Explanation
Background:
The City of Columbus is the owner of Summitview Park located ion Sawmill Road near Chapman Elementary School. In order to improve the safety of vehicles exiting the school property onto Sawmill Road, the Dublin School District desires to improve its driveway at the Chapman Elementary School. The Dublin School District has requested the City grant an easement across Summitview Park as more fully described in the body of this legislation. After investigation, the Recreation and Parks Department has determined that the granting of the subject easement will not adversely affect the park and is in the best interest of public safety, therefore, should be granted at no charge. The following legislation authorizes the Executive Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to execute a quitclaim deed of easement and any ancillary documents necessary to grant the subject easement.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested, as not to delay the immediate safety benefit the public will gain from the widening of the elementary school driveway.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks to execute and Quitclaim Deed of Easement and any ancillary documents necessary to grant the Board Of Education Of The Dublin Local School District an easement across certain City owned real property located in the vicinity of Sawmill Road and Summitview Park, 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.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is the owner of park property, located in the vicinity of Sawmill Road and Summitview Park; and
WHEREAS, the Dublin School District desires to widen and improve its driveway at the Chapman Elementary School; and
WHEREAS, the Dublin School District has requested the City grant an easement across a certain portion of the park property, more fully described in the body of this legislation; and
WHEREAS, after investigation, the Recreation and Parks Department has determined that the granting of the subject easement will not adversely affect the City and should be granted at no charge; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Executive Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks to execute those documents necessary to grant an easement to the Board of Education of The Dublin Local School District, 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 Department of Recreation and Parks be and hereby is authorized to execute those documents, as approved by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, necessary to grant an easement to the Board Of Education Of The Dublin Local School District for the following described real property, to-wit:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, being a part of a 9.518 acre parcel transferred to The City of Columbus, Ohio in Official Record 14235, Page H-01 of the records of the Franklin County Recorder's Office more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of a 10' tract deeded to the City of Columbus in Instrument Number ________ dedicated for road right-of-way, being the southwest corner of the remaining lands owned by the City of Columbus in O.R. 14235, H-01, and being the True Point Of Beginning;
Thence along the east right-of-way of Sawmill Road N 02°39'23" E a distance of 42.75 feet to a point;
Thence S 47°51'32" E, a distance of 43.73 feet to a point;
Thence S 86°48'01" E, a distance of 294.95 feet to a point;
Thence S 03°11'59" W, a distance of 15.00 feet to a point on the south line of said 9.518 acres;
Thence, along the south line of said 9.518 acres, N 86°48'01" W a distance of 238.55 feet to a point;
Thence, continuing along the south line of said 9.518 acres, N 86°57'55" W, a distance of 90.00 feet to the True Point Of Beginning, containing 0.124 acres total.
Basis of bearings: Centerline of Sawmill Road bearing N 02°39'23" E as shown on Right of Way Plan Sheet 8 of 11 (Sawmill Road Franklin County Road No. 70) on file with the Franklin County Engineer's Office.
This legal description was prepared from information on file at the Franklin County Engineer's Office and Franklin County Auditor's Office.
Franklin County Tax Parcel Number 010-215358.
Prior Instrument Reference: Instrument Number ________________________,
Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. 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 329.25 (competitive bidding) to the extent that they may apply to this transaction with regards to this ordinance only.
Section 3. 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.