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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND DECLARING PUBLIC PROPERTY (REAL ESTATE) TO BE
SURPLUS PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SELL THE
PROPERTY AT APPRAISED VALUE
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the City owns fee title and right-of-way easement rights to the following
described real property: Reed Street from Adam Street to Taylor Street. The subject street is
located to the south of Block 25 of the Mountain View Second Addition, and to the North of
Block 12 of the Mountain View Addition to the City of Port Townsend; and
WI-IE~S, the adjacent property owner, Mr. Mark Saran, had previously petitioned the
City for an ordinance vacating the street right-of-way, but later discovered that the City owned
fee title to the street, in that the street was wholly contained within an abutting plat, and that the
City owned the abutting property (thereby also owning the fee title to the street); and
WHEREAS, RCW 35.94.040 requires that publicly owned real property may be sold as
surplus to the City's needs only after the City Council conducts a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, after duly publishing a Notice of Public Hearing, the Port Townsend City
Council conducted a public hearing at its regularly scheduled March 4, 1996 Council meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby determines that the real property is surplus to the
City's needs, and directs that fair market value be established for the sale,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council for the City of Port
Townsend as follows:
1. Fifty (50) feet of the Reed Street right-of-way, described above, abutting
the Saran property, is surplus to the City's needs. The City shall retain the ten (10) feet of the
right-of-way abutting City property. Said ten (10) feet is not surplus to the City's needs;
2. The Mayor is authorized to sign any necessary documents and deeds to sell
the property to Mark Saran, at fair market value, as determined by an appraisal prepared by a
competent appraiser;
3. The Council authorizes the Public Works Department to cooperate in the
preparation of a boundary line adjustment application to facilitate and enable the sale of the
property;
4. Proceeds from the sale shall be duly deposited in the street fund to be
reserved for future acquisition of street right-of-way.
5. If the sale of the property described herein does not close within six (6)
months from the date of this Resolution, this Resolution shall be null and void and the Council's
authorization shall be rescinded.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend and signed by the Mayor
on this 4th day of March, 1996.
Attest:
/Michael Hi[dt, Acting City Clerk
02/28/96 CA§R~s\Saranl.doc} [95-004/007]
Julie ,Mj~ulloch, Mayor
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