EXPLANATION
BACKGROUND: The City is an owner of real property located at 4850 West Powell Road, Powell, Ohio 43065 commonly known as the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (“Property”), which is managed by the Department of Finance and Management (“Finance”). Portions of the Property is jointly owned by the City and the Franklin County Commissioners ("County"). The City and County have been asked to grant an easement for a new electric micro grid to be installed at the Property to help better serve the electricity needs of the Zoo. In order to complete that project the Ohio Power Company, doing business as American Electric Power (“AEP”), will need to install electric lines, infrastructure and associated appurtenances. AEP now requests the applicable electric utility easements burdening a portion of the Property in order to maintain certain electric facilities and associated appurtenances for the service of electrical energy and impulses to the Zoo (“Easement”). The Department of Finance reviewed the request and supports granting AEP three easements in consideration that (i) the Easements support electricity services to the Property, and (ii), the Easements will be nonexclusive.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT: Not applicable.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested so that the electric infrastructure can be installed quickly to allow for construction of the micro grid which will preserve the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare.
TITLE
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to execute and acknowledge any document(s), as approved by the Department of Law, Real Estate Division, necessary to grant to the Ohio Power Company electric utility easements burdening a portion of the City’s real property at 4850 West Powell Road, Powell, Ohio 43065; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
BODY
WHEREAS, the City is an owner of property located at 4850 West Powell Road, Powell, Ohio 43065 ...
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