EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus, Ohio ("City"), desires to grant Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. ("CGO") a temporary construction easement and a perpetual, non-exclusive, subsurface easement in, on, under, and through City-owned real property at 743 W. Third Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43212, Franklin County Tax Parcel ? 010-288226. CGO will use the easement areas, which are more fully described within the body of this legislation, for the purpose of installing an underground natural gas pipeline utility. After investigation, the Department of Finance and Management determined the installation of the underground natural gas pipeline utility should be allowed, and CGO will pay consideration in the total amount of Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Eight and 68/100 U.S. Dollars ($6,748.68) for both easements. The following legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute those instruments necessary to grant the requested easements.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested in order to not delay CGO's installation of the underground natural gas pipeline utility, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary to grant certain easements to Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., for the installation of an underground natural gas pipeline through City owned real property at 743 W. Third Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43212; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. ("CGO") desires easements to install an underground natural gas pipeline through City of Columbus, Ohio ("City"), owned real property at 743 W. Third Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43212, Franklin County Tax Parcel ? 010-288226; and
WHEREAS, after investigation, the City's Department of Finance and Management determined that granting both easements to CGO should be allowe...
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