...Explanation
Background: The City of Columbus, Ohio (“City”), is the owner of certain real property, located in the vicinity of Dublin Road, River Landings Blvd., and Griggs Reservoir. It has been discovered that a permanent structure, namely an aeration system, currently encroaches upon the City’s real property. The owner of the aeration system, Joyce A. Johnson, requested that she be granted the right to encroach upon the City’s real property. The Department of Public Utilities and the Department of Recreation and Parks determined that granting the encroachment easement will not adversely affect the City and should be allowed. The encroachment easement will for a period of no more than approximately ten (10) years and for so long as the easement area is used for the purpose set forth by the City in the Determinable Encroachment Easement. Upon the expiration of the 10-year period, the easement will automatically terminate and revert to the City and the owner must remove the structures and return the real property back to its original condition. The Columbus City Attorney’s Office established that Four Hundred Sixty and 00/100 U.S. ($460.00) is the value of the easement. The following ordinance is to authorize the Director of the Department Public Utilities and the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks, severally, to execute those documents necessary to grant the Determinable Encroachment Easement.
Fiscal Impact: The Four Hundred Sixty and 00/100 U.S. ($460.00) to be received by the City, as consideration for the granting of the encroachment easement, shall be deposited in Public Utilities Department, Department ? 60-09, Sub Fund 062 Waterways Nature Preservation fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to immediately address and alleviate an existing encroachment onto City-owned real property and to allow the receipt of the funds, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare...
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