Ordinance 74-22
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
Philip K. Hartmann, Assistant Law Director
Re: Ordinance 74-22 – Agreement with the Ohio Power Company and Dublin
City Schools and Acquisition of an Easement from the Dublin City
Schools for the Franklin Street Extension Project (21-012-CIP)
Summary
The Franklin Street Extension Project (Project) will construct an extension of Franklin Street from
West Bridge Street north to North Street and reconstruct Franklin Street from West Bridge Street
south to Sells Alley as shown on the attached exhibit. The Project will construct the roadway,
install permeable paver parking bays, brick paver sidewalks, street trees, street lighting, and burial
of the overhead utility lines from Sells Alley to North Street. The intersection of West Bridge Street
and Franklin Street will be signalized and include pedestrian crossings. Finally, the temporary
pedestrian crossing of Bridge Street at Darby Street will be removed. Presently, this Project is
planned to start construction in early 2023 and is anticipated to be complete in the fall of 2023.
Acquisition
This ordinance allows the City Manager to enter into a utility easement and construction
agreement (Agreement) with Dublin City Schools (DCS) and the Ohio Power Company (AEP) that
provides the following:
1. The City of Dublin (City) will receive a required utility easement on DCS property for City
use. The cost of this easement is $1.00.
2. The City is authorized to assign the same easement rights to AEP for routing of the existing
primary overhead electric lines and placing them underground.
3. AEP will vacate their existing overhead easement on DCS property with 24 months of the
Agreement execution.
It is necessary for the City to obtain the utility easement from DCS for the location of a cabinet for
the traffic signal, which will be located at the intersection of West Bridge Street and Franklin
Street. Further, AEP must obtain an easement in the same location to bury the existing overhead
power lines. Rather than requiring AEP to obtain an overlapping easement, this ordinance allows
AEP the necessary rights in the easement the City is obtaining from DCS to bury the overhead
power lines. Per the Agreement, the overhead power lines must be buried within 24 months, at
which time AEP will vacate their existing overhead easement on DCS property. The City will bear
the cost of burying the overhead power lines, which will be established via a separate agreement
which will come before Council for consideration at a future Council meeting.
Office of the City Manager
5555 Perimeter Drive • Dublin, OH 43017-1090
Phone: 614.410.4400 • Fax: 614-410-4490 Memo
Ordinance 74-22 – Agreement with the Ohio Power Company and Dublin City Schools and
Acquisition of an Easement from the Dublin City Schools for the Franklin Street Extension
Project (21-012-CIP)
November 29, 2022
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The Project requires acquisition from four (4) privately owned parcels, which includes two
commercial properties, a church, and this DCS acquisition. Additionally, one (1) acquisition from a
City parcel is also required (Ordinance 69-22, which will be considered on second reading at the
December 5, 2022 Council meeting). The property acquisitions for the three (3) remaining
privately owned parcels are ongoing and are expected to be finalized within the next four (4)
months. All remaining private landowners have signed right-of-entry agreements allowing the City
to access and make changes to the areas impacted by the Project.
The DCS property acquisition within the Project area consists of the following property interests as
depicted in the attached exhibit:
City Property Parcel
Number
Property Interest
Acreage
Auditor Parcel ID
Number(s) Cost
Dublin City School District Board of
Education, F.K.A Board of
Education: Washington Local
School District
(80 West Bridge Street)
3-U
0.072-acre
permanent
easement
273-000001 $1
This ordinance authorizes the City Manager to execute and accept on behalf of the City all necessary
conveyance documents to formally acquire the necessary property interest from the DCS.
This agreement has been executed by AEP and approved by DCS.
Recommendation
Staff recommends adoption of Ordinance 74-22 at the second reading/public hearing on January 9,
2023, as this ordinance authorizes the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to
formally accept the necessary property interests described above.
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