As Reported by the House Housing and Public Lands Committee     1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              Am. H. B. No. 486  5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


        REPRESENTATIVES MEAD-SALERNO-TIBERI-GARCIA-MYERS           7            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To authorize the conveyance of two parcels of         11           

                state-owned real estate located in Franklin        12           

                County to the City of  Columbus.                   13           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        15           

      Section 1.  The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a   17           

deed in the name of the state conveying to the City of Columbus,   18           

its successors and assigns, all of the state's right, title, and   19           

interest in the following described real estate:                   20           

      Parcel 1 (20.098 acres)                                      22           

      Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, and in    24           

the City of Columbus, located in Virginia Military Survey No.      26           

2668, and being part of a 300 acre tract conveyed to the State of  27           

Ohio in Deed Book 101, Page 390, Franklin County Recorder's        28           

Office, and being more particularly described as follows:          29           

      Beginning for reference at an iron pin found at the          31           

intersection of northerly right of way line of West Broad Street   32           

(80 feet in width) and the easterly right of way line of           33           

Wheatland Avenue (40 feet in width);                               34           

      thence N 09°14'48" W, along the easterly right of way line   36           

of said Wheatland Avenue, a distance of 502.10 feet to an iron     37           

pin set, said iron pin being the True Point of Beginning of        39           

herein described tract, passing an iron pin found at 251.05 feet;  40           

      thence N 09°14'48" W, along the easterly right of way line   42           

of said Wheatland Avenue, a distance of 1810.12 feet to an iron    43           

pin set;                                                           44           

      thence N 77°17'50" E, along an existing fence, a distance    46           

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of 108.55 feet to a point;                                         47           

      thence N 85°16'59" E, along an existing fence, a distance    49           

of 273.91 feet to a point;                                         50           

      thence N 89°00'05" E, along an existing fence, a distance    52           

of 111.16 feet to an iron pin set;                                 53           

      thence S 09°14'48" E, a distance of 1121.50 feet to an iron  55           

pin set at the northwesterly corner of a buffer zone to the        56           

Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital;                                 57           

      thence S 04°09'22" E, along the westerly line of said        59           

buffer zone to the Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital, a distance   60           

of 699.77 feet to an iron pin set;                                 61           

      thence S 86°00'00" W, a distance of 431.14 feet to the True  64           

Point of Beginning, containing 20.098 acres, more or less,         65           

subject to all rights of way, easements, and restrictions of       66           

record.                                                                         

      Basis of bearing is the northerly right of way line of West  68           

Broad Street being N 86°00'00" E, as shown in Plat Book 4, Page    70           

326, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.                                  

      This description was prepared by Phil Y. Shih, Registered    72           

Surveyor No. 7668, based on an actual field survey performed in    73           

February, 1997.                                                    74           

      Parcel 2 (2.410 acres)                                       76           

      Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, and in    78           

the City of Columbus, located in Virginia Military Survey No.      79           

2668, and being part of a 300 acre tract conveyed to the State of  80           

Ohio in Deed Book 101, Page 390, Franklin County Recorder's        81           

Office, and being more particularly described as follows:          82           

      Beginning for reference at an iron pin found at the          84           

intersection of northerly right of way line of West Broad Street   85           

(80 feet in width) and the easterly right of way line of           86           

Wheatland Avenue (40 feet in width);                               87           

      thence N 09°14'48" W, along the easterly right of way line   89           

of said Wheatland Avenue, a distance of 251.05 feet to an iron     90           

pin found marking the northwesterly corner of a 0.865 acre tract   91           

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conveyed to the City of Columbus as recorded in Official Record    92           

19320 E14, said iron pin being the True Point of Beginning of      94           

herein described tract;                                                         

      thence N 09°14'48" W, along the easterly right of way line   96           

of said Wheatland Avenue, a distance of 251.05 feet to an iron     97           

pin set;                                                           98           

      thence N 86°00'00" E, a distance of 431.14 feet to an iron   100          

pin set in the westerly line of a buffer zone to the Central Ohio  102          

Psychiatric Hospital;                                                           

      thence S 04°09'22" E, along the westerly line of said        104          

buffer zone to the Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital, a distance   105          

of 250.00 feet to an iron pin set in the northerly line of a       106          

1.435 acre tract of land in lease between the State of Ohio and    107          

the City of Columbus, described in State of Ohio Lease File No.    108          

5020, and recorded in Official Record 19320 E18;                   109          

      thence S 86°00'00" W, along the northerly line of said       111          

1.435 acre tract and said 0.865 acre tract, a distance of 408.86   112          

feet to the True Point of Beginning, containing 2.410 acres, more  114          

or less, subject to all rights of way, easements, and                           

restrictions of record.                                            115          

      Basis of bearing is the northerly right of way line of West  117          

Broad Street being N 86°00'00" E, as shown in Plat Book 4, Page    119          

326, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.                                  

      This description was prepared by Phil Y. Shih, Registered    121          

Surveyor No. 7668, based on an actual field survey performed in    122          

February, 1997.                                                    123          

      Section 2.  Consideration for conveyance of the real estate  125          

is the appraised value of the real estate as determined or         126          

approved by the Director of Administrative Services.  The          127          

Director shall appraise the real estate or have it appraised by    128          

one or more disinterested persons at a fee determined by the       129          

Director. Unless the Director makes the appraisal, the Director    130          

shall review the appraisal and either approve or disapprove it.    131          

If the Director disapproves the appraisal, the real estate shall   132          

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again be appraised as provided in this section.  Upon determining  134          

or approving an appraised value, the Director shall notify the     135          

City of Columbus in writing of the purchase price.  The City of    136          

Columbus shall pay all appraisal fees and all costs of the         137          

conveyance.                                                                     

      Section 3.  Upon payment of the purchase price, the Auditor  139          

of State, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall       140          

prepare a deed to the real estate.  The deed shall state the       141          

consideration. The deed shall be executed by the Governor in the   142          

name of the state, countersigned by the Secretary of State,        143          

sealed with the Great Seal of the State, presented in the office   144          

of the Auditor of State for recording, and delivered to the City   145          

of Columbus.  The City of Columbus shall present the deed for      146          

recording in the Office of the Franklin County Recorder.           147          

      Section 4.  This act expires one year after its effective    149          

date.