Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to release a temporary construction easement (known as Parcel 11-T) prior to its duration being completed for the Roadway Improvements - Hamilton Road Extension - Central College to Walnut Road project, Capital Improvement Project number 530161-100202, hereafter referred to as the Hamilton Road Extension project.
Ordinance 2579-2019 authorized a construction contract with Miller Brothers Construction to construct the Hamilton Road Extension project. The work consists of widening Central College Road for development of turn lanes at the Hamilton Road intersection and at the intersection of High Rock Drive; widening Hamilton Road to the south of Central College Road; extending Hamilton Road approximately 1,100 feet to the north of Central College Road; installing a new span wire traffic signal at the intersection of Hamilton Road and Central College Road; and other improvements including sidewalk, shared use path, new waterline, storm sewer trunk line, lighting, and pedestrian facilities,
The City possesses a temporary construction easement for the Hamilton Road Extension project described and recorded in Instrument Number 201812070165760, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio (“Easement”). The Easement burdens real property in the area of the construction owned by Homewood Corporation, an Ohio corporation, known as Parcel Number 11T, for a period of up to 18 months following entry upon the property for actual construction purposes. The temporary easement period started 1/7/20 and runs through 7/7/21. The Department of Public Service has received a request to release the temporary easement on this property. After review of the request it was determined all project work has been completed within the temporary easement area, the City would not be negatively impacted by releasing the temporary easement ahead of schedule, and that releasing the easement rights will allow p...
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