Item Coversheet
Commission Agenda Item
 

MEETING DATE:  3/25/2019

SUBJECT:  Donation and Sale of Surplus Property: Tax Parcel 03438-002-000 and 03818-004-000

PREPARED BY:  G.B. Wilson, Director of Compliance and Risk Management

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Approve the Alachua Habit for Humanity, Inc., (Habitat) a Florida not for profit corporation, request that the City donate vacant Tax Parcel 03438-002-000 to Habitat to support its mission to provide affordable housing to the economically challenged, and, accept the offer of Kauai Dream LLC to purchase Tax Parcel 03818-004-000 at the Property Appraiser value of $100.00 to eliminate maintenance costs and liability exposure of the City associated with the parcel for which there is no foreseeable public purpose.

 

Summary

Donation to Habitat for Humanity Inc. (Habitat), a not for profit corporation.

 

Tax Parcel 03438-002-000 (less than quarter acre) is a vacant unimproved lot fronting  NW 137 Terr. at its intersection with NW 145th Ave. The lot is depicted and identified on the attached aerial photograph. The lot was declared surplus by the City Commission at a public meeting on Feb. 24, 2014 after being found to be of negative value due to liability, maintenance costs and no projected use for a City purpose. Habitat now formally requests the City Commission donate the property to support its, not for profit, affordable housing program.

Sale of Lot Fragment to Contiguous Owner

 

Tax Parcel 03818-004-000 (less than 400 sqft), see attached aerial, is a small piece of a larger parcel. The City owned and identified parcel was the site of a long abandoned City potable water system surface storage tank .  The empty tank was removed about 10 years ago after it was determined it served no purpose and presented a needless liability exposure. The City Commission declared the small parcel surplus on Feb. 24, 2014 and directed staff to sell or otherwise dispose of the lot. The lot has been offered to contiguous land owners since at its Property Appraiser set value of $100. No land owner was interested until the recent "parent" parcel buyer asked to buy the lot for the long standing price of $100.00.

 

The new purchaser of the parent parcel, Kauai Dream LLC, an Oregon limited liability company, refurbished the residence, cleaned the property and is advertising it for rent. The sale of the existing City surplus property will relieve the City of maintenance costs and eliminate liability exposure of an "out" parcel for which there is no projected public use.

 

 

 
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Yes
BUDGETED: No
AMOUNT:  $100.00
FUNDING SOURCE:  General Fund
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION:$100 received from Tax Parcel 03818-004-000.
 
ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Quit Claim Deed for Tax Parcel # 03438-002-000 to Habitat for Humanities
Aerial Map and Propery Record 03438-002-000
Quit Claim Deed for Tax Parcel# 03818-004-000 to Kauai Dream, LLC
Aerial Map and Property Record 03818-004-000
SIGNED
SIGNED