Ordinance 60-22
To: Members of Dublin City Council
From: Megan D. O’Callaghan, City Manager
Date: November 1, 2022
Initiated By: Robert E. Ranc, Jr., Deputy City Manager/Chief Operating Officer
Paul A. Hammersmith, P.E., Director of Engineering/City Engineer
Brian D. Gable, P.E., Deputy Director of Engineering – Design & Construction
Chris Huber, P.E., Civil Engineer II
Philip K. Hartmann, Assistant Law Director
Re: Ordinances 58-22 through 61-22
Acquisition of Easements for the South High Street Utility Burial – Phase 1
Project (19-030-CIP)
SUMMARY
As part of the Downtown Historic District beautification efforts, the City will be relocating the
existing overhead utility lines along South High Street through the South High Street Utility Burial -
Phase 1 Project (the “Project”), by installing underground electric (AEP) and telecommunication
(Spectrum, AT&T, Breezeline, and Dublink) utilities to service the affected parcels. The Project
consists of two phases as requested by AEP. The Phase 1 Project area includes Franklin Street
south of West Bridge Street and the west side of South High Street between West Bridge Street
and Short Street. The Phase 2 area includes the east side of South High Street and Blacksmith
Lane between West Bridge Street and Short Street (see location map on page 4 of this memo). At
the completion of the Project, all overhead utility lines and poles along South High Street will be
removed between West Bridge Street and Short Street.
Presently, this Project is anticipated to be complete by the summer of 2023. The Phase 1
underground improvements are scheduled to be performed in advance of the Franklin Street
Improvements Project, which includes road reconstruction, sidewalks, curb ramps, and street trees
on Franklin Street between Sells Alley and Waterford Drive.
The City engaged MS Consultants, Inc. as the acquisition agent for the Project. In that role, MS
Consultants has been the point of contact, in addition to City staff, with the property owners on
the Project. Presently, the City has reached agreement with 15 of the 23 affected parcels, with five
(5) additional City of Dublin parcels requiring utility easements as well. The City has participated in
good faith discussions with all 23 property owners and hopes to arrive at mutually agreeable terms
with all property owners by the end of November 2022.
Acquisitions
City staff worked to minimize the size of needed acquisitions to reduce impacts to individual
parcels as much as possible. A Good Faith Offer Letter, the appraisal report and associated
information were provided to all property owners in July 2022. The property acquisitions are from
both residential and commercial properties located within the Project area and consist of the
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Memo re. Ordinances 58-22 through 61-22 – Acquisition of Easements for the South High Street Utility Burial
– Phase 1 Project (19-030-CIP)
November 1, 2022
Page 2 of 3
following property interests from each of the named property owners, as depicted in the exhibits
attached:
Property Owner(s) Parcel
Number
Property Interests
and Acreage
Auditor Parcel
ID Number(s)
Acquisition
Cost
Ord. 58-22
HAL STUART MUELLER AND
ARLENE GAUDENS MUELLER
(141 Franklin Street)
1-U
0.001-acre
permanent/perpetual
public utility
easement
273-000140-00 $610
Ord. 59-22
STEPHANIE ALLESPACH AND
MARK O. ALLESPACH, CO-
TRUSTEES OF “THE ALLESPACH
CONVERTIBLE INVESTMENT
PROPERTY TRUST”, DATED
DECEMBER 13, 2011
(55 South High Street)
8-U
0.006-acre
permanent/perpetual
public utility
easement
273-000093-00
and
273-000094-00
$12,600
Ord. 60-22
ALAN P. SZUTER AND MARY L.
SZUTER
(80 Franklin Street)
11-U
0.002-acre
permanent/perpetual
public utility
easement
273-000125-00 $1,450
Ord. 61-22
SHANNON MARIE CRONE
(94 Franklin Street)
15-U
0.002-acre
permanent/perpetual
public utility
easement
273-000129-00
$1,200
These Ordinances authorize the City Manager to execute and accept on behalf of the City all
necessary conveyance documents to formally acquire the necessary property interests from each
property owner.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of Ordinances 58-22, 59-22, 60-22, and 61-22 at the second
reading/public hearing on November 14, 2022, as these ordinances authorize the City Manager to
execute all necessary conveyance and contract documents to formally accept the necessary
property interests described above.
Memo re. Ordinances 58-22 through 61-22 – Acquisition of Easements for the South High Street Utility Burial
– Phase 1 Project (19-030-CIP)
November 1, 2022
Page 3 of 3
Project Location Map
LOCATION MAP
PARCELS 9 - 19
SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL - PHASE 1
CIP 19-030
DUBLIN, OHIO 43016
DATE: 09-13-22
SCALE 1" = 50'
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R/W R/W
W R/WESMTESMTPID: 273-000133Eric Pickering & Lucy Pickering 126 Franklin StreetINST: 200912080177310 &200912080177311 .44 ACRESPID: 273-000131Ruth Moffitt, Trustee100 Franklin StreetINST: Civic Add Lot 11 .36 ACRESPID: 273-000129Shannon Marie Crone 94 Franklin StreetCivic Add Lot 9 .35 ACRESPID: 273-000127Andrew Wages, Trustee 86 Franklin StreetCivic Add Lot 7 .36 ACRESPID: 273-000125Alan P. Szuter 80 Franklin StreetCivic Add Lot 5.35 ACRESPID: 273-000005Hospel Holdings LLC 87 S High StreetINST: 200907170105163 .11 ACRESPID: 273-000123Jeffrey P. Bolyard 60 Franklin StreetCivic Add Lot 3 .35 ACRESPID: 273-000075Richard J. Toberen 119 S High StreetINST: 201805140063816 .18 ACRESPID: 273-000034U Crew Holdings, LLC 113-115 S High StreetINST: 20131016017520 .25 ACRESPID: 273-000070Gemlaw Properties 109 S High StreetINST: 201511020155169 .23 ACRESPID: 273-00010491 S High St, LLC 91 S High StreetINST: 201507230101032 .19 ACRESPID: 273-000007Philip S. Renaud II & Julie Seel Renaud 83 S High StreetINST: 201910170138370 .15 ACRESPID: 273-000035DPG Properties, III LLC 75 S High StreetINST: 201701100004667 .25 ACRESPID: 273-00009263 South High LLC 63 S High StreetINST: 201811090153256 .26 ACRES10
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LEGEND
PROPOSED
PERPETUAL PUBLIC
UTILITY EASEMENT
PROPOSED
TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION
EASEMENT
63 SOUTH HIGH
9-U - .069 AC
BOLYARD
10-U - .001AC
SZUTER
11-U - .002 AC
HOSPELHOLDINGS
12-U - .001 AC
91 S HIGH
13-U - .002 AC
WAGES
14-U - .001 AC
CRONE
15-U - .002 AC
U CREW HOLDINGS
16-U1 - .023 AC
U CREW HOLDINGS
16-U2 - .002AC
MOFFITT
17-U - .002 AC
PICKERING
18-U - .001 AC
TOBEREN
19-U - .006 AC
MILL LANE
FRANKLIN STREET
S HIGH STREET PINNEYHILL LANE
EXHIBIT A
PARCEL 11-U
SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL - PHASE 1
PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES, ABOVE AND BENEATH
THE GROUND AND WHERE NECESSARY, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO ALL
ADJACENT LOTS AND LANDS.
Being situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Dublin, Virginia Military Survey
No. 2452, and being part of Lot 5 of the Civic Addition to the Town of Dublin, Plat Book 21,
Page 27, and being part of the lands conveyed to Alan P. Szuter and Mary L. Szuter by deed of
record in Instrument Number 200709060157814, as recorded in the Franklin County Recorder’s
Office, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the grantor’s northeasterly corner, the northeasterly corner of said Lot 5, the
southeasterly corner of Lot 3 and being in the westerly line of Mill Lane (22 feet wide);
Thence along the grantor’s easterly line, the easterly line of Lot 5 and the westerly line of Mill
Lane South 80° 03' 32" East for a distance of 11.09 feet to a point;
Thence across the grantor’s property and said Lot 5, South 81° 56' 28" West for a distance of
7.00 feet to a point;
Thence continuing across the grantor’s property and Lot 5, North 08° 03' 32" West for a
distance of 11.93 feet to a point in the grantor’s northerly line, the northerly line of Lot 5 and the
southerly line of Lot 3;
Thence along the grantor’s northerly line, the northerly line of Lot 5 and the southerly line of Lot
3, North 88° 51' 32" East for a distance of 7.05 feet to the True Point of Beginning, containing
0.002 acres (80.57 Sq.Ft.), more or less, all of which is within Auditor’s Parcel Number 273-
000125.
The bearings are based on the westerly right of way of Mill Lane being North 08° 03' 32" West
as referenced to the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD83 (2011 NSRS
Adjustment).
Subject to any easements, restrictions, covenants, ordinances or agreements of record.
__________________________________ May 26, 2022
Nicholas J. Del Valle Date
Professional Surveyor, Ohio License No. 8822
Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc.
Eberly Hill(16.5' Wide)63 South High LLC
63 South High Street
PID: 273-000092
Inst. 201811090153256
DPG Properties III, LLC
75 South High Street
PID: 273-000035
Inst. 201701100004667
Mill Lane
(22' Wide)⅊⅊Alan P. Szuter and Mary L. Szuter
80 Franklin Street
PID: 273-000125
Inst. 200709060157814
Civic Addition, Lot 5
Jeffrey P. Bolyard
60 Franklin Street
PID:273-000123
Inst. 200409030207072
Civic Addition, Lot 3
S 81°56'28" W
7.00'
N 88°51'32" E
7.05'
P.O.B
N 08°03'32" W
11.93'
S 08°03'32" E
11.09'
Civic Addition
PB 21, PG 27
11
10
9
CERTIFICATION:
0.002 ACRE
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Dublin, Virginia Military Survey No. 2452,
and being part of Lot 5 in the Civic Addition, Plat Book 21, Page 27,
as recorded in the Franklin County Recorder's Office.
EASEMENT 11-U
PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
UTILITIES, ABOVE AND BENEATH THE GROUND AND
WHERE NECESSARY, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION,
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE
CONNECTIONS TO ALL ADJACENT LOTS AND LANDS.
JOB NO. 2020-4011
0
SCALE IN FEET
20 40
Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc - Consulting Engineers
EXHIBIT B
PARCEL 11-U
SOUTH HIGH STREEET
UTILITY BURIAL -
PHASE 1
19-030-CIP SHEET 1 of 1
DATE: 6-7-22
(80.57 SQ FT)
LEGEND
The bearing of S 08°03'32" E on the westerly right of way of
Mill Lane is referenced to the State Plane Coordinate
System, Ohio South Zone NAD 83 (NSRS 2011).
Said bearings are based upon positional solutions derived
from RTK GPS observations using the Ohio Department of
Transportation Virtual Reference System Equipment.
EASEMENT 11-U
(80.57 SQ FT)
0.002 ACRES