Explanation
1. Background:
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, received a request from Complete General Construction Company asking that the City sell the rights-of-way identified as the north/south alley west of North 22nd Street between 5th and Gibbard Avenues, a portion of the east/west alley south of 5th Avenue and west of North 22nd Street, and the east/west alley north of Gibbard Avenue and east of North 21st Street. Transfer of these rights-of-way will allow for improvements and enhancements to security measures related to property adjacent to the above noted rights-of-way, owned by Complete General Construction Company. Per current practice, comments were solicited from interested parties, including City agencies, private utilities and the applicable area commission, before it was determined that, subject to the retention of a general utility easement for those utilities currently located within these rights-of-way, the City will not be adversely affected by the transfer of these rights-of-way. The Department of Public Service submitted a request to the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, asking that they establish a value for this right-of-way. A value of $12,160.00 was established for these rights-of-way. After review of the request, the Land Review Commission voted to recommend the above referenced rights-of-way be transferred to Complete General Construction Company for $12,160.00.
2. FISCAL IMPACT:
The City will receive a total of $12,160.00 that will be deposited in Fund 748, Project 537650, as consideration for the transfer of the requested rights-of-way.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to execute those documents required to transfer a 0.557 acre portion of right-of-way identified as the north/south alley west of North 22nd Street between 5th and Gibbard Avenues, a portion of the east/west alley south of 5th Avenue and west of North 22nd Street, and the east/west alley north of Gibba...
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