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, to authorize the conveyance of state-owned real estate in Franklin County to WMAE Realty, LLC, in exchange for the conveyance of specified real estate to the state, 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 Section 10 of 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.

Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, being Lots Nos. Nine (9) through Seventeen (17), inclusive, in William A. Neil's Scioto Addition to the City of Columbus as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 5, Page 95, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio.

(B) Consideration for the conveyance of the real estate described in division (A) of this section is the conveyance of the following described real estate to the state (Department of Rehabilitation and Correction) and its successors and assigns:

Tract 1

Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, being located in George W. Sinks Subdivision of the south part of Lot No. 11 of the partition of Wm. S. Sullivants Estate, as the same is shown in Plat Book 5, Page 198, and being part of that tract of land as conveyed to Theodora A. Werner, by deed of record in Deed Book 2784, Page 254, all references being to records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point in the southerly right-of-way line of McKinley Avenue at the northeasterly corner of said Theodora A. Werner tract, said point being located North 87°00'00" West, a distance of 356.56 feet from an iron pin where the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue intersects the westerly right-of-way line of Yale Avenue;

thence South 2°59'00" West, with the easterly line of said Theodora A. Werner tract, also being the westerly line of the original 1.966 acre tract as conveyed to John E. Werner, by deed of record in Deed Book 3700, Page 865, a distance of 110.00 feet to an iron pin;

thence North 87°00'00" West, parallel with the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue, a distance of 39.00 feet to an iron pin;

thence North 2°59'00" East, a distance of 110.00 feet to a P.K. Nail in the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue;

thence South 87°00'00" East, with the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue, a distance of 39.00 feet to the place of beginning, containing 0.098 acre of land, more or less.

Subject, however, to all legal rights-of-way and/or easements of previous record.

Tract 2

Situated in the State of Ohio, in the County of Franklin, and in the City of Columbus:

Being located in George W. Sinks Subdivision of the south part of Lot No. 11 of the partition of Wm. S. Sullivants Estate, as the same is shown in Plat Book 5, page 198, and being part of that tract of land as conveyed to Oscar L. Thomas, Incorporated, by deed of record in Deed Book 3198, page 86, all references being to records of the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at an iron pin where the southerly right-of-way line of McKinley Avenue intersects the westerly right-of-way line of Yale Avenue, said iron pin also being the northeasterly corner of said Oscar L. Thomas tract;

thence south 2°52'24" West, with the westerly right-of-way line of said Yale Avenue, a distance of 239.97 feet to an iron pin;

thence North 87°00'00" West, (parallel with the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue), a distance of 357.02 feet to an iron pin in the easterly line of the 0.147 acre tract as conveyed to Theodora A. Werner, by deed of record in Deed Book 2784, page 254;

thence North 2°59'00" East, with the easterly line of said 0.147 acre tract, a distance of 239.97 feet to an iron pin in the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue;

thence South 87°00'00" East, with the southerly right-of-way line of said McKinley Avenue, a distance of 356.56 feet to the place of beginning, containing 1.966 acres of land, more or less.

Subject, however, to all legal rights-of-way and/or easements of previous record.

(C) Acceptance of the consideration described in division (B) of this section by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is subject to the determination of the Director of Rehabilitation and Correction that the structure situated on the real estate is suitable for use by the Department for the same purpose as the structure situated on the state-owned real estate described in division (A) of this section.

(D) Upon the conveyance to the state of the real estate described in division (B) of this section, the Auditor of State, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall prepare a deed to the real estate. The deed shall state the consideration and shall include the most current legal description of the real estate described in division (A) of this section. The deed shall be executed by the Governor in the name of the state, countersigned by the Secretary of State, sealed with the Great Seal of the State, presented in the Office of the Auditor of State for recording, and delivered to WMAE Realty, LLC. WMAE Realty, LLC, shall present the deed for recording in the Office of the Franklin County Recorder.

(E) WMAE Realty, LLC, shall pay all costs of the conveyance of the real estate described in division (A) of this section.