reference at Franklin County Geodetic Monument 1550 located at the centerline of Morse Road, thence from said monument N 04º 04' 08" E, 100.00 feet to a point;
Thence N 85º 55' 52" W, 41.00 feet to the Point Of Beginning for the easement herein described;
Thence, from said Point Of Beginning, S 04º 04' 08" W, 10.00 feet to a point;
Thence N 85º 55' 52" W, 320.00 feet to a point;
Thence N 04º 04' 08" E, 10.00 feet to a point;
Thence S 85º 55' 52" E, 310.00 feet to a point;
Thence N 04º 04' 08" E, 5.00 feet to a point;
Thence S 85º 55' 52" E, 10.00 feet to a point;
Thence S 04º 04' 08" W, 5.00 feet to the Point Of Beginning, containing 3250.00 square feet or 0.0746 acres, more or less.
Description prepared by Phil A. Nichol PS #7894, July 2003.
Section 2. That the Two Thousand Fifty Dollars. ($2,050.00), to be received by the City as consideration for the subject easement to be granted shall deposited in Fund, 671, OCA Code 066035, Object Level Three 0819, Dept./Div. 60-05.
Section 3. That this Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to waive and does hereby waive the requirements of Columbus City Codes (1959) Revised, Chapter 328 (Land Review Commission) and Section 329.29 (sale of City owned reality) to the extent that they may apply to this transaction with regards to this ordinance only.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.