Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City owns real property located in the vicinity of Refugee Road and Blacklick Creek, Columbus, Ohio 43110 {Franklin County Tax Parcel 530-193324} (“Burdened Property”), which is managed by the Recreation and Parks Department (CRPD). Fischer Development Company, a Kentucky corporation (“Fischer”), is developing real property adjacent to the Burdened Property located in the vicinity of Long Road, Columbus, Ohio 43110 {Franklin County Tax Parcels 530-266200, 530-261302 & 530-267637} (“Benefitted Property”). The Benefitted Property is owned by Abbie Trails Investment, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, and Fischer is developing the Benefitted Property into “The Village at Abbie Trails Section 4, 5 & 6” development (“Development”).
Fischer is required to construct and temporarily maintain certain new sewer utility facilities and associated appurtenances pursuant to the Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) sewer plans CC-16895 (“Improvement”). Fischer already secured certain sewer easement rights on behalf of the City described and recorded in Instrument Number 201510020139822, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, in order to construct a portion of the Improvement. Fischer now requests a one (1) year temporary construction easement (“Temporary Construction Easement”) and a temporary sewer utility easement (“Temporary Sewer Easement”) to temporarily burden portions of the Burdened Property in order to temporarily construct and maintain portions of the Improvement for the Development. DPU will assume maintenance responsibilities of the Improvement five (5) to ten (10) years after commencement of the Improvement’s construction at the completion of the Improvement’s construction inspection period.
CRPD reviewed and supports granting Fischer the Temporary Construction Easement to temporarily burden a portion of the Burdened Property in consideration of monetary compensation from Fischer in the amount of Nine Hundred-fourteen...
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