Explanation
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority ("CRAA") is currently constructing a new roadway that begins at the western terminus of existing Port Road, west of Alum Creek Drive, and proceeds west to Lockbourne-Eastern Road in Pickaway County. This new road will serve as the main entrance to the Rickenbacker Intermodal Facility that is currently under construction and to the proposed Rickenbacker Global Logistic Park. This new road, being constructed by CRAA, is to be known as Rickenbacker Parkway West. The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, recently received a request from CRAA asking that the portion of existing Port Road located west of Alum Creek Drive, be renamed as Rickenbacker Parkway West. Alum Creek Drive is a primary access roadway leading into the area and CRAA has requested this name change to ensure the entire roadway, located west of Alum Creek Drive, has a consistent street name.
Prior to submitting their request to the City of Columbus, CRAA, the Franklin County and the Pickaway County Engineers met to discuss and agreed upon this proposed name change. Additionally, the owners of those properties and business currently addressed off of Port Road have been contacted and have agreed to the proposed name change. After review of this proposal, the Transportation Division has no objections to changing the name of existing Port Road, from the west right-of-way line of Alum Creek Drive to its western terminus, to Rickenbacker Parkway West.
Title
To change the name of that right-of-way originally dedicated to Franklin County and named Curtis Lemay Avenue, now known as Port Road, from the west right-of-way line of Alum Creek Drive westerly to its western terminus, to Rickenbacker Parkway West.
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WHEREAS, on September 16, 1992 the plat titled "Dedication of Curtis Lemay Avenue and Alum Creek Drive" was recorded in the Franklin County Ohio Recorder's Office, Plat Book 76, Page 46; and
WHEREAS, those portions of Curtis Lemay Avenue and Alum Creek Drive shown on said plat were dedicated to public use and accepted as such by Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, on May 23, 1995 the name of that portion of Curtis Lemay Avenue located within Madison and Hamilton Townships was changed to Port Road pursuant to Commissioners Resolution 520-95; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 1997, pursuant to Ordinance 1386-97, approximately 146 acres within Madison and Hamilton Townships, including a portion of Port Road, were annexed into the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, The Columbus Regional Airport Authority ("CRAA") is currently constructing a new roadway that begins at the western terminus of existing Port Road, west of Alum Creek Drive, and proceeds west to Lockbourne-Eastern Road in Pickaway County; and
WHEREAS, construction of this new roadway is anticipated to be complete and the road opened to traffic on or before October 1, 2007, and
WHEREAS, this new road will serve as the main entrance to the Rickenbacker Intermodal Facility that is currently under construction and to the proposed Rickenbacker Global Logistic Park; and
WHEREAS, this new road is to be known as Rickenbacker Parkway West; and
WHEREAS, the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, recently received a request from CRAA asking that effective October 1, 2007, the portion of existing Port Road located west of Alum Creek Drive to the City of Columbus corporate boundary, be renamed as Rickenbacker Parkway West; and
WHEREAS, CRAA has requested this name change to ensure the entire road located west of Alum Creek Drive has a consistent street name; and
WHEREAS, prior to submitting their request to the City of Columbus, CRAA, the Franklin County Engineer and the Pickaway County Engineer met to discuss and agreed to this proposed name change; and
WHEREAS, the owners of those properties and businesses currently addressed off of Port Road have been contacted and have agreed to the proposed name change; and
WHEREAS, after review of this proposal the Transportation Division recommends that effective October 1, 2007, the name of that right-of-way currently identified as Port Road, from the west right-of-way line of Alum Creek Drive to its western terminus be changed to Rickenbacker Parkway West; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That effective October 1, 2007, the name of that right-of-way identified on the plat titled "Dedication of Curtis Lemay Avenue and Alum Creek Drive" as Curtis Lemay Avenue, now know as Port Road, from the west right-of-way line of Alum Creek Drive to its western terminus, be and hereby is changed to Rickenbacker Parkway West.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.