HomeMy WebLinkAbout96-016Resolution No. 9~-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
TOWNSEND SETTING A HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER PUBLIC
PROPERTY (REAL ESTATE) SHOULD BE SOLD AS SURPLUS PROPERTY
The City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, docs 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
WHEREAS, the adjacent property owner, Mr. Mark Saran, had previously petitioned the
street 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 stree0; 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, the City may not need the' entire street area described herein, and after public
heating may choose to sell a portion of the street area to Mr. Saran; and
WItEREAS, the City intends to determine whether the real property is surplus to the City's
needs, and to set a fair market value for sale,
NOW, TIIEREFO~, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council for the City of Port
Townsend that a public hearing shall be held on the 20 of ~v~r')/
1996,
to
determine whether all or a portion of the above-described street right-of-way is'surplus to the City' s
needs and may be sold. The sale of the property shall be for fair market value, paid in full upon
closing of the transaction.
ADOPTEI) by the ~City Council of the City .of Port Townsend and signed by the Mayor on
this ~ day of .?aJkt~ , 1996.
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01/30/96 CA §Res\Saran.doc} [95-004]
Julie M~fllloch, Ma'yo~' "' --
imo y~/~an, City Attorney