To authorize the conveyance of state-owned real estate located in Lorain County to Robert E. and Corrine E. Peak, to authorize the conveyance of approximately 6.863 acres of state-owned real estate in Wayne County to the Village of Apple Creek, to authorize the Department of Transportation to sell unneeded property associated with the current relocation and expansion of United States Route 68 in Champaign County to the previous owner of the unneeded property or to an owner of property adjacent to the unneeded property at fair market value, either as a direct sale or as consideration for additional property to be acquired, and to declare an emergency.

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

Situated in the City of Avon, Avon Township, Lorain County, Ohio and in Section 15, Town 7N, Range 16-W and further described as follows:

Beginning at a P. K. nail found at the intersection of Garden Drive and State Route 254; thence North 59° 57' 28" East a distance of 1177.16 feet along the centerline of State Route 254 to a Mag nail set; thence South 30° 02' 32" East a distance of 45.00 feet to a 5/8" rebar with O. D. O. T. survey cap set on the westerly line of land owned by the State of Ohio as recorded in D. V. 966, page 577 of the Lorain County Deed Records, said 5/8" rebar with O. D. O. T. survey cap being the Principal Place of Beginning;

1. Thence North 59° 57' 28" East a distance of 58.96 feet through said State of Ohio land to a 5/8" rebar with O. D. O. T. cap set on the westerly line of land owned by R. E. and C. E. Peak as recorded in volume 932, Pages 115 - 117 of the Lorain County Deed Records;

2. Thence South 30° 02' 32" East a distance of 187.39 feet along the westerly line of land owned by R. E. and C. E. Peak to a 5/8" rebar with O. D. O. T. cap set;

3. Thence South 59° 57' 28" West a distance of 58.96 feet along the southerly line of said State of Ohio land to a 1" dia. pipe found;

4. Thence North 30° 02' 32" West a distance of 187.39 feet along the westerly line of said State of Ohio land to the Principal Place of Beginning, containing 0.2536 acres.

This description was prepared under the supervision of William Lee Spencer, P. S. 6561 from a survey made by the Ohio Department of Transportation District Three in January of 2000.

Part of Lorain County Permanent Parcel Number 04-00-015-109-035

Being situated in the State of Ohio, County of Wayne, Township of East Union, Range 12 West, Township 16 North, Southeast Quarter of Section 20, presently in the name of State of Ohio as recorded in the Wayne County Records of Deeds Volume 207, page 228, and more fully described as follows:

Commencing for reference at a railroad spike set marking the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of Section 20 and in the center line of Apple Creek Road - C.R. 44;

1.	Along the east line of said quarter Section and said center line S 00°57'10" W 200.00 feet to a railroad spike set and the true place of beginning;
2.	Continuing along said lines S 00°57'10" W 460.00 feet to a railroad spike set;

Thence courses 3 through 5 subdividing land presently in the name of State of Ohio (V. 207, P. 228):

3.	S 88°16'34" W 650.63 feet to a point referenced by an iron pin found N 81°28'59" W 0.20 feet and passing through an iron pin set at 30.03 feet;
4.	N 00°57'10" E 460.00 feet to a point referenced by an iron pin found N 28°03'36" W 0.12 feet;
5.	N 88°16'34" E 650.63 feet to the true place of beginning and passing through an iron pin found at 620.54 feet.

This survey contains 6.863 acres.

This survey is subject to all easements of record, its bearings are established from Survey "JJ"-200 and are to denote angular measurement only, and is a description of a field survey completed by Jim Shamp, Reg. Sur. No. S-6088, dated March 25, 1998. Iron pins set are 5/8" x 30" iron re-bars with plastic I.D. caps. Iron pins found are 5/8" re-bar unless otherwise noted.

(B) The sanitary sewer use agreement to be executed by the Village of Apple Creek and the State of Ohio shall provide for an exchange of services and cash in accordance with all terms and conditions set forth in Article 1 of the Offer to Purchase Real Estate that was made by the Village of Apple Creek on February 22, 2000, and that was accepted by the Director of Administrative Services on February 28, 2000, and concurred in by the Director of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Such terms and conditions shall be expressly stated in the sanitary sewer use agreement, including the term of twenty years as described in Article 1(a) of the Offer to Purchase Real Estate and the capital investment by the Village of Apple Creek of one hundred thousand dollars into a separate sewer maintenance fund as described in Article 1(i) of the Offer to Purchase Real Estate. The General Assembly finds that the estimated value accruing to the State of Ohio from the conveyance of the real estate under this act and the terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase Real Estate is between 1.5 and 1.6 million dollars. The General Assembly also finds that the appraised value of the real estate described in Section 1 of this act is 1.595 million dollars.

(B) The Director shall determine whether real property previously acquired for the project is no longer required for highway purposes and shall have any such property appraised by a Department prequalified appraiser. Following the determination and appraisal, the Director may do either of the following:

(1) Sell the unneeded property to the previous owner of the unneeded property or to an owner of property adjacent to the unneeded property for the full fair market value as determined by the appraisals;

(2) Convey the unneeded property to the previous owner of the unneeded property or to an owner of property adjacent to the unneeded property as full or partial consideration for other property to be acquired from the property owner in connection with the United States Route 68 project for the full fair market value of the unneeded property as determined by the appraisals.

(C) The deed to the purchaser of land under this act shall be prepared by the Auditor of State, executed by the Governor, countersigned by the Secretary of State, and shall bear the Great Seal of the State.

(D) The authority granted in section 10 of this act expires one year after completion of the particular relocation and expansion project involving United States Route 68 underway on the effective date of this act.

(E) This section does not prevent the Director from acquiring and disposing of real property associated with the United States Route 68 project in accordance with sections 5501.32, 5501.34, 5501.37, and 5501.45 of the Revised Code.