Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, is currently engaged in a project identified as Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Morse Road Phase 1 - Seward Street to Stygler Road project. This project will construct improvements to the Morse Road corridor between Seward Street and Stygler Road. This is Phase 1 of the Morse Road corridor project between Stelzer Road and Stygler Road. Improvements will consist of widening Morse Road to three lanes eastbound from I-270 to Stygler Road and three lanes westbound from the I-270 to the Water Plant Driveway located approximately 1,300 feet west of Stygler Road, upgrading the signage, modifying the existing signal operation at the intersection of Morse Road and Appian Way, installing a new traffic signal at the intersection of Morse Road and Limited Parkway, adding dual left turn lane movements on westbound Morse Road at the southbound 1-270 Ramps intersection, providing "protected-only" left turn signal phasing, and installing a raised median at the driveways just west of Appian Way.
During design of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Morse Rd Phase 1 - Seward Street to Stygler Road project, it was determined a portion of real property owned by the City of Columbus known as 4262 Morse Road, Franklin County Parcel Number 600-150029, would need to be dedicated as right-of-way for roadway purposes to accommodate the improvements contemplated by this project. Current plans indicate Parcel 1-WD, a 2.847 acre tract of which 1.683 acre is located within the road right-of-way, will need to be dedicated as road right-of-way and named as Morse Road. After review of the preliminary plan sheets, the Department of Public Service has determined the dedication of this property to right-of-way will not adversely affect the City and should be allowed to proceed.
The following legislation permits the City to dedicate the property as road right-of-way and name the road right-of-way as Morse Road.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Not applicable. The City will not need to expend funds for this transaction.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested so that construction of the proposed improvements for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Morse Rd Ph 1 - Seward St to Stygler Rd project can proceed without delay.
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To dedicate a tract of land owned by the City, known as 4262 Morse Road, as public right-of-way for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Morse Rd Phase 1 - Seward Street to Stygler Road project; to name said public right-of-way as Morse Road; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 723.03 requires that property to be used as a public street or alley must be accepted and dedicated as public right-of-way by an ordinance specially passed for such purpose; and
WHEREAS, current plans indicate City owned land totaling 2.847 acres will need to be dedicated to right-of-way for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to dedicate a 2.847 acre tract, as public right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to dedicate a 2.847 acre tract as public right-of-way and to name the 2.847 acre tract as Morse Road to prevent delays in the Arterial Street Rehabilitation-Morse Rd Phase 1 - Seward Street to Stygler Road project, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Columbus hereby dedicates the following described property as road right-of-way; to-wit:
PARCEL 1-WD
2.847 ACRES
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, lying in Quarter Township 4, Township 2, Range 17, United States Military Lands, and being part of that 69.59 acre tract conveyed to City of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 2282, Page 360, being part of that 69.0 acre tract conveyed to City of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 1729, Page 204, and being part of that 6.95 acre tract conveyed to City of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 1799, Page 78, (all references are to the records of the Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio) and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING, at Franklin County Geodetic Survey Monument 1550 found, in the centerline intersection of Morse Road (Width Varies) and Stygler Road (Width Varies), the southerly line of said Quarter Township 4, and the northerly line of Quarter Township 1, Township 1, Range 17;
Thence North 85° 55' 51" West, with the said common Quarter Township line, with said centerline of Morse Road, with the southerly line of said 69.59 and 69.0 acre tracts, a distance of 1670.80 feet to Franklin County Geodetic Survey Monument 5365 found at the southerly common corner of said 6.95 and 69.0 acre tracts;
Thence North 86° 10' 51" West, with the said common Quarter Township line, with said centerline, with the southerly line of said 6.95 acre tract, a distance of 101.08 feet to a magnetic nail set at the corner common to said 6.95 acre tract and that 0.385 acre tract conveyed City of Columbus by deed of record in Deed Book 3103, Page 234, (reference Franklin County Geodetic Survey Monument 5364 found North 86° 10’ 51” West, a distance of 1287.61 feet);
Thence North 03° 15' 07" East, across said Morse Road, with the line common of said 6.95 acre and 0.385 acre tracts, a distance of 30.00 feet to a magnetic nail set at the southwesterly corner of that 0.266 acre tract conveyed as Parcel 6WV to the State of Ohio by deed of record in Official Record 33476E20;
Thence with the southerly line of said 0.266 acre tract, the following courses and distances:
South 86° 10' 51" East, a distance of 101.44 feet to a magnetic nail set;
South 85° 55' 51" East, a distance of 275.46 feet to a magnetic nail set at the southeasterly corner of said 0.266 acre tract, also being an angle point in the northerly right-of-way line of said Morse Road;
Thence North 03° 43' 54" East, with said northerly right-of-way line, with the easterly line of said 0.266 acre tract, a distance of 31.75 feet to 5/8 inch solid iron pin with aluminum cap inscribed 7531 found at the northeasterly corner of said 0.266
acre tract, at an angle point in said northerly right-of-way line;
Thence across said City of Columbus tracts, the following courses and distances:
North 03° 44' 09" East, a distance of 16.25 feet to an iron pin set;
South 85° 55' 51" East, a distance of 170.00 feet to an iron pin set;
South 04° 04' 09" West, a distance of 18.00 feet to an iron pin set; and
South 85° 55' 51" East, (passing an iron pin set at a distance of 1603.02 feet) a total distance of 1653.02 feet to a point in the Big Walnut Creek, at the common corner of that 2.412 acre tract conveyed to Morse Cherry Bottom LLC by deed of
record in Instrument Number 200205010109738 and that 0.372 acre tract conveyed to City of Columbus by deed of record in Official Record 10320E11;
Thence South 04° 24' 53" East, across said Morse Road, with the westerly line of said 0.372 acre tract, a distance of 60.66 feet to a magnetic nail set on the centerline of said Morse Road, the southwesterly corner of said 0.372 acre tract, (reference Franklin County Geodetic Survey Monument 1553 found South 85° 55’ 51” East, a distance of 669.21 feet);
Thence North 85° 55' 51" West, with the common line to said Quarter Township 4, and Quarter Township 1 and the centerline of said Morse Road, a distance of 436.28 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 2.847 acres, more or less, of which 1.683 acre is located within the road right-of-way of Morse Road.
Subject, however, to all legal rights-of-way and/or easements, if any, of previous record.
Iron pins set, where indicated, are iron pipes, thirteen sixteenths (13/16) inch inside diameter, thirty (30) inches long with a plastic plug placed in the top bearing the initials EMHT INC.
The Bearings shown hereon are based on the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System South Zone as per NAD83 (NSRS2007). Said bearings originated from a field traverse which was tied (referenced) to said coordinate system by GPS observations and observations of selected Franklin County Engineering Department monuments CLARKAZIMUTH and CLARK19281982. The portion of the centerline of Morse Road, having a bearing of South 86° 10' 51" East, and monumented as shown hereon, is designated the "basis of bearing" for this survey.
This description was prepared using documents of record, prior plats of survey, and observed evidence located by an actual field survey in 2018.
EVANS, MECHWART, HAMBLETON & TILTON, INC.
Joshua M. Meyer
Professional Surveyor No. 8485
SECTION 2. That the City of Columbus hereby names the above described road right-of-way as Morse Road.
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.