As Introduced                            1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                 H. B. No. 97    5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


           REPRESENTATIVES SALERNO-MEAD-THOMAS-TIBERI              8            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To authorize the conveyance of two parcels of         12           

                state-owned real estate located in Franklin        13           

                County to the City of Columbus for construction    14           

                of the West Columbus Local Protection  Project,    15           

                aka the Franklinton Floodwall, to authorize the    16           

                conveyance of any additional parcels of real       17           

                estate necessary for the  completion of the        18           

                project, and to declare an emergency.              20           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        22           

      Section 1.  The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a   24           

deed in the name of the state conveying to the City of Columbus    25           

in Franklin County and its successors and assigns all of the       26           

state's right, title, and interest in the following two parcels    27           

of real estate located beneath the waters of the Scioto River and  29           

necessary for the construction of the West Columbus Local                       

Protection Project, aka the Franklinton Floodwall:                 30           

      Parcel Number 1, a parcel known as Tract No. 410-1:          32           

      Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of   34           

Columbus, and bounded and described as follows:                    35           

      Being a part of the Scioto River adjacent to Survey No.      37           

1393, Virginia Military Survey District, and adjacent to 17.386    39           

acres conveyed to Paul R. Burge by Deed of Record in Official      41           

Record 08840 J08 all References being to the Recorder's Office,    42           

Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as                 

follows:                                                           43           

      Beginning at a point on the northerly line of the Thomas A.  45           

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Nastoff tract described in Official Record 18150 D18, said Thomas  46           

A. Nastoff tract being a conveyance out of the said Paul R. Burge  47           

property, said point being 239.68 feet right of Souder Avenue      49           

Extension center line station 16+20.32 as shown on right-of-way    50           

plans FRA - SOUDER AVE. EXTENSION (FORMERLY FRA - 670 - 1.25,                   

A-3), designated corner 410-1-1, and being the TRUE POINT OF       51           

BEGINNING of the tract herein described;                           52           

      thence, with said northerly line of Thomas A. Nastoff and    54           

the southerly bank of the Scioto River, North 36°39'42" West, a    56           

distance of 125.49 feet (125.486 feet grid) to a point, on the     57           

easterly right-of-way line of Souder Avenue Extension, designated  58           

corner 400-5;                                                                   

      thence, continuing with the southerly bank of the Scioto     60           

River, North 36°39'42" West, a distance of 116.53 feet (116.525    61           

feet grid) to a point, designated corner 410-1-2;                  62           

      thence, continuing with the southerly bank of the Scioto     64           

River, North 43°22'40" West, a distance of 89.59 feet (89.587      65           

feet grid) to a point, designated corner 410-1-3;                  66           

      thence, continuing with the southerly bank of the Scioto     68           

River, North 42°52'27" West, a distance of 32.57 feet (32.568      69           

feet grid) to a point, on the westerly right-of-way of Souder      70           

Avenue Extension, also being on the northeasterly line of the      71           

said Paul R. Burge property, designated corner 211-8;              72           

      thence, continuing with the southerly bank of the Scioto     74           

river, and the northerly line of said Paul R. Burge property,      75           

North 42°52'27" West, a distance of 277.38 feet (277.367 feet      76           

grid), to an iron pin set and stamped 211-7;                       77           

      thence, continuing with the southerly bank of the Scioto     79           

river, and the northerly line of said Paul R. Burge property,      80           

North 50°38'26" West, a distance of 92.80 feet (92.799 feet grid)  81           

to a point, designated corner COE 484;                             82           

      thence, leaving the southerly bank of the Scioto River and   84           

the northerly line of said Paul R. Burge property, North           85           

69°42'47" East, a distance of 53.77 feet (53.766 feet grid) to a   86           

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point in the Scioto River, designated corner COE 483;              87           

      thence, South 35°30'11" East, a distance of 198.50 feet      89           

(198.486 feet grid) to a point in the Scioto River, designated     90           

corner COE 482;                                                                 

      thence, South 46°54'48" East, a distance of 139.96 feet      92           

(139.958 feet grid) to a point in the Scioto River, designated     93           

corner COE 481;                                                                 

      thence, South 43°25'41" East, a distance of 146.91 feet      95           

(146.898 feet grid) to a point in the Scioto River designated      96           

corner COE 485;                                                                 

      thence, South 37°33'25" East, a distance of 115.66 feet      98           

(115.655 feet grid) to a point in the Scioto River, designated     99           

corner COE 486;                                                                 

      thence, South 25°14'22" East, a distance of 118.66 feet      101          

(118.656 feet grid) to a point in the Scioto River, designated     102          

corner COE 585;                                                                 

      thence, South 53°20'18" West, a distance of 1.66 feet        104          

(1.662 feet grid) to the point of beginning, CONTAINING 0.356      105          

ACRES.                                                                          

      The preceding description is subject to all legal            107          

right-of-ways and easements of record.                             108          

      Bearings, distances and coordinates are based on the Ohio    110          

State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 1927, South Zone (Page's Ohio   111          

Revised Code, Sec. 157.01 to 157.07 inclusive), Grid factor used   112          

to reduce distances for this description is 0.9999514.  True       113          

North bears 00°21'00" West of Grid North.                                       

      A plat of survey of the tract described is on file with the  115          

Real Estate Office, City of Columbus, Ohio, and the Survey         116          

Section of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio River Division,  117          

Huntington District, Huntington, West Virginia.                    118          

      This description is based on the actual field survey         120          

performed by Dodson-Lindblom Associates, Inc. in June 1991,        121          

January-February 1994 January 1995, September 1995 - January 1996  122          

and May 1996.                                                                   

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                                   Dallas P. Morlan                124          

                                   Registered Surveyor No. 6540    125          

      Parcel Number 2, a parcel known as Tract No. 410-2:          128          

      Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of   130          

Columbus, and bounded and described as follows:                    131          

      Being a part of the Scioto River adjacent to Survey No.      133          

1393, Virginia Military Survey District, and adjacent to tracts    135          

conveyed to Thomas A. Nastoff as described in Official Record      136          

18150 D18 and The Board of County Commissioners of Franklin        137          

County, Ohio as described in Deed Book 1312 Page 289 and Deed                   

Book 1680 Page 580, all References being to the Recorder's         138          

Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly         139          

described as follows:                                                           

      Beginning at a point on the northerly line of the Thomas A.  141          

Nastoff tract described in Official Record 18150 D18, and being    142          

239.68 feet right of Souder Avenue Extension center line station   143          

16+20.32 as shown on right-of-way plans FRA - SOUDER AVE.          144          

EXTENSION (FORMERLY FRA - 670 - 1.25, A-3), designated corner      145          

410-1-1, and being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of the tract        146          

herein described;                                                               

      thence, leaving the southerly bank of the Scioto River and   148          

the northerly line of said Thomas A. Nastoff property, North       149          

53°20'18" East, a distance of 1.66 feet (1.662 feet grid) to a     150          

point in the Scioto River, designated corner COE 585;              151          

      thence, South 40°52'51" East, a distance of 157.59 feet      153          

(157.580 feet grid) to a point, designated corner COE 586;         154          

      thence, South 62°59'31" East, a distance of 175.95 feet      156          

(175.942 feet grid) to a point, designated corner COE 1291;        157          

      thence, South 84°06'21" East, a distance of 150.82 feet      159          

(150.808 feet grid) to a point, designated corner COE 1341;        160          

      thence, North 78°48'19" East, a distance of 364.74 feet      162          

(364.717 feet grid) to a point, designated corner COE 1340;        163          

      thence, North 84°07'14" East, a distance of 410.37 feet      165          

(410.351 feet grid) to a point, designated corner COE 1327;        166          

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      thence, North 75°38'34" East, a distance of 219.68 feet      168          

(219.665 feet grid) to a point at the southerly edge of water of   169          

the Scioto River and on the northerly line of the Board of County  170          

Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio property, described in Deed   171          

Book 1680 Page 580, designated corner 410-2-1;                                  

      thence, with the southerly edge of water of the Scioto       173          

River and the northerly line of said Board of County               174          

Commissioners property, South 68°53'49" West, a distance of 43.70  175          

feet (43.693 feet grid) to a point, designated corner 402-1-2;     176          

      thence, continuing with the southerly edge of water of the   178          

Scioto River and the northerly line of said Board of County        179          

Commissioners property, South 71°46'40" West, a distance of        180          

349.03 feet (349.018 feet grid) to a point, designated corner      181          

402-1-1;                                                                        

      thence, continuing with the southerly edge of water of the   183          

Scioto River and the northerly line of said Board of county        184          

Commissioners property, South 76°29'24" West, a distance of        185          

173.20 feet (173.194 feet grid) to a point, designated corner      186          

406-2-3, also being on the northeasterly corner of the State of    187          

Ohio property, Parcel 239WR, conveyed by Deed Book 3535 Page 678;               

      thence, with the southerly edge of water of the Scioto       189          

River and the northerly line of said State of Ohio Parcel 239WR,   190          

South 81°19'17" West, a distance of 48.69 feet (48.692 feet grid)  191          

to a point, designated corner 406-2-2, also being the              192          

northwesterly corner of said State of Ohio Parcel 239WR;                        

      thence, with the southerly edge of water of the Scioto       194          

River and crossing the current and proposed alignment of State     195          

Route 315, South 68°07'41" West, a distance of 112.26 feet         196          

(112.253 feet grid) to a point, designated corner 410-2-2;         197          

      thence, with the southerly edge of water of the Scioto       199          

River, South 78°23'19" West, a distance of 263.41 feet (263.392    200          

feet grid) to a point, designated corner 410-2-3;                  201          

      thence, with the southerly edge of water of the Scioto       203          

River, North 73°31'37" West, a distance of 155.95 feet (155.943    204          

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feet grid) to a point, designated corner 410-2-4;                  205          

      thence, with the southerly edge of water of the Scioto       207          

River, North 53°31'47" West, a distance of 132.23 feet (132.224    208          

feet grid) to a point, being the eastern most corner of the        209          

Thomas A. Nastoff property described in Official Record 18150      210          

D18, designated corner 400-7                                                    

      thence, with the northerly line of said Thomas A. Nastoff    212          

property, North 52°02'27" West, a distance of 124.14 feet          213          

(124.130 feet grid) to a point, designated corner 400-6;           214          

      thence, continuing with the northerly line of said Thomas    216          

A. Nastoff property, North 36°39'42" West, a distance of 142.83    217          

feet (142.820 feet grid) to the point of beginning, CONTAINING     218          

1.829 ACRES.                                                                    

      The preceding description is subject to all legal            220          

right-of-ways and easements of record.                             221          

      Bearings, distances and coordinates are based on the Ohio    223          

State Plane Coordinate System, NAD 1927, South Zone (Page's Ohio   224          

Revised Code, Sec. 157.01 to 157.07 inclusive), Grid factor used   225          

to reduce distances for this description is 0.9999514.  True       226          

North bears 00°21'00" West of Grid North.                                       

      A plat of survey of the tract described is on file with the  228          

Real Estate Office, City of Columbus, Ohio, and the Survey         229          

Section of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio River Division,  230          

Huntington District, Huntington, West Virginia.                    231          

      This description is based on an actual field survey          233          

performed by Dodson-Lindblom Associates, Inc. in June 1991,        234          

January-February 1994 January 1995, September 1995 - January 1996  235          

and May 1996.                                                                   

                                   Dallas P. Morlan                237          

                                   Registered Surveyor No. 6540    238          

      Section 2.  Consideration for conveyance of the real estate  241          

is the mutual benefit accruing to the state and the City of        242          

Columbus by the construction of the West Columbus Local            243          

Protection Project, aka the Franklinton Floodwall.                 244          

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      Section 3.  Within one year after the effective date of      246          

this act, the Auditor of State, with the assistance of the         247          

Attorney General, shall prepare a deed to the real estate.  The    248          

deed shall state the consideration.  The deed shall be executed    249          

by the Governor in the name of the state, countersigned by the     250          

Secretary of State, sealed with the Great Seal of the State,       251          

presented in the Office of the Auditor of State for recording,     252          

and delivered to the grantee.  The grantee shall present the deed  254          

for recording in the Office of the Franklin County Recorder.       255          

      Section 4.  The grantee shall pay the costs of the           257          

conveyance.                                                                     

      Section 5.  The Governor is hereby authorized to execute     259          

additional deeds in the name of the state conveying to the City    260          

of Columbus and its successors and assigns all of the state's      261          

right, title, and interest in any additional parcels of real       262          

estate that would change or broaden the parcels described in                    

Section 1 of this act and that are necessary to complete           263          

construction of the West Columbus Local Protection Project, aka    264          

the Franklinton Floodwall.  As consideration for the conveyance    265          

of additional parcels pursuant to this section, the Governor may   266          

require the reconveyance of any or all of the real estate          267          

conveyed pursuant to Section 1 of this act that the City does not  268          

require to complete the project.  Any conveyance made pursuant to  269          

this section shall be prepared and executed in accordance with     270          

the procedures set forth in Section 3 of this act.  The grantee    271          

shall pay the costs of any conveyance made pursuant to this                     

section.                                                                        

      Section 6.  This act expires one year after its effective    273          

date.                                                                           

      Section 7.  This act is hereby declared to be an emergency   275          

measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public     276          

peace, health, and safety.  The reason for the necessity is that   277          

the City of Columbus must have the land by January 1997, to        278          

commence construction of the next phase of the West Columbus       279          

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Local Protection Project, aka the Franklinton Floodwall.           281          

Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.