Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management, recently received a request from The Daimler Group Inc., on behalf of the OhioHealth Corporation (the Applicant), to name an existing service road, the same being a 0.928 acre tract of land conveyed to the State of Ohio, as recorded in OR 14797 C02, Franklin County Recorder’s Office, Ohio. Said service road is currently unnamed and is located to the south of West North Broadway and to the East of Olentangy River Road. Said service road is generally composed of a north-south section and an east-west section. The Applicant wishes to name the north-south section OhioHealth Parkway and the east-west section Healthy Community Way.
The Applicant is constructing its new corporate headquarters in this area. The Applicant has dedicated additional right-of-way with plat titled “OhioHealth Parkway Dedication and Easements”. The existing roadway will be improved to provide better access to and from West North Broadway and Olentangy River Road. The above mentioned street naming will make way-finding to its new headquarters easier for employees and business partners.
The proposed names, “OhioHealth Parkway” and “Healthy Community Way”, conform to the Division’s current street naming convention and have been reserved until such time that this request has been completed or denied. The Division of Infrastructure Management has circulated concurrent notification to the City’s Historic Preservation Office, and Divisions of Fire, Police, Refuse, Street Maintenance, and Infrastructure Management without objection. The Division of Infrastructure Management has obtained concurrence from adjoining property and business owners whose current addresses will not be affected by this street naming.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
3. EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION
Emergency action is requested to allow the development of this area to proceed as currently scheduled.
Title
To name an as yet un...
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