Commission Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  3/27/2017

SUBJECT:  Sale of Surplus Property - Parcel # 03279-000-000 & 03505-000-000

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

1) Authorize the Mayor to sign the Special Warranty Deeds to complete closing the sale of Parcels # 03279-000-000 and 03505-000-000 for a cumulative net sales price of $8,500.00.00.

Summary

On November 20, 2006 and April 7, 2014, the City Commission declared a total of twenty-three (23) parcels of City-owned real estate surplus.  The City Manager was instructed to dispose of the property in the best interest of the City.

City staff sent notification letters of intent to sell to neighboring property owners and has been contacted by the two (2) property owners, Priscilla A. Webb (Parcel # 03279-000-000) and Leroy M. Williams (Parcel #03505-000-000).  The 2016 Alachua County Property Appraiser assessed value of the parcels is $4,000.00 and $4,500.00 respectively.

Staff has been in negotiations concerning the above and other properties over the past months and has determined selling the two properties to the interested parties for the Property Appraiser value plus the buyers paying all closing costs is in the best interest of the City.