Explanation
The City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, received a request from 221 North Front Street, LLC, asking that the City transfer portions of Hickory Street between Front Street and Marconi Boulevard to them. 221 North Front Street, LLC has submitted plans to the City of Columbus for the redevelopment of an existing vacant office building at 221 North Front Street into residential units. The acquisition of the requested excess Hickory Street right-of-way will allow them to provide small patios, decorative security fencing and a landscaped buffer for the new ground floor residential units. After investigation Transportation Division staff determined there were no objections to the transfer of the requested portion of excess right-of-way subject to the retention of a general utility easement for existing utilities currently located within this right-of-way. The Department of Law, Real Estate Division, established a value of $101,805.00 for this excess right-of-way, however, the Land Review Commission voted to recommend that this right-of-way be transferred to 221 North Front Street, LLC at no charge in recognition of the value of the landscaping to be installed and maintained by 221 North Front Street, LLC on adjacent right-of-way that will remain City of Columbus right-of-way and the substantial increase in real estate and income tax revenues that will be generated as a result of the conversion of this building from vacant office space to residential space.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to execute those documents required to transfer portions of Hickory Street between Front Street and Marconi Boulevard to 221 North Front Street, LLC at no charge and to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City Codes.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, received a request from 221 North Front Street, LLC, asking that the City transfer portions of Hickory Street between Front Street and Marconi Boulevard to them; and
WHEREAS, 221 North Front Street, LLC has submitted plans to the City of Columbus for the redevelopment of an existing vacant office building at 221 North Front Street into residential units; and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of this excess Hickory Street right-of-way will allow them to provide small patios, decorative security fencing and a landscaped buffer for the new ground floor residential units; and
WHEREAS, after investigation Transportation Division staff determined there were no objections to the transfer of the requested portion of excess right-of-way subject to the retention of a general utility easement for existing utilities currently located within this right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Law, Real Estate Division established a value of $101,805.00 for this excess right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the Land Review Commission voted to recommend that this right-of-way be transferred to 221 North Front Street, LLC at no charge in recognition of the value of the landscaping to be installed and maintained by 221 North Front Street, LLC on the remaining City of Columbus owned Hickory Street right-of-way and the substantial increase in real estate and income tax revenues that will be generated as a result of the conversion of this building from vacant office space to residential space; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Public Service Director be and is hereby authorized to execute quit claim deeds and other incidental instruments prepared by the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, necessary to transfer the following described right-of-way to 221 North Front Street, LLC at no charge; to-wit:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, being 0.062 acre of land all located within the right-of-way of Hickory Street as shown and delineated upon the recorded plat there of, in Deed Book "F", Page 332 and Plat Book 3, Page 248; Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning FOR REFERENCE at a cut "X" found at the intersection of the southerly right-of-way line of Hickory Street (33 feet in width) and the westerly right-of-way line of Front Street (82.5 feet in width), at the northeasterly corner of Inlot 147 of said plat, said cut "X" being located on the northeast corner of the existing building located on said Inlot; thence South 81°37'18" West, along said southerly right-of-way line, a distance of 19.50 feet to an iron pin set at the TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING;
Thence South 81°37'18" West, continuing along said southerly right-of-way line, a distance of 138.37 feet to a drill hole set;
Thence through the right-of-way of Hickory Street the following courses:
1. North 07°04'46" West, a distance of 15.34 feet to a drill hole set;
2. North 82°55'14" East, a distance of 20.18 feet to a drill hole set;
3. North 70°33'45" East, a distance of 64.15 feet to an iron pin set;
4. With the arc of a non-tangent curve to the right, having a radius of 81.17 feet, a central angle of 43°10'24", an arc length of 61.16 feet, the chord of which bears South 75°08'29" East, a chord distance of 59.73 feet to an iron pin set;
5. South 08°22'42" East, a distance of 3.62 feet to the TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 0.062 acre of land.
Bearings herein are based on North 71°16'12" East for the right-of-way of the Marconi-Front Connector as shown on the improvement plan for the City of Columbus (1275 DR. E).
This description was prepared by M-E Companies, Civil Engineering Group, based on information obtained from actual field surveys.
M-E Companies, Inc.
David L. Chiesa P.S., Registered Surveyor No. 7704
Section 2. That the above referenced real property shall be considered excess road right-of-way and the public rights therein shall terminate upon the Director's execution and delivery of said quit claim deed to the grantee thereof.
Section 3. That a general utility easement in, on, over, across and through the above described excess right-of-way shall be and hereby is retained unto the City of Columbus for those utilities currently located within said excess right-of-way.
Section 4. That this Council has determined it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to allow this right-of-way to be transferred without requiring competitive bidding and hereby waives the competitive bidding provision of Columbus City Codes (1959) Revised, Section 329.25 with regards to the transfer of these properties.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.