Explanation
1. Background:
The Department of Public Service on behalf of the City of Columbus, Ohio, an Ohio municipal corporation (“City”), received a request from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, an Ohio nonprofit corporation (“NCH”), to sell NCH a total of 0.300 acres of land (“Right-of-Way”; 0.131 acre is part of a 12.5 foot alley; and 0.169 acre is all of a 10 foot alley, all of a 15 foot Alley, and all of a 20 foot alley [n.k.a. East Engler Street]), which is adjacent to property owned by NCH. The City’s transfer of the Rights-of-Way to NCH will facilitate the construction of a new facility to house a number of hospital operations.
Per current practice, the City solicited comments from interested parties, including City agencies, private utilities and the applicable area commission, before it was determined that the City will not be adversely affected by the transfer of the Rights-of-Way subject to the City’s reservation of a general utility easement for those utilities currently located within the Rights-of-Way. The City’s Department of Public Service submitted a request to the Columbus City Attorney, Real Estate Division, to establish a value for the Rights-of-Way, which Six Thousand, Five Hundred Six, and 50/100 U.S. Dollars ($6,506.50) was established as the value.
The City determined that there is a significant quantity of paving bricks located within the Rights-of-Way. As part of the agreement to transfer the Right-of-Way, NCH agrees to salvage the paving bricks and place them on pallets to be recovered by the City. After review of NCH’ request, the City’s Land Review Commission voted to transfer the Rights-of-Way to NCH for consideration in the amount of Six Thousand, Five Hundred Six, and 50/100 U.S. Dollars ($6,506.50), but subject to the reservation of a general utility easement and contingent upon NCH salvaging the Right-of-Way’s existing paving bricks. Therefore, this ordinance authorizes the director of the City’s Department of Public ...
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