Proposal shared for waterline transfer at Shelby industrial park
By David Jacobs
A 540-foot section of cast iron waterline on Curtis Drive in the Central Ohio Industrial Park may soon shift to city control, following a recent property transaction involving the former Dunlop Tire facility.
The 10-inch line runs along the east side of Building 31 and is currently maintained by the industrial park. City officials were briefed on the proposed transfer during the most recent council meeting.
“This section of waterline is on Curtis Drive,” Councilman-at-large Steve McLaughlin told colleagues. “It’s on the east side of Building 31, which is the former Dunlop Tire. It’s approximately 540 feet in length. It’s a 10-inch cast iron waterline.”
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McLaughlin, chairman of the council’s Utilities and Streets Committee, cited a report by Shelby Municipal Utilities Director John Ensman, also the city’s deputy public service director.
The city of Shelby owns/maintains the waterline on Curtis Drive up to Building 31, the report shows.
McLaughlin explained that the waterline assignment is connected to a real estate transaction that separated ownership of Building 30 from the rest of the industrial park.
“To remedy the waterline ownership to support water distribution to Building 30 and 31, the COIP management is in favor of the city taking ownership of the waterline in front of Building 31,” McLaughlin said March 17.
He added that the city is “currently working with the law director to write legislation to authorize the mayor to accept the assignment to the section of the waterline.”
A professional surveyor is drafting the legal description for an easement area for the waterline, Ensman's report shows.
Shelby's Division of Water Distribution "is desirous of obtaining a section of waterline," the report shows.
No further action was taken at the meeting.