EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND:
The City owns real property located at 3329 Riverside Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43221 {Franklin County Tax Parcel 580-198700}, which is commonly known as “Griggs Reservoir” and managed by the Department of Finance and Management (“Finance”). The City is constructing the Lashutka Recreation Center at Griggs Reservoir and needs to service this facility with electricity. The City entered into a contract with the Ohio Power Company, an Ohio corporation doing business as American Electric Power (“AEP”), in order to service electricity to the Lashutka Recreation Center. AEP requests an electric utility service easement to burden a portion of Griggs Reservoir in order to install certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances to service the Lashutka Recreation Center with electrical energy and impulses (“Easement”). Finance reviewed and supports granting AEP the Easement in consideration that the Easement is exclusively for the benefit and a prerequisite for providing electric utility services to the Lashutka Recreation Center at Griggs Reservoir.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE:
Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION:
Not applicable.
TITLE
To authorize the director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute and acknowledge any document(s), as approved by the City Attorney, necessary to grant to the Ohio Power Company, d.b.a. AEP, an electric utility service easement to burden a portion of the City’s real property at Griggs Reservoir in order to exclusively provide electric service to the Lashutka Recreation Center. ($0.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City intends to construct the Lashutka Recreation Center at 3329 Riverside Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43221 {Franklin County Tax Parcel 580-198700} (i.e. Griggs Reservoir); and
WHEREAS, the City intends to contract with the Ohio Power Company, an Ohio corporation doing business as American Electric Power (i.e. AEP), in order to provide electricity services to the Lashutka Recreation Center at Griggs Reservoir; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to grant to AEP, via quit claim deed, an electric utility service easement to burden a portion of Griggs Reservoir in order to install certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances to service the Lashutka Recreation Center with electrical energy and impulses (i.e. Easement); and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management to authorize the Director to execute and acknowledge any document(s) necessary, as approved by the City Attorney's office, to quit claim grant the Easement to AEP; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. The director of the Department of Finance and Management (i.e. Finance) is authorized to execute and acknowledge any document(s) necessary to quit claim grant to the Ohio Power Company, an Ohio corporation doing business as AEP (i.e. AEP), and AEP’s successors and assigns an electric utility service easement to burden the 0.049 acre, more or less, tract and portion of the City’s real property located at 3329 Riverside Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43221 {Franklin County Tax Parcel 580-198700} (i.e. Griggs Reservoir) described and depicted in the three (3) page attachment, Exhibit-A, which is fully incorporated for reference as if rewritten, in order for AEP to install certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances for the service of electrical energy and impulses (i.e. Easement) exclusively for the benefit of the Lashutka Recreation Center at Griggs Reservoir.
SECTION 2. The City Attorney is required to preapprove all document(s) executed by the City pursuant to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the earliest period allowed by law.