Explanation
The Columbus City School District ("District") is engaged in a 15 year facilities master plan to upgrade the District's schools. Issue 2, a 2002 bond issue, provided funding for the first two segments of the master plan and resulted in the District constructing and/or reconstructing 35 schools. Planning for the third segment of the master plan continues today. While developing plans for proposed upgrades at the various school sites the District identified several rights-of-way currently owned by the City of Columbus that were needed to successfully complete the proposed upgrades. The District's Department of Real Estate and Shared Facilities contacted the Department of Public Service, Division of Transportation, asking that the City transfer the following excess and/or unimproved rights of way ("rights-of-way") to them: 1) a 7 ½ foot wide strip off the west side of Eighteenth Street from Thurman Avenue to the alley south of Stewart Avenue; 2) that portion of the alley south of Weisheimer Road from Sharon Avenue to Colerain Avenue not previously vacated; 3) the alley west of Ohio Avenue from the alley south of Mt. Vernon Avenue to its southern terminus; 4) that portion of Market Street from 22nd Street east to the first alley west of Ohio Avenue; 5) the alley east of Wayne Avenue from Eakin Road north to Vadis Street; 6) the alleys from West State Street to West Town Street and from Avondale Avenue to Hawkes Avenue; 7) Eulalia Road from Urana Avenue north to the alley north of Urana Avenue and the alley north of Urana Avenue from Atwood Terrace to Eulalia Road; 8) that portion of Engler Street between 4th and 5th Streets.
Per current Division of Transportation practice, comments were solicited from interested parties, including City departments, private utilities and applicable area commissions, before it was determined that subject to the retention of general utility easements for those utilities currently located within these rights-of-way t...
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