Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The City owns real property located at 0000 State Route 257 South, Delaware, Ohio 43015{Delaware County Tax Parcel 500-310-01-002-000} (“Property”). The property is managed by the Department of Public Utilities and Recreation and Parks and is further described and recorded in O.R. 1007, Pg. 2157, Recorder’s Office, Delaware County, Ohio. As part of their Northern Loop Project, Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. (“Columbia Gas”) is requesting perpetual 0.365 and 0.097 acre Subsurface Easements for the installation of a natural gas line together with 0.731 and 0.194 acre Temporary Easements for the construction of the line and perpetual 0.073 and 0.019 acre Surface Access Easements for pipeline inspection purposes (Collectively the “Easements”). The line will run under the Scioto River at a point north of the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir. Finance, the Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) and Columbia have done extensive reviews of the plans in an effort to preserve the natural state of the land, limit the environmental impact of the construction, and limit any potential impacts to the water quality. With safeguards in place such as horizontal directional drilling under the river and across the Property and no surface impacts to City property, Finance and DPU support granting Columbia Gas the Easement provided that (i) Columbia pays the City a fair market value of $180,000.00, (ii) Columbia complies with all terms and conditions of the easements, Restoration Agreement, and Inadvertent Release and Waterway Mitigation Plan, and (iii) the Easement is non-exclusive.
To authorize the director of the Department of Finance and Management, with the approval of the director of Department of Public Utilities and the director of the Recreation and Parks Department, to execute and acknowledge any document(s), as approved by the City Attorney, necessary to quitclaim grant Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. the non-exclusive Easements; and to declare an emergency.
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