Explanation
The City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, received a request from Columbus Public Schools (CPS) asking for an even exchange of properties at their Parsons Avenue Elementary School site. In the early 1960s the Parsons Avenue Elementary School building was built over a part of the approximately 6079.79 square feet of unimproved right-of-way identified as that portion of Basswood Road from Eighth Street (aka Lee Ellen Place) to its western terminus. CPS would like to acquire this excess right-of-way to clear the cloud on their title to this property. The City has improved roadway identified as Lee Ellen Place constructed on approximately 9439.20 square feet of property that currently belongs to the Columbus Board of Education. The Transportation Division would like to acquire this property as right-of-way. The City Attorney's office, Real Estate Division determined a value of approximately $4,864.00 for the Basswood Road right-of-way and a value of approximately $7,551.00 for the CPS property. CPS has proposed an even exchange of these properties. Per current Transportation Division practice, comments were solicited from interested parties, including City departments, private utilities and applicable area commissions, before it was determined that the proposed even exchange of these properties would not adversely impact the City. The following legislation authorizes the exchange of these properties as requested by CPS.
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Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to execute those documents required to transfer the unimproved right-of-way identified as that portion of Basswood Road from Eighth Street (aka Lee Ellen Place) to its western terminus to The Board of Education of the Columbus City School District in exchange for a deed to the Columbus Public Schools property currently improved with that roadway identified as Lee Ellen Place; and to waive the Land Review Commission and th...
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