EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND:
The City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (“City”), owns real property located at 1400 Atcheson Street, Columbus, Ohio 43203 [Franklin County Tax Parcel 010-067268], which is commonly known as Saunders Park (“Property”). The City’s Columbus Recreation and Parks Department (“CRPD”) is constructing a new Maryland Swimming Pool, which requires new electric utilities to service the Property.
CRPD contracted with the Ohio Power Company, an Ohio corporation (“AEP”), to service the new electric utilities for the Property’s new Maryland Swimming Pool. AEP requires an easement from the City over portions of the Property before AEP will install, control, construct, reconstruct, replace, operate, maintain, repair, and remove the necessary electric utility infrastructure, specifically an above-ground pole, aerial electric cables and wires, rods, anchors, and their appurtenances (collectively, “Improvement”), to exclusively service electricity to the Property. CRPD reviewed and determined the Easement Area requested by AEP for the Improvement will benefit the City and should be granted at no charge, because the Improvement exclusively services the City’s Property.
Therefore, this ordinance authorizes the Director of CRPD to execute those documents approved by the Columbus City Attorney, Real Estate Division, to quit claim grant perpetual, nonexclusive, electric utility easement rights to AEP in, on, over, under, through, and burdening a portion of the Property to exclusively service the Property.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE ?: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not Applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested so to not delay the City’s construction of the Property’s new Maryland Swimming Pool, which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
TITLE
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to execute those documents approved by the Columbus City Attorney, Real Estate Div...
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