Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents necessary for the City to grant revocable encroachment easements to Cynthia Chriss-Knochel at 97 N. Warren Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43204 (parcel 010-049347) for a stone retaining wall.
The Department of Public service is engaged in the Operation Safewalks - FRA-SRTS Grace St Sidewalks (3683-E) project. The purpose of the project is to add compliant sidewalks and improve existing curb ramps along Grace Street from Orel Avenue and to the alley west of Roys Avenue and from Hague Avenue to Eureka Avenue. A need for sidewalks along this corridor was identified in the School Travel Plan for Columbus City Schools report and in a safety study completed by the Division of Traffic Management in February 2020.
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, received a request that the City grant a Revocable Encroachment Easement to allow their stone retaining wall (0.0220 acres) to remain on City property within existing right-of-way. The existing stone retaining wall was identified to be encroaching into the right-of-way while reviewing the construction plans for the project. The stone retaining wall is not impacting any functionality of the right-of-way. Granting the encroachment easement is needed in order for ODOT and the City of Columbus to clear the right-of-way for this project.
Ordinance 1658-2020 authorized the Director of Public Service, on behalf of the City of Columbus, to submit applications to and execute grant agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for Highway Safety Improvement Program funds for the Operation Safewalks - FRA-SRTS Grace St Sidewalks (3683-E) project.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to grant this Revocable Encroachment Easement.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in order to complete needed right of way transfers to meet the requirements of the start date for t...
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