EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND:
The City owns real property located at 3232 Indian Village Road, Columbus, Ohio 43221 {Franklin County Tax Parcel 580-198695} (“Property’), which is located on Griggs Reservoir and managed by the Department of Finance and Management (“Finance”). The City has facilities, including the McKnight Outdoor Education Center, at this location. The Ohio Power Company, an Ohio corporation doing business as American Electric Power (“AEP”), currently has an easement allowing it to provide power to this site. However, due to an increase in voltage requirements with the addition of the McKnight Center, AEP needs to upgrade the service. AEP is requesting an electric utility service easement to burden a portion of the property located at 3232 Indian Village Road in order to install certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances to service the buildings located on that property with electrical energy and impulses (“Easement”). Finance, along with the Recreation and Parks Department and the Department of Public Utilties, reviewed the request and support granting AEP a non-exclusive Easement in consideration that the Easement is exclusively for providing electric utility services to the Property.
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 3232 Indian Village Road in order to exclusively provide electric service to that property. ($0.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City owns property and has facilities that it manages located at 3232 Indian Village Road, Columbus Ohio 43221 (“Property”) {Franklin County Tax Parcel 580-198695}; 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 Property; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to grant AEP a non-exclusive electric utility service easement to burden a portion of the Property in order to install certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances to service the Property with electrical energy and impulses (i.e. Easement); and
WHEREAS, the City intends to quit claim grant AEP the Easement in consideration that the Easement is exclusively for the benefit of providing electric utility services to the Property; and
WHEREAS, the City intends for the director of the Department of Finance and Management (i.e. Finance) to execute and acknowledge any document(s) necessary to quit claim grant the Easement to AEP; and
WHEREAS, the City intends for the City Attorney to approve all document(s) associated with this ordinance; and now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
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 a non-exclusive electric utility service easement to burden the 0.134 acre, more or less, tract and portion of the City’s real property located at 3232 Indian Village Road, Columbus, Ohio 43221 {Franklin County Tax Parcel 580-198695}(i.e. Property) described and depicted in the two (2) 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 Property.
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.