Explanation
Background:
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. has an existing gas utility line through that City owned property known as the Columbus Zoo. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. desires to extend certain existing gas lines in order to provide service to certain zoo buildings. The gas company requests that the City grant the utility easements necessary for this extension. After investigation, the Recreation and Parks Department determined that the granting of the requested easements will not adversely affect the City and should be granted. The service to be provided by the proposed gas lines will benefit the City and therefore there is no charge for the easement. The following ordinance authorizes the Executive Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to execute those instruments necessary to grant the subject easement to that City owned property located in the vicinity of Glick Road and State Route 257, more fully described within the body of this ordinance.
Fiscal Impact: The service to be provided by the proposed gas lines will benefit the City and therefore there is no charge for the easement.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested as not to delay the benefit of gas service to the City of Columbus.
Title
To authorize the Executive Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to execute those documents necessary to grant Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. an easement to extend its existing gas line through that real property known as the Columbus Zoo 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, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. has existing utility lines through that City owned property known as the Columbus Zoo, and
WHEREAS, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. desires to extend its existing gas lines in order to provide service to certain Zoo buildings; and
WHEREAS, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. requests that the City grant the utility easement necessary for the aforementioned extension; and
WHEREAS, after investigation, the Recreation and Parks Department has determined that the granting of the requested easement will not adversely affect the City, but will benefit it and should be granted at no charge; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Executive Director Recreation and Parks Department to execute those instruments, prepared and approved by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, necessary to grant an easement to Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. so as not to delay the resulting benefit to the City, thereby preserving 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 Executive Director of the Recreation and Parks Department be and hereby is authorized to execute those documents, prepared by the Real Estate Division, Department of Law, necessary to grant certain easement rights to Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. in, under, across, over, and through the following described real property, to-wit:
(0.045 + Acre)
Situation in the State of Ohio, of Delaware, Township of Liberty, located in Section 3, Township 3, Range 9, United States Military Lands, being a strip of land, 20 feet in width, out of a 70.30 acre tract conveyed to the City of Columbus, in Deed Book 248, Page 110, (further shown and delineated upon Exhibit "C" attached hereto and made part hereof by reference), and being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at a point at the intersection of the northerly right of way of Glick Road and the westerly right of way of State Route 257, said point also being 35.00 feet left of the left centerline station 650+00;
Thence North 48º 17' 00" East, along the said westerly right of way line of State Route 257, a distance of 55.19 feet to a point at a southwesterly corner of an existing 20 foot wide easement (Easement 8) conveyed to the Columbia Gas of Ohio in Deed Volume 581, Page 161;
Thence North 12º22'02" West, leaving the said westerly right of way line, and along a westerly line of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, a distance of 112.54 feet to a point;
Thence South 83º 09'53" West, along a southerly line of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, a distance of 80.92 feet to a point at a southwesterly corner of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, said point being the Point of Beginning for the boundary of the herein described easement;
Thence leaving the said existing 20 foot wide easement, and through the said 70.30 acre tract, the following eight (8) courses:
1) South 83º09'53" West, a distance of 6.41 feet to a point;
2) Along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 70.00 feet, an arc length of 84.17 feet, a delta of 68º53'53", and subtended by a chord bearing of North 62º23'11" West and a chord distance of 79.19 feet to a point;
3) North 27º56'14" West, a distance of 18.37 feet to a point;
4) North 62º03'46" East, a distance of 20.00 feet to a point;
5) South 27º56'14" East, a distance of 18.37 feet to a point;
6) Along the arc of a curve to the left having a radius of 50.00 feet, an arc length of 60.12 feet, a delta of 68º53'53", and subtended by a chord bearing of South 62º23'11" East and a chord of 56.57 feet to a point;
7) North 83º09'53" East, a distance of 6.41 feet to a point at a northwesterly corner of the said existing 20 foot wide easement;
8) South 06º50'07" East, along a westerly line of said existing 20 foot wide easement, a distance of 20.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Containing 1938 sq. ft., or 0.045 acre, more or less.
All references herein are to records of the Recorder's Office, Delaware County, Ohio.
All stations and offsets are referenced to the left centerline of State Route 257 upon the right of way plans designated as S.H. 558 Sec. B (P.T.)/DEL-257-0.85 on file with the Ohio Department of Transportation-District 6.
Bearings are based on the right of way plans designated as S.H. 558 Sec. B (P.T.)/DEL-257-0.85 on file with the Ohio Department of Transportation-District 6.
(0.109 + Acre)
Situation in the State of Ohio, of Delaware, Township of Liberty, located in Section 3, Township 3, Range 9, United States Military Lands, being a strip of land, 20 feet in width, out of a 70.30 acre tract conveyed to the City of Columbus, in Deed Book 248, Page 110, (further shown and delineated upon Exhibit "C" attached hereto and made part hereof by reference), and being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at a point in the westerly right-of-way of State Route 257, said point being 48.00 feet right of the left centerline said State Route 257;
Thence North 75º42'00" West, along the said westerly right of way line of State Route 257, leaving the said westerly right of way line at 2.00 feet, henceforth through the said 70.30 acre tract, a total distance of 39.41 feet to a point in westerly line of an existing 20 foot wide easement (Easement 8) conveyed to Columbia Gas of Ohio in Deed Volume 581, Page 161;
Thence South 16º09'19" West, with a westerly line of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, a distance of 0.99 feet to a point;
Thence South 77º27'25" West, along a northerly line of said existing 20 foot wide easement, a distance of 138.24 feet to a point;
Thence North 75º53'42" West, along a northerly line of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, a distance of 220.43 feet to a point at a northwesterly corner of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, said point being the Point of Beginning for the boundary of the herein described easement;
Thence continuing through the said 70.30 acre tract, the following four (4) courses:
1) along a westerly line of the said existing 20 foot wide easement, South 15º59'25" West, a distance of 20.00 feet to a point;
2) North 74º45'47" West, a distance of 236.99 feet to a point;
3) North 15º14'13" East, a distance of 20.00 feet to a point;
4) South 74º45'47" East, a distance of 237.25 feet to the Point of Beginning;
Containing 4,742 sq. ft. or 0.0109 acre, more or less.
All references herein are to records of the Recorder's Office, Delaware County, Ohio.
All stations and offsets are referenced to the left centerline of state Route 257 as shown upon the right of way plans designated as S.H. 558 Sec. B (P.T.)/DEL-257-0.85 on file with the Ohio Department of Transportation-District 6.
Bearings are based on the right of way plans designated as S.H. 558 Sec. B (P.T.)/DEL-257-0.85 on file with the Ohio Department of Transportation-District 6.
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 329.29 (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.