Explanation
As part of the City’s construction of the new office building at the corner of Front and Long Streets, it is necessary to relocate an existing Columbia Gas of Ohio, an Ohio corporation (“Columbia”), gas line currently located on the City’s property, (identified as Franklin County Tax Parcel Number 010-01840), being within a portion of vacated Elm Street, which once relocated will allow the City to safely construct the piers for the building foundation. Columbia agreed to relocate the pipeline to the right-of-way in Long & Front Streets. However, during the relocation effort, Columbia experienced utility conflicts within the Front Street right-of-way, such that the relocation was not able to be completed and necessitating a temporary relocation of the gas pipeline within the City’s property until Columbia’s permanent relocation of the pipeline in Lynn Alley and Wall Streets is completed. The grant and execution of a temporary non-exclusive easement to Columbia will allow Columbia to immediately begin relocating its gas line so the City can proceed with its construction project.
Fiscal Impact:
The funding for the cost of the temporary relocation is contained within the budget for the construction.
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate execution of a temporary non-exclusive easement by the City so that Columbia Gas can begin work as soon as possible to relocate the gas line to enable the City to proceed with its construction project without significant delay.
Title
To authorize the director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary to grant a nonexclusive, temporary, subsurface easement to Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., an Ohio corporation, in order to install, monitor, construct, reconstruct, replace, operate, maintain, repair, and remove an underground natural gas pipeline utility and associated appurtenances in, under, and burdening a portion of the City’s real...
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