Council Communication

Approval of a Land Partition Plat and Creation of a Deed Restriction in Preparation of the Sale of City Owned Property at Strawberry Lane and Westwood Street
Meeting Date:	September 7, 2004		Primary Staff Contact:	Paula Brown, 552-2411 brownp@ashland.or.us
Department:	Public Works		Secondary Staff Contact:	Jim Olson, 552-2090 olsonj@ashland.or.us
Contributing Departments:	Legal, Comm Dev
Approval:	Gino Grimaldi

Statement: Early in 2003, the Council approved the sale of certain surplus properties including the 2-acre parcel located at the intersection of Strawberry Lane and Westwood Street. It was determined that the property would be divided into three parcels to be sold individually. The partition of the 2-acre parcel at Strawberry Lane and Westwood Street was authorized by the Planning Commission under Planning Action No. 2004-031 and a partition survey was commissioned to create the three lots (see attached partition plat). The Mayor must sign the plat prior to recording the land partition. A deed restriction was requested by the neighbors to further ensure conformance with neighborhood development and construction standards and would be appended to any future land sale contract. This deed restriction also requires the Mayor's signature.
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Background: The City acquired the property currently being divided in 1987 from Harold Gentry for $90,000. That purchase included two platted parcels totaling 11.66 acres. The two original purchase parcels are shown on the attached Original Purchased Property Map as Parcel No. 3 and Parcel No. 2. The larger of the two properties ("Parcel 3") at 9.57 acres, was dedicated for park purposes in 1990 under Resolution 90-02. The remaining 2.09 acre property, Parcel No. 2, was held by the City for future development. It is this smaller parcel that is being partitioned at this time. Under the Strawberry Lane Local Improvement District, which was completed this spring, adjacent streets were paved, sidewalks installed and storm drain utilities improved. The Council had previously declared this 2.09 acre property as surplus and approved its ultimate division and sale of the parcels. The Planning Commission heard the matter of the land division on May 11, 2004. Planning Action No. 2004-031 resulted in an approval to divide the land into three parcels. The two parcels with frontage on Strawberry Lane were approved with 0.5 acre areas, while the northerly parcel with frontage on Westwood Street was proposed at over one acre to ensure that the lot is of adequate size to be partitioned further at a future date.
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Related City Policies: Ashland Municipal Code
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Council Options: The Council has two viable options: 1. Approve the land partition and deed restriction for the Mayor's signature. 2. Rescind the prior declaration of surplus property and table approval of the land partition, deed restriction and property sale.
Staff Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt a motion to approve the attached land partition plat and the attached deed restriction, with consideration that the survey and LID costs and a proportionate cost of the original land purchase costs would be reimbursed to the appropriate funds upon sale of the properties.
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Potential Motions: Adopt a motion to approve the attached land partition plat and the attached deed restriction for the Mayor's signature. Further adopt a motion to sell the properties and reimburse City funds for prior costs.
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Attachments: • • • • Vicinity Map Original Purchased Property Map Reduced Copy of Partition Plat Deed Restriction

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