Explanation
1. Background
In 1961, pursuant to Ordinance 1032-61 the City of Columbus vacated a portion of Goshen Lane within the referenced ordinance but subject to a general utility easement. The Department of Public Service recently received a request from the property owner, Columbus Regional Airport Authority, asking that the City release this easement over the property they own within this area to clear title. After receiving this request, the Department of Public Service Division of Infrastructure Management verified with all public and private utility companies that there are no public utilities or need for this easement, located within the requested area, and that they have no objections to this portion of easement being released.
The following legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary to release these easements as described below and within the attached exhibit, to allow for the property to clear title.
2. Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact to the City for granting the request to release the easement.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary to release a general utility easement on a portion of Goshen Road to the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, in 1961, pursuant to Ordinance 1032-61 the City of Columbus vacated a portion of Goshen Lane within the referenced ordinance but subject to a general utility easement; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service recently received a request from the property owner, Columbus Regional Airport Authority, asking that the City release this easement over the property they own within this area to clear title; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service Division of Infrastructure Management verified with all public and private utility companies that there are no public utilities or need for these easements, located within the requested area, and that they have no objections to this easement being released; and
WHEREAS, to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary to release this easement as described below and within the attached exhibit, to allow for the property to clear title; and
WHEREAS, there is no fiscal impact to the City for granting the request to release the easement; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service to authorize the Director to execute those documents necessary for the City to release these easements and clear titles to the property owner, Columbus Regional Airport Authority; NOW, THEREFORE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary for the City to release these easements as described below and within the attached exhibit, to allow for the property to clear title:
A 0.408 Acre Easement Areas to be released:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, located in Quarter Township 4, Township 1, Range 17, United States Military District, being part of the easement right-of-way of the historic Goshen Lane, 2 poles in width, and being on over and across that 15.40 acre tract conveyed as Parcel 1(A) of Tracts 1059-1064, that 4.430 acre tract conveyed as Tract No. 1 of Tracts 1051, 1052, that 4.543 acre tract conveyed as Tract No. 2 of Tracts 1051, 1052, that 27.516 acre tract conveyed as Tract 131 to Columbus Regional Airport Authority by deed of record in Instrument Number 200712310221206, and that 15.4 acre tract conveyed as Tracts 1059-1064(B) to Columbus Regional Airport Authority by deed of record in Instrument Number 200712310021206, (all references are to the records of the Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning, for reference, at the centerline intersection of Goshen Lane (width varies) and the portion of James Road Connection (N.K.A. Bridgeway Avenue, width varies) as shown on Ohio Department of Transportation Right-of-Way Plan FRA-270-26.76N; Thence South 04° 40’ 22” West, with the centerline of said Goshen Lane and across that 7.348 acre tract conveyed to Columbus Municipal Airport Authority by deed of record in Official Record 31349I06, a distance of 147.48 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; Thence South 85° 19' 38" East, with the northerly line of said 15.40 acre tract, with the southerly line of said 7.348 acre tract, a distance of 16.50 feet to a point in the easterly right-of-way line of Goshen Lane; Thence South 04° 40' 22" West, across said 15.40 and 15.4 acre tracts, with the easterly right-of-way line of said Goshen Lane, a distance of 539.03 feet to a point in the northerly line of vacated Goshen Lane by Ordinance Number 1032-61, the southerly line of said 15.4 acre tract; Thence North 85° 23' 21" West, with the southerly line of said 15.4 acre tract, across said 27.516 acre tract and with the line of said vacated Goshen Lane, a distance of 33.00 feet to a point in the westerly right-of-way line of said Goshen Lane; Thence North 04° 40' 22" East, across said 27.516, 4.534, and 4.430 acre tracts, with the westerly right-of-way line of said Goshen Lane, a distance of 539.07 feet to a point in the northerly line of said 4.430 acre tract and in the southerly line of said 7.348 acre tract; South 85° 19' 38" East, with the northerly line of said 4.430 acre tract and with the southerly line of said 7.348 acre tract, a distance of 16.50 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.408 acre, more or less. The bearings shown herein based on the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD83 (1986). Said bearings originated from a field traverse which was tied (referenced) to said coordinate system by GPS observations and observations of selected Franklin County monuments FRANK 65 and FRANK 165. The portion of the centerline of Goshen Lane, having a bearing of North 04° 40' 22" East is designated the "basis of bearing" for this description. This description was prepared using documents of record, prior plats of survey, and observed evidence located by an actual field survey performed in October and December of 2008, October of 2010, November of 2013, January of 2019 and March of 2024. EVANS, MECHWART, HAMBLETON & TILTON, INC.
SECTION 2. There is no fiscal impact to the City for granting the request to release the easement to clear title to the site.
SECTION 3. That the City Attorney is required to approve all instrument(s) associated with this ordinance prior to the director of the Department of Public Service executing and acknowledging any of those instrument(s) and that this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.