Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to execute and acknowledge any documents or agreements, as approved by the City Attorney, to amend, release, modify, or enter into new Environmental Covenants involving City owned real property located near Rocky Fork Creek, and to grant a sewer easement to the City of New Albany for a new public park (Taylor Farm).
The City of Columbus is the owner of a 42 acre protected natural area in the City’s northeast area. The property is generally located east of Hamilton Road and south of State Route 161, with the Rocky Fork Creek flowing along the eastern boundary. The property is subject to an Ohio EPA Environmental Covenant (EC), recorded as Instrument Number 200710120179039. Immediately east of the Property, the City of New Albany is building a new 98 acre public park and wetland restoration area, as well as a section of the Rocky Fork regional greenway. New Albany has approached the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department to request the granting of a sanitary sewer easement that is approximately 25 feet by 50 feet along the south Property line of the EC, along Old Dublin-Granville Road, to service a new visitor center at the park. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department has reviewed the request and examined its location. The Department agrees that granting the easement creates minimal environmental impact to the property during construction and creates no long term impacts. The Ohio EPA has agreed to amend the EC to allow for the sanitary sewer to connect to a manhole on the Property. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department supports amending the EC and granting the sanitary easement to another governmental agency at no cost, given that it will allow the public park to be developed.
Principal Parties:
City of New Albany
99 West Main Street
New Albany, Ohio 43054
Adrienne Joly, (614) 855-3913, ajoly@newalbanyohio.org
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