Explanation
The City of Columbus is holder of easements to two separate abandoned sanitary lines under and across that property, located in the vicinity of Children's Drive West and Mooberry Street, commonly known as Nationwide Children's Hospital ("Hospital"). The City now desires to release the easements in order to facilitate Nationwide Children's Hospitals master plan for redeveloping its surrounding Living Park area. The Department of Public Utilities has determined that the release of easements will not adversely affect the City of Columbus and should be allowed at no charge as a part of the master plan. This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute those documents necessary to release two sanitary sewer easements, as more fully described in the body of this legislation, as part of the Nationwide Children's Hospitals master plan.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate release of those easements identified in the paragraphs above, as not to delay the redevelopment of the Livingston Park area, thereby preserving public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute those documents necessary to release two abandoned sanitary sewer line easements, located in the vicinity of Children's Drive West and Mooberry Street, in order to facilitate Nationwide Children's Hospitals master plan to redevelop its surrounding Livingston Park area, and to declare and emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is holder of easements to two separate abandoned sanitary line under and across that property, located in the vicinity of Children's Drive West and Mooberry Street, commonly known as Nationwide Children's Hospital ("Hospital"); and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to release the easements in order to facilitate the Nationwide Children's Hospitals master plan for redeveloping its surrounding Living Park area; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities has determined that the release of easements will not adversely affect the City of Columbus and should be allowed at no charge as a part of the master plan; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City, in that it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department Public Utilities to execute those documents, on behalf of the City of Columbus, necessary to release to easements, more fully described in the body of this legislation, in order to facilitate Nationwide Children's Hospitals master plan for redeveloping its surrounding Living Park area, for the preservation of the 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 the Department of Public Utilities be and hereby is authorized to execute those documents, as approved by the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, necessary to thereby release the easement rights described in those deeds of easement of record in Official Records Volume 3361, Page 102; and Volume 07573 Page I-18 of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio:
Section 2. 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.