Ordinance 72-22
To: Members of Dublin City Council
From: Megan D. O’Callaghan, P.E., City Manager
Date: November 29, 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 W. Huber, P.E., Civil Engineer II
Philip K. Hartmann, Assistant Law Director
Re: Ordinances 71-22 through 73-22 – 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 (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 3 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 19 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 December 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
following property interests from each of the named property owners, as depicted in the exhibits
attached:
Office of the City Manager
5555 Perimeter Drive • Dublin, OH 43017-1090
Phone: 614.410.4400 • Fax: 614-410-4490 Memo
Ordinances 71-22 through 73-22 – Acquisition of Easements for the South High Street Utility Burial – Phase
1 Project (19-030-CIP)
November 29, 2022
Page 2 of 3
Property Owner(s) Parcel
Number
Property Interests
and Acreage
Auditor Parcel
ID Number(s)
Acquisition
Cost
Ord. 71-22
ARFAN MIDANI
(95 Franklin St.)
3-U 0.001-acre
permanent easement 273-000130-00 $1,200
Ord. 72-22
DUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCH
(81 W. Bridge St.)
5-U 0.002-acre
permanent easement 273-000124-00 $2,600
Ord. 73-22
U CREW HOLDINGS LLC
(113-115 S. High St.)
16-U1 0.023-acre
permanent easement
273-000034-00 $54,230
16-U2 0.002-acre
permanent easement
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 71-22, 72-22, and 73-22 at the second reading/public
hearing on January 9, 2023, as these ordinances authorize the City Manager to execute all
necessary conveyance and contract documents to formally accept the necessary property interests
described above.
Ordinances 71-22 through 73-22 – Acquisition of Easements for the South High Street Utility Burial – Phase
1 Project (19-030-CIP)
November 29, 2022
Page 3 of 3
Project Location Map
EXHIBIT A
PARCEL 5-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 4 of the Civic Addition to the Town of Dublin, Plat Book 21,
Page 27, and being part of the lands conveyed to Dublin Community Church by deed of record in
Instrument Number 197806150015243, as recorded in the Franklin County Recorder’s Office,
and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the grantor’s southeasterly corner and the southeasterly corner of said Lot 4, said
point also being in the easterly right of way of Franklin Street (50 Wide);
Thence along the southerly line of Lot 4, the northerly line of Lot 6 and the grantor’s southerly
line South 88° 51' 32" West for a distance of 6.05 feet to a point;
Thence North 08° 19' 28" West for a distance of 10.24 feet to a point;
Thence North 81° 40' 32" East for a distance of 6.00 feet to a point in the easterly right of way
of Franklin Street;
Thence along the grantor’s easterly line, the easterly line of Lot 4 and the westerly line of
Franklin Street South 08° 19' 28" East for a distance of 11.00 feet to the True Point of
Beginning, containing 0.002 acres (64 Sq.Ft.), more or less, all of which is within Auditor’s
Parcel Number 273-000124.
The bearings are based on the easterly right of way of Franklin Street being South 08° 19' 28"
East 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.
Lot 2
⅊
Lot 6 Lot 4
Franklin Street (50' Wide)
Michael J. Streng &
Melanie R. Fournier-Streng
75Franklin Street
PID: 273-000126
Inst. 201406190077209
Civic Addition, Lot 6
Davis Alley (27.5' Wide)(Vacated by Ord. 57-77)⅊⅊
⅊⅊⅊Civic Addition (PB 21, PG 27)
P.O.B.
11.00'
S 08°19'28" E
6.05'
N 88°51'32" E
6.00'N 81°40'32" E
Easement 5-U
0.002 Acres
(64.00 Sq.Ft.)
10.24'
N 08°19'28" W
Dublin Community Church
81 W Bridge Street
PID: 273-000124
Inst. 197806150015243
Civic Addition, Lot 4
Dublin Community Church
81 W Bridge Street
PID: 273-000122
Inst. 197806150015243
Civic Addition, Lot 2
54
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Dublin, Virginia Military Survey No. 2452, and
being part of Lot 4 in the Civic Addition to the Town of Dublin, Plat Book 21, Page 27,
as recorded in the Franklin County Recorder's Office.
JOB NO. 2020-4011
0
SCALE IN FEET
30 60
Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc - Consulting Engineers
EXHIBIT B
PARCEL 5-U
SOUTH HIGH STREET
UTILITY BURIAL -
PHASE 1
19-030-CIP SHEET 1 of 1
DATE: 6-7-22
0.002 ACRE
(64.00 Sq. Ft.)
EASEMENT 5-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.
LEGEND
The bearing of S 08°19'28" E on the westerly right of way of
Franklin Street 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.
CERTIFICATION:
EXHIBIT A
PARCEL 5-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 4 of the Civic Addition to the Town of Dublin, Plat Book 21,
Page 27, and being part of the lands conveyed to Dublin Community Church by deed of record in
Instrument Number 197806150015243, as recorded in the Franklin County Recorder’s Office,
and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the grantor’s southeasterly corner and the southeasterly corner of said Lot 4, said
point also being in the easterly right of way of Franklin Street (50 Wide);
Thence along the southerly line of Lot 4, the northerly line of Lot 6 and the grantor’s southerly
line South 88° 51' 32" West for a distance of 6.05 feet to a point;
Thence North 08° 19' 28" West for a distance of 10.24 feet to a point;
Thence North 81° 40' 32" East for a distance of 6.00 feet to a point in the easterly right of way
of Franklin Street;
Thence along the grantor’s easterly line, the easterly line of Lot 4 and the westerly line of
Franklin Street South 08° 19' 28" East for a distance of 11.00 feet to the True Point of
Beginning, containing 0.002 acres (64 Sq.Ft.), more or less, all of which is within Auditor’s
Parcel Number 273-000124.
The bearings are based on the easterly right of way of Franklin Street being South 08° 19' 28"
East 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.
Lot 2
⅊
Lot 6 Lot 4
Franklin Street (50' Wide)
Michael J. Streng &
Melanie R. Fournier-Streng
75Franklin Street
PID: 273-000126
Inst. 201406190077209
Civic Addition, Lot 6
Davis Alley (27.5' Wide)(Vacated by Ord. 57-77)⅊⅊
⅊⅊⅊Civic Addition (PB 21, PG 27)
P.O.B.
11.00'
S 08°19'28" E
6.05'
N 88°51'32" E
6.00'N 81°40'32" E
Easement 5-U
0.002 Acres
(64.00 Sq.Ft.)
10.24'
N 08°19'28" W
Dublin Community Church
81 W Bridge Street
PID: 273-000124
Inst. 197806150015243
Civic Addition, Lot 4
Dublin Community Church
81 W Bridge Street
PID: 273-000122
Inst. 197806150015243
Civic Addition, Lot 2
54
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Dublin, Virginia Military Survey No. 2452, and
being part of Lot 4 in the Civic Addition to the Town of Dublin, Plat Book 21, Page 27,
as recorded in the Franklin County Recorder's Office.
JOB NO. 2020-4011
0
SCALE IN FEET
30 60
Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc - Consulting Engineers
EXHIBIT B
PARCEL 5-U
SOUTH HIGH STREET
UTILITY BURIAL -
PHASE 1
19-030-CIP SHEET 1 of 1
DATE: 6-7-22
0.002 ACRE
(64.00 Sq. Ft.)
EASEMENT 5-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.
LEGEND
The bearing of S 08°19'28" E on the westerly right of way of
Franklin Street 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.
CERTIFICATION:
LOCATION MAP
PARCELS 4 - 5
SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL - PHASE 1
CIP 19-030
DUBLIN, OHIO 43016
DATE: 09-13-22
SCALE 1" = 50'
0 10050
R/W R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
WR/WESMT
ESMTESMPID: 273-000126
Michael J. Streng
75 Franklin Street
INST: 201406190077209
.38 ACRES
PID: 273-000124
The Congregational
Church of Dublin, Ohio
81 Bridge Street
INST: 201705080061142
.38 ACRES
4
U
5
U
LEGEND
PROPOSED
PERPETUAL PUBLIC
UTILITY EASEMENT
PROPOSED
TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION
EASEMENT
STRENG
4-U - .001 AC
CONGREGATION
AL CHURCH
5-U - .002 AC
FRANKLIN STREET W BRIDGE STREETExhibit B
LOCATION MAP
PARCELS 4 - 5
SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL - PHASE 1
CIP 19-030
DUBLIN, OHIO 43016
DATE: 09-13-22
SCALE 1" = 50'
0 10050
R/W R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
WR/WESMT
ESMTESMPID: 273-000126
Michael J. Streng
75 Franklin Street
INST: 201406190077209
.38 ACRES
PID: 273-000124
The Congregational
Church of Dublin, Ohio
81 Bridge Street
INST: 201705080061142
.38 ACRES
4
U
5
U
LEGEND
PROPOSED
PERPETUAL PUBLIC
UTILITY EASEMENT
PROPOSED
TEMPORARY
CONSTRUCTION
EASEMENT
STRENG
4-U - .001 AC
CONGREGATION
AL CHURCH
5-U - .002 AC
FRANKLIN STREET W BRIDGE STREETExhibit B