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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 15, 2004 C/C Minutes Meridian City Council June 15, 2004 Page 18of74 De Weerd: Okay. So, the applicant is in agreement with the conditions for the final plat and unless you have any questions for him, I think he's just fine sitting back there. Okay. Do I have a motion? Wardle: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Wardle. Wardle: I move that we approve FP 04-032, final plat for Roseleaf Subdivision. Bird: Second. De Weerd: Okay. It's been moved and seconded to approve Item No.8. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. Do I need roll call vote? Bird: Yes, you do. I'm sorry. Mr. Berg, will you call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Wardle, yea; Nary, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 9: Discussion of Sale of Property at Public Auction Resolution: De Weerd: Okay. Item No.9 is discussion of sale of property at public auction resolution. I would ask our attorney to comment on this. Nichols: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, this is a small lot that the public works department originally obtained, I believe, to put in a water pressure booster station. It was subsequently not needed. Since it's not needed, the subject of selling it, so they don't have to worry about weed control and that sort of thing, has come up. The first step for the Council is to assign a minimum declared value to that parcel. Public works department has given you an estimate of what they think the parcel is worth according to some discussions with the assessor's office and so it's up to the Council to determine what the minimum declared value is. There will, then, be a public auction. If the parcel -- if someone bids the minimum declared value or more, the parcel is sold. If the only bid is received or if there are no bids that are received, if the bids that are received are less than the minimum declared value, then, the city is free to negotiate with a willing buyer at a price that may be less than the minimum declared value. De Weerd: Thank you, Mr. Nichols. Any questions from Council? Okay. Is there any suggestions on value? There is a suggestion in front of you for a range. Mr. Nichols, did we not have a suggested -- Nichols: Just a minute, Madam Mayor. Watson: Madam Mayor? Meridian City Council June 15, 2004 Page 19 of 74 De Weerd: Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Watson. Watson: Bruce Freckleton in our department provided an interoffice memo to the Mayor and Council on May 24th. It doesn't appear that ifs in tonight's packet. And that memo contains the suggested minimum value range. I can repeat those -- all that information if you'd like. De Weerd: Yes, please. Watson: Bruce Freckleton spoke with Dan Curtis at the Ada County Assessor's Office. Apparently, Mr. Curtis told Bruce that an estimated value of that lot was 7,000 to 9,000 dollars. Just to follow up or qualify that, that's based on the added value to -- if it was added to the adjacent lot, rather than if it was sold as an independent parcel. De Weerd: 50, if it was sold as an independent parcel, it certainly wouldn't have that kind of value. Watson: It would be non -- it's nonbuildable. De Weerd: Yes. It would -- so, that's the discussion in front of Council? Okay. 50, Council, what direction do you want to go with this? Rountree: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Rountree. Rountree: Not having any sage advise on this particular thing in terms of how to assess a minimum value on a non-build-able lot, but I would suggest that we start and consider something on the order of half of the minimum value as it might be of value to the adjacent property, which would be about 3,500 dollars, as a point of discussion. De Weerd: Okay. Is there any comments regarding that suggestion? Nary: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Nary. Nary: Unfortunately, I think we are all going to be shooting in the dark here. I think - I mean I recognize that the minimum value as a non-build-able lot is probably pretty small. I guess our charge is is to make sure the public is getting the value of this property. My recollection was when we discussed this before, Brad, was this lot donated or did the city purchase it? And I just don't recall. Watson: Councilmember Nary, my recollection is that it was donated as part of the plat from the developer. . Meridian City Council June 15, 2004 Page 20 of 74 Nary: Okay. So, the taxpayers didn't expend any funds to buy it in the first place. Watson: No, they did not. Nary: Okay. And didn't pay any money to get it appraised, so I guess Councilmember Rountree's is probably as fair as anything. It seems reasonable to me. We didn't pay for it, so I recognize that likely the best likely buyer is going to be the neighbor and that seems like a reasonable amount as a minimum value is somewhere in that range. Bird: I would agree. Rountree: I have a coin to flip. De Weerd: That's all right. That's democracy. Okay. Do we have a motion to declare a value? Rountree: I move, Madam Mayor, that we declare a minimum value for the surplus property at 3,500 dollars. Bird: Second. De Weerd: Okay. It's been moved and seconded to value the minimum on this piece of property at 3,500. Does this need to be done by roll call, Mr. Attorney? Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Wardle, yea; Nary, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 10: Continued Public Hearing from June 8, 2004: Development Block Grant for Louisiana Pacific: Idaho Community De Weerd: Okay. Item No.1 0 is a continued Public Hearing from June 8th on the Idaho - I'm sorry. Nichols: Madam Mayor, I'm -- excuse me. Madam Mayor, the next -- you need to set a Public Hearing date on the sale of this parcel at that minimum declared value. So, Mr. Clerk can supply you with the appropriate date for that hearing. De Weerd: And what are the noticing -- Nary: Madam Mayor? So, that we have enough time to make sure noticing - and right now we are looking at potentially not having a meeting on the 29th of June, could we -- I guess I move that we scheduled the Public Hearing on this property and the resolution for July 13th, 2004.