City of Columbus - File #: 1715-2006

• File #: 1715-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/27/2006
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2006
• Final action: 10/18/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Public Service Department to execute those documents required to transfer that property identified as a fifteen foot wide strip of right-of-way off the west side of North Third Street, between Chestnut Street and Locust Street, to 78 Chestnut Street LLC at no charge as recommended by the Land Review Commission; to authorize the Director of the Public Service Department to execute a maintenance agreement assigning the long term maintenance responsibilities for a public pedestrian walkway area being developed adjacent to this fifteen foot wide strip to 78 Chestnut Street LLC; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/18/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/18/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
10/16/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/16/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/2/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/29/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/27/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/27/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

The City of Columbus, Public Service Department, Transportation Division, received a request from Spectrum Properties, Inc., doing business as 78 Chestnut Street LLC, ("the Developer") asking that the City transfer a fifteen foot wide strip of right-of-way off the west side of North Third Street, between Chestnut Street and Locust Street, to them. The Developer is converting 77,000 square feet of unoccupied office space at 78 East Chestnut Street into 48 residential condominium units to be known as CityView at Third. Transfer of this fifteen foot wide strip of right-of-way will allow the Developer to provide private screened patios for the ground floor condominium units at CityView at Third. As an additional part of the redevelopment of this site the Developer has agreed to take responsibility for the adjacent asphalt street (which is a dead-end alley) and convert it into a public pedestrian walkway from Chestnut Street on the south to Locust Street on the north. The Developer, on behalf of the CityView condominium association, has agreed to assume the long term maintenance responsibility and will enter into a maintenance agreement with the City for this public walkway area. 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 there would be no adverse impact to the City upon transfer of this right-of-way, subject to the retention of a general utility easement for those utilities currently located within this portion of North Third Street and a maintenance easement for the existing retaining walls supporting the Third Street Viaduct. The Department of Law, Real Estate Division, established a value of $35,128.80 for this right-of-way. In recognition of the long term financial responsibilities, the value of the improvements undertaken by the Developer at this location that will further the intere...