Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes entering into a service contract modification with the City of Dublin for water and sewer service. The only modification is to add approximately 277 acres located north of State Route 161/Post Road and west of Hyland-Croy Road which is proposed to be annexed to the City of Dublin. The City of Columbus consents to this property being annexed to Dublin.
Fiscal Impact: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a modification of the Water and Sewer Contracts with the City of Dublin, Ohio, and to consent to the annexation of approximately 277 acres located north of State Route 161/Post Road and west of Hyland-Croy Road to the City of Dublin
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and the City of Dublin entered into a contract for sanitary sewer service on April 13, 1993, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2692-92 passed by the City of Columbus on December 14, 1992; and
WHEREAS the City of Columbus and the City of Dublin entered into a contract for water service on April 13, 1993, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2693-92 passed by the City of Columbus on December 14, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the water and sewer contracts included an Exhibit A, which delineated areas as the "Dublin Water/Sewer Contract Boundaries," "Dublin Exclusive Expansion Area," "Columbus Exclusive Expansion Area" and "Negotiated Expansion Area;" and
WHEREAS, as to the "Negotiated Expansion Area," the contract provides that this area is a shared future growth area, and that neither party shall initiate or accept annexation from that area without the mutual agreement of the Columbus and Dublin City Councils; and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin desires to allow approximately 277 acres located north of State Route 161/Post Road and west of Hyland-Croy Road to be annexed to the City of Dublin; and
WHEREAS, this annexation is acceptable to the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a Sewer and Water Service Area Boundary Contract modification with the City of Dublin, Ohio for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a modification of the Sewer and Water Contracts with the City of Dublin , Ohio to include a modified Exhibit A that includes approximately 277 acres located north of State Route 161/Post Road and west of Hyland-Croy Road which is proposed to be annexed to the City of Dublin.
Section 2: The City of Columbus hereby consents to the annexation of approximately 277 acres located north of State Route 161/Post Road and west of Hyland-Croy Road to the City of Dublin.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.