02-07 ResolutionRECORD OF RESOLUTIONS
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02-07
Resolution No. Passed , 20
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO APPROPRIATE A 1.722
ACRE, MORE OR LESS, FEE SIMPLE INTEREST, FROM
THANE F. AND STELLA C. THATCHER, AND THEIR
UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, TRANSFEREES AND ASSIGNS,
LOCATED ON AVERY ROAD, TOWNSHIP OF
WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO.
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin is preparing to improve Avery Road between Shier-
Rings Road and Woerner-Temple Road in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, said improvement will require the City of Dublin to obtain a fee simple
interest in and to the premises described in the attached Exhibit "A" located in the
Township of Washington, Franklin County, Ohio.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council, of the City of Dublin,
State of Ohio, ~ of the elected members concurring that:
Section 1. Council considers it necessary and declares. its intention to appropriate,
for the purpose of improving Avery Road between Shier-Rings Road and Woerner
Temple Road in Franklin County, a fee simple interest in and to the premises located
in the Township of Washington, Ohio, and more fully described in the legal
description attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to cause written notice of the
passage of this Resolution to be served upon the owners and persons in possession or
having an interest of record in the above-described property. This notice shall be
served according to law.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest
date provided by law.
Passed this ~~ ~1 day of , 2007.
Mayor -Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
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Clerk of Council
I hereby certify that copies of this
Ordinance/Resolution were posted in the
City of Dublin in accordance with Section
731.25 of the Ohio Revised Code.
De~'y Clerk of Council, Dublin, Ohio
EXHIBIT "A" LEGAL DESCRIPTION
AtCeUnr ~ 1373394 Index #
order Dete: 01 /1 411 9 99 PerCel# 274-115
Reference: DEBBIE
Nems: THANE F. THATCHER
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SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF FRANKLIN AND THE
STATE OF OHIO:
AND BEING A PART OF SURVEY N0. 3004, VIRGINIA MILITARY LANDS AND ALSO BEING
A PART OF THAT 2.756 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO WAYNE AND NINA WOOD BY DEED
OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 3669, PAGE 771, RECORDS OF THE RECORDER'S OFFICE,
FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A SPIKE IN THE CENTERLINE OF AVERY ROAD AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY
CORNER OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED WOOD TRACT; THENCE N 80 DEG. 30' 26" W
ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID WOOD TRACT, THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THAT
0.8608 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO RAY R. AND NANCY L. WALKER BY DEED OF
RECORD IN DEED BOOK 2710, PAGE 655, OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RECORDS, AND
ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF DAN-SHERRI SUBDIVISION OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK
25, PAGE 94, OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RECORDS 400 FT. TO AN IRON PIN AT THE
SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID WOOD TRACT, PASSING A ROD ON LINE AT 21.15
FT.; THENCE N 9 DEG. 24' 00' E ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAIp WOOD TRACT
AND ALONG THE REMAINING LANDS OF JACK V. FROST 300 FT. TO AN IRON PIN AT
THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID WOOD TRACT; THENCE S 80 DEG. 30' 26" E
ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID WOOD TRACT AND REMAINING LANDS OF JACK
V. FROST 100 FT. TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE S 9 DEG. 24' 00" W ACROSS SAID WOOD
TRACT 150.00 FT. TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE S 80 DEG. 30' 26' E ACROSS SAID WOOD
TRACT 300 FT. TO A SPIKE IN THE CENTERLINE OF AVERY ROAD, PASSING AN IRON PIN
ON LINE AT 270 FT.; THENCE S 9 DEG. 24' 00" W ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF AVERY
ROAD 150.00 FT. TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; CONTAINING 1.722 ACRES, MORE OR
LESS.
SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 3722, PAGE
844 OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO RECORDS.
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REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE P'9s:2 Fu:3[4.00 7 a9afl
Richard B. Metoelf 719990017297
Frenk[in Ccunly Recorder BXSDUTH4E9
The underoigned, THANE F. THATCHER AND STELLA C. THATCHER who era husband end wife, ('Mortgagor'), of FRANKLIN
county, Ohio, for end in consideration of Fifty Thousand and n0 cents Dollars (S
50,000.00 ) paid, grants with 'Mortgage Covenants,' to National City Bank ("BANK"I, 6750 Miller Roed, Brecksville, Ohio, the
following real property:
THE REAL ESTATE MORTGAGED HEREIN IS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A' WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND HEREBY
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
This Property is commonly known es: 8028 AVERY RD AMLIN. ON 43002.
Together with privileges and appurtenances erd dl rents, issues end profile of the property and subject to all lapel highways, restirctions end
easements of record, current taxes and aaeessmante end the following additional encumbrances: a }first mortgage to STATE SAVIN0.4 BANK end
raetxMd In Mortgage Book 20389, Pepe H64 of tlw FRANKLW County, OH, records.
'Mortgage Covenants' fie defined in Section 5302.13 of the Ohio Revised Code.
This mortgage fie given upon 'Statutory CordiUOn" to secure the payment of the sum set forth In the Note given by THANE F. THATCHER end
STELLA C. THATCHER ('Borrower') to Bank of the same date as this mortgage, together with any late charges end interest es provided in said Note end
to secure e{I unpaid advenoes of Benk with respect to the above-described red property for the payment of taxes, assessments, insurance premiums or
costa incurred in the protection end opereticn of said red property as provided in Section 5301.233 of the Ohio Revised Code.
I I The Borrower's Nots is due and payable
(K) Ths Note is en Open End Revolving Line of Credit.
"S tetutory Condition" is defined in Section 5302.14 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Any Mortgagor who does not dso execute the Note (i) executes this mortgage for the purpose of pledging that Mortgagor's interest in the ebove-
described real property to secure the payment end parformsncs of the Note, including the psymsnt of any end dl future sdvences mode to Borrower
whioh ere secured hereby and all advances of Bank mode es provided in ORC 5301 .233, (iii incurs no personal IiebiBty for the performance of the Note
by virtue o} the sigrtinq of this mortgage, and (iii) agrees that, without such Mortgagor's consent, Bank end Borrower may agree [o extend, modify,
forbear or make any eccommodetlona with regard to the terms of the Note.
Mortgagor agrees to keep the reel property in good condition. Without Bank's written epprovd, Mortgagor will not Bell, rent or otherwise dispose
of [he reel property, nor further encumber it, Mortgegor hereby waives any homestead or exemption rights es against the obligations secured hereby.
Upon request of Borrower, Benk, et Bank's option prior to release of the mortgage, may make future advances to Borrower. Such future advances,
with interest thereon, ehdl 6e secured by this mortgage when evidenced by promissory notes stating that said notes ere secured hereby. At no time
ahdl the principd amount of indebtedness secured by this mortgage exceed IS 5~ r ~~0 • ~~ I.
The undersigned spouse of Mortgegor does hereby release end forever quit claim to Lender ell right, title erd expentancy of dower in the reel
property.
This mortgage is signed on .ianUary 21 t , 1999
SIGN A D ACKNOWLE GED IN TH AESEN OF:
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Deb rah Tepe A rson
ri y Willemann
STATE OF OHIO )
r I ~! / ~~ ~ County)
THANE F` A~CHE~F~S~~
,~'S,fELLA C. THATCHER, WIFE
BEFORE ME, a Notary Public in end for said County end State, personally appeared the above named T ANE F. THATCHER and STELLA
C. THATCHER who acknowledged th the s h did sign the foregoing instrument, and that the same i that hi`her free act end deed.
TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have Mreunto net my hand and official sad, this day of `l~
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? +r CHRISTY S. WILLEMANk
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January 18, 1999
THIS INSTRUMENT WAS PREPARED BY NATIONAL CITY BANK
SOUTHWEST fINANCIAI BOX
INTERIM ANNEXATION POLICY
As Adopted by Dublin City Council on June 20, 1994
BACKGROUND
Tn recent years, the City has increasingly struggled with issues related to the acceptance of
proposed annexations. Until recently, the City's policy had consistently been one of rather
aggressive acceptance of virtually all proposed annexations. This policy perhaps became
heightened during the periods of great uncertainty which had existed prior to the negotiation of
new sewer and water contracts with Columbus and during the township merger proposal of
1989. As both Dublin and Columbus have taken a closer look at the relative costs of growth
and development, both the zeal and certainty with which previous annexations were pursued has
significantly lessened. At this point, both the Dublin City Council and the administration are
re-defining the City's policy with regard to those annexation proposals which lack a cleaz fiscal
benefit to the City. This document reflects the current annexation policy of the City of Dublin.
PURPOSE
Although it is expected that the City's annexation policy may be redefined by the land use plans,
facility plans, fiscal impact analysis, etc., done as part of the Community Plan update (now
underway), Council requested that the administration recommend, as best as possible with -----
current information, an "Interim Policy" to guide annexation decisions until the update of the
Community Plan is completed. The following policy reflects the adopted interim policy of
Dublin City Council, until amended or replaced. The policy statements aze divided into four
geographical areas where potential annexations to Dublin can reasonably be expected to occur.
This is done because both the current level of information and the policy considerations vary by
geographical area. Essentially, policy is provided for those annexations which would continue
the westwazd expansion of Dublin in the southwest quadrant (generally south of US 33, and west
of I-270); a western expansion of Dublin north of US 33 into Union County; the northern
expansion of Dublin, just north of Muirfield into Delawaze County; and, finally the annexation
of so-called "islands", where pockets of unincorporated azeas exist, surrounded by the City of
Dublin (see Attachment 6).
1. SOUTHWEST AREA
In July of 1993, Dublin City Council formally adopted the Southwest Area Plan (SWAP). The
plan in essence assumed that all azeas which could reasonably be provided with urban services
(primazily urban sewer and water) would eventually, at some point in the future develop in an
urban fashion. As such, the planning effort looked at how the area should ultimately develop,
regardless of the rate at which that development might take place. As part of its action to adopt
the plan, however, City Council stipulated an additional policy directive.
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As revised by City Council on 4/20/95
Council determined that as a matter of general policy, the City should not pursue annexations
within the southwest area which would not clearly provide a net fiscal benefit to the City until
such time as the Community Plan Update (and its associated fiscal analyses) and the Economic
Development Strategy were completed. This action was taken because the South West Area Plan
determined that the great majority of future annexable land within the quadrant was largely
residential in nature.
The plan also identified the vast amounts of infrastructure which would be needed to support that
residential development. Examples of such infra-structure included: 1) significant widening of
Avery Road and its US 33 overpass, 2) the need for additional water towers with almost any
development proceeding west of Avery Road, 3) the Coffman Road extension, 4) the Tuttle Road
to Avery Road extension, 5) numerous upgrades to the sub-standard, rural roadway network,
6) and perhaps some significant challenges with stormwater management. Since the City had
no way of determining whether or not such a level of infra-structure could be afforded without
great financial hardship to the remainder of the City, the extremely cautious interim annexation
policy, specifically for the southwest area, was adopted. It should be noted that a determination
was not being made that these properties should not ever be annexed to the City, but rather, that
annexations should not be pursued until the City had the "Citywide" information needed to
determine the desirability and affordability of the recommended growth patterns included in the
Southwest Area Plan.
The annexable portion of the Southwest Area is defined as "Exclusive Dublin Expansion Area"
within the recently executed Dublin/Columbus Sewer and Water Contract. The area consists of
approximately 2350 acres of property, most of which is projected as likely residential
development (see Attachment 1).
This policy statement does not vary the policy adopted by Council as part of the SWAP.
However, it should be noted that this is a statement of general policy, and there may be
circumstances where Council may wish to consider and accept an annexation in the southwest
quadrant because of other attributable public benefits from the proposed development beyond the
simple, direct fiscal impacts. For example, an extremely large-scale commercial/industrial
development within or adjacent to this area would create tremendous new demands for land
acquisition and development in the azea. The development pressures may be such that Dublin
would want to annex the surrounding properties to ensure that development took place in a
quality, compatible fashion with proper and adequate infra-structure being installed as pazt of
the development. Another example could include a proposed annexation accompanied by the
installation or completion of a needed or desirable public improvement such as a major road
widening, etc.
Another issue within this potential annexation area which needs to be addressed is the issue of
non-coterminous school district boundaries. Much of the area into which Dublin could
conceivably annex in the southwest quadrant would be located within the Hilliard School
District. At this time, the City is still evaluating the issues associated with such a pattern of
development; however, any time the level of jurisdictional fragmentation is increased, providing
inter-governmental coordination and developing a sense of community is made more difficult
(see Attachment 2).
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2,a AREA WEST OF DUBLIN NORTH OF US33 EAST OF HYLAND-CROY ROAD
(UNION COUNTY ANNEXATIONS)
This area differs significantly from the potential annexation areas in the southwest quadrant
because little to no planning has been done for this area. The area was not included within the
1988 Community Plan because it was not a part of any existing or proposed sewer and water
service contract with the City of Columbus and was therefore not viewed as part of Dublin's
logical growth area. In the sewer and water contract entered into between Dublin and Columbus
in 1992, the area of Union County west of the City's current corporate limit along the Franklin
County border, north of US33 and east of Hyland-Croy Road, was added to what is now
identified as Dublin's "Exclusive Expansion Area" (see Attachment 1). Although no planning
had been done for these properties, the City projects that the majority of this area likely lends
itself to low-density, single-family residential development.
Based upon the best information available today, there are clearly portions of this area which
have significant questions regarding Dublin's ability to provide sewer and water service. The
properties in the northernmost end of this proposed growth area cannot be provided with
adequate water service with the City's current distribution system, and any improvements aze
projected to be quite expensive. Similarly, the administration has recently conducted a capacity
analysis of the North Fork Indian Run sanitary sewer which currently terminates just north of
Dublinshire Road, east of Muirfield Drive. This would be the sewer which would need to be
extended to serve the majority of this growth area. Although the sewer appears to have capacity
to serve a portion on this area, at this time, preliminary calculations indicate it may lack the
capacity to serve the entire area.
Annexations into the northern portion of this growth azea would be provided with electric service
by Ohio Edison Company (see Attachment 3). Similarly, a significant portion of this growth
area would be provided with phone service from General Telephone and would therefore likely
result in some continued level of dissatisfaction among future Dublin residents if the issue of
long-distance calling to Columbus was not resolved (see Attachment 4),
Also, unlike growth into the southwest quadrant which is entirely within Washington Township,
growth within this area would be within Jerome Township of Union County. As such, upon its
initial annexation, the area would be served by Jerome Township for fire protection and
emergency medical services. It is the policy of Dublin City Council to provide a uniform level
of fire protection and emergency medical services to all of the City's residents. The City will
take action to include this growth area within Washington Township, if annexed to the City of
Dublin. Obviously, since this increases the service area of Washington Township, the fiscal
impacts of such an expansion should be analyzed.
At this point in time, Dublin will consider annexations within this area where pazcels of ground
under common ownership are currently located both in the City of Dublin and in
unincorporated Union County. The intent of this provision is to allow for the reasonable
development of properties which are currently located largely within Dublin, but may also have
smaller, residuals extending into the adjacent County. It is not intended to apply to properties
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under single ownership, the lazger part of which lies in unincorporated Union County, with a
small residual extending into the City of Dublin. Similarly, the policy is not intended to include
properties under common ownership located in both jurisdictions where both the portion in the
City of Dublin and in unincorporated Union County are significant in size and developable in
and of themselves. Of course, the City stilt needs to determine on a case-by-case basis the
adequacy of available sewer and water service. Additional large-scale annexations into this area,
however, should be postponed until the City completes the update of its Community Plan.
Again, the City should be in a position to consider exceptions to this policy if either major
development proposals in or near the area create new opportunities, or unique developments are
proposed within the area which meet some other important public purpose or objective.
3. AREA NORTH OF MUII2FIELD
There appears to be a limited amount of property north of Muirfield which could be served by
the Dublin sanitary sewer system (see Attachment 5). The only recommended land uses which
would likely be appropriate for this azea would be low-density, single-family housing. This azea
includes approximately 340 acres. The administration has determined, however, that the City
would not be able to provide this property with adequate water service without the addition of
expensive improvements such as additional storage facilities and booster stations. Given the
small amount of area to be served, the administration would not recommend such expensive
improvements in order to serve this area, at this time.
The area is not currently located in the Dublin Expansion Area as identified within the City's
sewer and water contracts with Columbus. However, in previous discussions with Columbus,
they have indicated that if a small amount of acreage north of Dublin could be reasonably served
by extensions of Dublin's sewer and water systems, Columbus would not have any objection to
adding this area to our service contracts.
Another complicating factor is that at least a portion of the area is currently provided with water
service by the Delco Water System. It is the City's understanding that because this water system
is funded, in part, with federal loans, that the customer base within the served area belongs to
Delco, since that customer base was designated to help repay the federal loans. The City has
serious questions regarding the ability of the Delco Water System to meet Dublin's minimum
fire-flow requirements in the long term. Initial investigation of this issue by representatives
from R.D. Zande & Associates indicates that the system today is adequate to serve a portion of
the area which could be provided with Dublin sanitary sewer service. The City is far less
certain at this time, however, that these minimal fire-flow standazds can be met into the future
as the southern Delaware County area continues to develop.
Also, this area is located in Concord Township and in accordance with City Council's policy to
provide a uniform level of fire protection and emergency medical services to all City residences,
ultimately, an adjustment of township boundaries would be necessary. This is the same policy
as described earlier for any Jerome Township annexation, and is consistent with previous
Council action in this area. Electric service to this area is provided by Union R.E.C.I., and
phone service is provided by Ohio Bell (Ameritech).
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The City recognizes that the Dublin School District has expressed a desire to pursue the
development of an additional elementary school within this area, if at all possible. The school
administration is fui!y aware, however, of the issues that need to be overcome.
Obviously, annexations in this area would be contingent upon a whole series of issues being
resolved including formal modification of our Dublin/Columbus sewer and water contracts, a
formal determination of adequate long-term water service, an adjustment of township boundaries,
and, of course, approval of those annexations by Delawaze County. Annexations from this area,
therefore, are not expected until several of these critical issues are resolved.
4. ISLANDS OF UNINCORPORATED AREA WITHIN THE CITY
There aze a number of "islands" of unincorporated area located within the current city limits (see
Attachment 1). It is the current policy of the City of Dublin that the City cooperate with and
encourage the annexation of these unincorporated pockets to the City of Dublin. Such isolated
pockets provide for the inefficient delivery of service by the township who often has to cross
relatively lazge areas of incorporated Dublin to provide services to these isolated azeas.
Additionally, it is believed that such isolated islands lead to unnecessary confusion regarding the
issue of jurisdictional responsibility which may lead to an unacceptable level of service being
provided to these unincorporated islands or to the areas located immediately adjacent thereto.
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June 2, 1994
PROPOS>;D INT);RIM ANNEXATION POLICY
BACKGROUND
In recent years, the City has increasingly struggled with issues related to the acceptance of
proposed annexations. Until recently, the City's policy had consistently been one of rather
aggressive acceptance of virtually all proposed annexations. This policy perhaps became
heightened during the periods of great uncertainty which had existed prior to the negotiation of
new sewer and water contracts with Columbus and during the township merger proposal. As
both Dublin and Columbus have taken a closer look at the relative costs of growth and
development, both the zeal and certainty with which previous annexations were pursued has
significantly lessened. At this point, both the Dublin City Council and the administration are
re-defining the City's policy with regard to those annexation proposals which lack a clear fiscal
benefit to the City.
PURPOST
Although it is expected that the City's annexation policy will be defined by the land use plans,
facility plans, fiscal impact analysis, etc., done as part of the Community Plan update (now
underway), Council has requested that the administration recommend, as best as possible with
current information, an "Interim Policy" to guide annexation decisions until the update of the
Community Plan is completed. The following is an attempt to establish and define such an
interim policy. The discussion will be divided into four geographical areas where potential
annexations to Dublin can reasonably be expected to occur. This is being done because the
current level of information and the policy considerations vary by geographical area.
Essentially, we are looking at those annexations which would continue the westward expansion
of Dublin in the southwest quadrant (generally south of US 33, and west of I-270); a western
expansion of Dublin north of US 33 into Union County; the northern expansion of Dublin, just
north of Muirfield into Delaware County; and, finally the annexation of so-called "islands",
where pockets of unincorporated areas exist, surrounded by the City of Dublin (see Attachment
6).
1. SOUTIIWIJST AR>;A
As Council will recall, in July of 1993 the City formally adopted the Southwest Area Plan
(SWAP). The plan in essence assumed that all areas which could reasonably be provided with
urban services (primarily urban sewer and water) would eventually, at some point in the future
develop in an urban fashion. As such, the planning effort looked at how the area should
ultimately develop, regardless of the rate at which that development might take place. As part
of its action to adopt the plan, however, City Council stipulated an additional policy directive. -
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Council determined that as a matter of general policy, the City should not pursue annexations
within the southwest area which would not clearly provide a net fiscal benefit to the City until
such time as the Community Plan Update (and its associated fiscal analysis) and the Economic
Development Strategy were completed. This action was taken because the South West Area Plan
determined that the great majority of future annexable land within the quadrant was largely
residential in nature.
The plan also identified the vast amounts of infrastructure which would be needed to support that
residential development. Examples of such infra-structure included: 1) significant widening of
Avery Road and its US 33 overpass, 2) the need for additional water towers with almost any
development proceeding west of Avery Road, 3) the Coffman Road extension, 4) the Tuttle Road
to Avery Road extension, 5) numerous upgrades to the sub-standard, rural roadway network,
6) and perhaps some significant challenges with stormwater management. Since the City had
no way of determining whether or not such a level of infra-structure could be afforded without
great financial hardship to the remainder of the City, the extremely cautious interim annexation
policy, specifically for the southwest area, was adopted. It should be noted that a determination
was not being made that these properties should not ever be annexed to the City, but rather, that
annexations should not be pursued until the City had the Citywide information needed to
determine the desirability and affordability of the recommended growth patterns included in the
Southwest Area Plan.
The annexable portion of the Southwest Area is defined as "Exclusive Dublin Expansion Area"
within the recently executed Dublin/Columbus Sewer and Water Contract. The area consists of
approximately 2350 acres of property, most of which is projected as likely residential
development (see Attachment 1).
At this point, the administration is not recommending varying the policy adopted by Council as
part of the SWAP. However, it should be noted that this is a statement of general policy, and
there may be circumstances where Council may wish to consider and accept an annexation in
the southwest quadrant because of other attributable public benefits from the proposed.
development beyond the simple, direct fiscal impacts. For example, an extremely large-scale
commercial/industrial development within or adjacent to this area would create tremendous new
demands for land acquisition and development in the area. The development pressures may be
such that Dublin would want to annex the surrounding properties to ensure that development
took place in a quality, compatible fashion with proper and adequate infra-structure being
installed as part of the development. Another example could include a proposed annexation
accompanied by the installation or completion of a needed or desirable public improvement such
as a major road widening, etc.
Another issue within this potential annexation area which needs to be addressed is the issue of
non-coterminous school district boundaries. Much of the area into which Dublin could
conceivably annex in the southwest quadrant would be located within the Hilliard School
District. At this time, the City is still evaluating the issues associated with such a pattern of
development; however, any time the level of jurisdictional fragmentation is increased,
inter-governmental coordination and developing a sense of community is made more difficult
(see Attachment 2).
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2. AREA WEST OF DUBLIN NORTH OF US33 EAST OF HYLAND-CROY ROAD
(UNION COUNTY ANNEXATIONS)
This area differs significantly from the potential annexation areas in the southwest quadrant
because little to no planning has been done for this area. The area was not included within the
1988 Community Plan because it was not a part of any existing or proposed sewer and water
service contract with the City of Columbus and was therefore not viewed as part of Dublin's
logical growth area. In the sewer and water contract entered into between Dublin and Columbus
in 1992, the area of Union County west of the City's current corporate limit along the Franklin
County border, north of US33 and east of Hyland-Croy Road, was added to what is now
identified as Dublin's "Exclusive Expansion Area" (see Attachment 1). Although no planning
had been done for these properties, it is the consensus of staff at this point that the majority of
this area likely lends itself to low-density, single-family residential development.
Based upon the best information we have today, there are clearly portions of this area which
have significant questions regarding Dublin's ability to provide sewer and water service. The
properties in the northernmost end of this proposed growth area cannot be provided with
adequate water service with our current distribution system, and any improvements are projected
to be quite expensive. Similarly, we have recently conducted a capacity analysis of the North
Fork Indian Run sanitary sewer which currently terminates just north of Dublinshire Road, east
of Muirfield Drive. This would be the sewer which would need to be extended to serve the
majority of this growth area. Although the sewer appears to have capacity to serve a portion
on this area, at this time, preliminary calculations indicate it may lack the capacity to serve the
entire area.
Annexations into the northern portion of this growth area would be provided with electric service
by Ohio Edison Company (see Attachment 3). Similarly, a significant portion of this growth
area would be provided with phone service from General Telephone and would therefore likely
result in some continued level of dissatisfaction among future Dublin residents if the issue of
long-distance calling to Columbus was not resolved (see Attachment 4).
Also, unlike growth into the southwest quadrant which is entirely within Washington Township,
growth within this area would be within Jerome Township of Union County. As such, upon its
initial annexation, the area would be served by Jerome Township for fire protection and
emergency medical services. It is the policy of Dublin City Council to provide a uniform level
of fire protection and emergency medical services to all of the City's residents. The
administration would likely recommend upon annexation, therefore, that the City take action to
include this growth area within Washington Township. Obviously, since this increases the
service area of Washington Township, the fiscal impacts of such an expansion should be
analyzed.
At this point in time, staff recommends that Dublin accept annexations within this area where
single parcels of land are currently located both in the City of Dublin and in unincorporated
Union County. Under such a scenario, the parcels annexed would be brought under single
jurisdiction with, we believe, minimal impacts on the City. Of course, we would also need to
determine on a case-by-case basis the adequacy of available sewer
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and water service. Additional large-scale annexations into this area, however, should be
postponed until the City completes the update of its Community Plan. Again, we should be in
a position to consider exceptions to this policy if either major development proposals in or near
the area create new opportunities, or unique developments are proposed within the area which
meet some other important public purpose or objective.
3. AREA NORTH OF MUII2FIELD
There appears to be a limited amount of property north of Muirfield which could be served by
the Dublin sanitary sewer system (see Attachment 5). The only recommended land uses which
would likely be appropriate for this area would be low-density, single-family housing. This area
includes approximately 340 acres. Staff has determined, however, that the City would not be
able to provide this property with adequate water service without the addition of expensive
improvements such as additional storage facilities and booster stations. Given the small amount
of area to be served, the administration would not recommend such expensive improvements in
order to serve this area, at this time.
The area is not currently located in the Dublin Expansion Area as identified within the City's
sewer and water contracts with Columbus. However, in previous discussions with Columbus,
they have indicated that if a small amount of acreage north of Dublin could be reasonably served
by extensions of Dublin's sewer and water systems, Columbus would not have any objection to
adding this area to our service contracts.
Another complicating factor is that at least a portion of the area is currently provided with water
service by the Delco Water System. It is the administration's understanding that because this
water system is funded, in part, with federal loans, that the customer base within the served area
belongs to Delco, since that customer base was designated to help repay the federal loans. Staff
has serious questions regarding the ability of the Delco Water System to meet our minimum fire-
flow requirements in the long term. Initial investigation of this issue by representatives from
R.D. Zande & Associates indicates that the system today is adequate to serve a portion of the
area which could be provided with Dublin sanitary sewer service. We are far less certain at this
time, however, that these minimal fire-flow standards can be met into the future as the southern
Delaware County area continues to develop.
Also, this area is located in Concord Township and in accordance with City Council's policy to
provide a uniform level of fire protection and emergency medical services to all City residences,
ultimately, an adjustment of township boundaries would be necessary. This is similar to what
staff would propose for any Jerome Township annexation, and is consistent with previous
Council action in this area. Electric service to this area is provided by Union R.E.C.L, and
phone service is provided by Ohio Bell (Ameritech).
For Council's information, the Dublin School District has expressed a desire to pursue the
development of an additional elementary school within this area, if at all possible. The school
administration is fully aware, however, of the issues that need to be overcome.
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Obviously, annexations in this area would be contingent upon a whole series of issues being
resolved including formal modification of our Dublin/Columbus sewer and water contracts, a
formal determination of adequate long-term water service, an adjustment of township boundaries,
and, of course, approval of those annexations by Delaware County. Staff does not therefore
expect to receive requests for annexations from this area until several of these critical issues are
resolved.
4. ISLANDS OF UNINCORPORATED AREA WITHIN THE CITY
There are a number of "islands" of unincorporated area located within the current city limits (see
Attachment 1). It is the current policy of the City of Dublin that the City cooperate with and
encourage the annexation of these unincorporated pockets to the City of Dublin. Such isolated
pockets provide for the inefficient delivery of service by the township who often has to cross
relatively large areas of incorporated Dublin to provide services to these isolated areas.
Additionally, it is believed that such isolated islands lead to unnecessary confusion regarding the
issue of jurisdictional responsibility which may lead to an unacceptable level of service being
provided to these unincorporated islands or to the areas located immediately adjacent thereto.
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ATTACHMENT 1
DUBLIN / COLUM®US SANITARY SEWER AND
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