City of Columbus - File #: 0880-2009

• File #: 0880-2009
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/12/2009
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 6/22/2009
• Final action: 6/24/2009
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Service to execute all easements, permits and ancillary documents, between the City and Columbus Southern Power Company, an Ohio corporation, necessary for the relocation of its existing overhead transmission lines over various right of way, in the vicinity of Neil Avenue and Vine Street; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a release of an existing general utility easement in a recorded Affidavit on Facts Relating to Title; and to declare and emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2009	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/23/2009	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/22/2009	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/22/2009	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/15/2009	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
6/15/2009	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/12/2009	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/12/2009	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2009	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/12/2009	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/12/2009	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2009	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/12/2009	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2009	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council

Explanation

Background: Columbus City Council passed Ordinance Number 1560-2008 on October 20, 2008, which authorized the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a purchase contract with NWD Investments, LLC, ("NWD") an Ohio limited liability company, for the sale of approximately 2.447 acres of City owned land located at the southeast corner of Neil Avenue and Vine Street. In order to finalize the purchase contract and allow for proposed redevelopment, the City will need to agree and/or grant to Columbus Southern Power Company, an Ohio corporation, a unit of American Electric Power ("AEP"), any necessary permit(s) and/or easements necessary for the relocation of AEP's existing overhead transmission lines, over various right of way, including a section along Columbus Convention Center Drive, and the City will need to release, in part, an Affidavit on Facts Relating to Title for its existing Fifty (50) wide general utility easement on said 2.447 acre property, in exchange for replacement easements from NWD.

Fiscal Impact: N/A

Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow this purchase contract and closing to occur.


Title

To authorize the Director of Public Service to execute all easements, permits and ancillary documents, between the City and Columbus Southern Power Company, an Ohio corporation, necessary for the relocation of its existing overhead transmission lines over various right of way, in the vicinity of Neil Avenue and Vine Street; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to execute a release of an existing general utility easement in a recorded Affidavit on Facts Relating to Title; and to declare and emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, Columbus City Council authorized the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a purchase contract with NWD Investments, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company for the sale of an approximately 2.447 acre tract of real property owned by the City of Columbus; a...