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Home My WebLink About2003-170 Jurisdictional Transfer - Green Springs HwyO-r gon Department of Transportation Theodore R. Kulongoski, Governor August12,2003 ATTN: PAULA BROWN DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY OF ASHLAND 20 E MAIN STREET ASHLAND OR 97520 CITY Ob,;,: ,__ ~ D I Right of Way Section 355 Capitol Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301-3871 Telephone (503) 986-3600 FAX (503) 986-3625 File Code: Re: Jurisdictional Transfer No. 707 Rogue Valley Hwy. 63 to UPRR Overcrossing (MP 0.00 to 0.73) Section Green Springs Highway (State Hwy. No. 21) City of Ashland Enclosed for your records is a copy of the recorded Jurisdictional Transfer No. 707, from the State to the City of Ashland. This Jurisdictional Transfer Document provides for the transfer of a portion of the Green Springs Highway, in accordance with Jurisdictional Transfer Agreement No. 707. If you need a copy of said Agreement, please let me know. This Jurisdictional Transfer Document was recorded in Jackson County on June 18, 2003. If you need to obtain permits, plans, or other information, please contact our District office at 541-774-6355. Thank you for your assistance in the completion of this jurisdictional transfer. Jurisdictional Transfer Coordinator ODOT Right of Way Section (503) 986-3646 cc: Elizabeth Stacey, Region 3 Paul Mather, Region Manager John Vial, District 8 Gary Taylor, Region R/W Supervisor Transportation Data Scott Morrison, R/W Engineering R/W Sign Program Traffic Management Form 734 2557 (1-03) 03 39567 Jurisdictional Transfer No. 707 JURISDICTIONAL TRANSFER DOCUMENT Rogue Valley Hwy. 63 to UPRR Overcrossing (MP 0.00 to MP 0.73) Section / Green Springs Highway (State Highway No. 2'1) City of Ashland Pursuant to ORS 373.010, the Oregon Transportation Commission is authorized and directed, whenever the route of any state highway passes through the corporate limits of any city, to select or designate the streets of the city over which the state highway shall be routed, or change such routing when in its opinion the interests of the motoring public will be better served. Pursuant to ORS Chapters 366.395 and 373.015, the State may transfer its interest to any of its property not needed by it for highway purposes to any other governmental body or political subdivision within the State of Oregon, subject to such restrictions, if any, imposed by deed or other legal instrument or otherwise imposed by State. Pursuant to ORS 190.110 and ORS 366.775, the State may enter into any agreement with any city for the relocation of any highway. The Rogue Valley Hwy. 63 to UPRR Overcrossing (MP 0.00 to MP 0.73) section of the Green Spdngs Highway is no longer needed for state highway purposes and has been eliminated by departmental resolution as a portion of the Green Springs Highway. The segment eliminated from the highway is designated as Unit 1, as more fully described below, and as shown on the map attached hereto marked Exhibit A and by this reference made a part hereof. Unit 1 is needed for the service of persons living thereon or for a community served thereby. The City of Ashland and the Oregon Transportation Commission entered into an agreement on December 13, 2002, relating to the elimination, disposition, maintenance and repair of Unit 1. Said agreement provides that the Oregon Transportation Commission shall, by resolution, RETURN TO OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT OF WAY SECTION 355 CAPITOL STREET NE, ROOM 420 SALEM OR 97301-3871 Jurisdictional Transfer 5/5/03 1 Jurisdictional Transfer No. 707 formally eliminate Unit 1 as a portion of the Green Springs Highway and the state highway system; that all right, title, and interest of the State of Oregon in Unit 1 shall be conveyed to the City; and that the Unit shall be maintained by the City as a portion of its city street system as long as needed for the service of persons living thereon or for a community served thereby. THEREFOREd,'IT HAS BEEN RESOLVED BY THE OREGON TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Rogue Valley Hwy. 63 to UPRR Overcrossing (MP 0.00 to MP 0.73) section of the Green Spdngs Highway, State Highway No. 21, in Jackson County, Oregon, is no longer needed by the State of Oregon as a portion of the state highway system. Saidportion hereinafter referred to as Unit 1 has been duly eliminated as a portion of the Green Springs Highway and the state highway system. All right, title, and interest of the State of Oregon in Unit I hereby passes to and vests in the City of Ashland as a portion of its city street system as long as needed for the service of persons living thereon or a community served thereby. Any right-of-way being conveyed in which state has any title shall be vested in City only so long as used for public road purposes. If said right-of-way is no longer used for public road purposes, it shall automatically revert to State. Unit 1 is described as follows: Unit 1 All land within the right-of-way boundaries of the Green Springs Highway No. 21 as presently located from approximately MP 0.00 opposite the intersection of Rogue Valley Highway No. 63 (OR 99) easterly to MP 0.73 located at the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) overcrossing, Bridge No. 0406A. Sections 10, 11, 14 and 15, Township 39 South, Range 1 East, Willamette Meridian; Jackson County, Oregon. The property above described is transferred subject to the rights of any utilities located within said property and further subject to the rights of the owners of said existing facilities if any there be, to operate; reconstruct, and maintain their utility facilities presently located within said property. State shall retain any and all access rights in Unit 1 previously acquired by State. Under the authority delegated by the Oregon Transportation Commission to the Director in Delegation Order No. 2 dated February 13, 2002, the Resolution Eliminating a Section of Highway from the State Highway System and Minor Amendment to the Oregon Highway Plan for Jurisdictional Transfer No. 707 was approved on April 9, 2003. Jurisdictional Transfer 5/5/03 2 Jurisdictional Transfer No. 707 The Oregon Transportation Commission, by a duly adopted Delegation Order #3, dated March 18, 1999, and Sub-delegation Order #-4, dated March 18, 1999, and Letter of Authority paragraph #13, dated January 18, 1999, authorize the Right of Way Manager to sign this Jurisdictional Transfer Document for and on behalf of the Commission. Oeo~hda 13. Jones, Right of°~rgay Manager STAT~: OF OREGON, County of Marion Dated ~-[7 , 20~5'. Persona~ly appeared Deolinda G. Jones, who boin~ sworn, stated that she i~ the Right of Way Manager for the 8tare of Ore,on, Depadment of lmnspodation, and that this document accurately reflects action taken by tho Om~on Tmnspo~ation Commission. Before I ~ OFFICIALS~L I Nota~ Public for O~gon~ I ~ MICHAEL F. ZDROY My Commission expires I ~ NOT~Y PUBUC-OREGON I ~ COMMISSDN N0. 359947 ~ MY COMMISSION ~PIRES JULY 31, 2006 Accepted on behalf of the City of Ashland Jurisdictional Transfer 5/5/03 ~3 395G? Jackson County, Oregon OFFICIAL RECORDS JUN ][ 8 2O03 0 0 '.L~ ] i! ~b'~d ] CLERK -- D ' 0 ~0~0 ' oum o~ ~_ · ~