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Crystai Bmy Romi LMs imi/03 Vpdau Page 4 Eassjbic Options for Future Use of Four City a variety of possible options should be considered for ultimate disposition or public use of the four tax parcels. Location factors that make these lots unique and add to the potential for possible enhanced public uses include: > adjacency to the shoreline adjacency to a 66' City road right-of-way that extends to the lake adjacency to a City-owned 20' right-of-way that connects to the Dakota Rail future regional trail corridor location in the Navarre area with many non-lakeshore homes within walking distance only 3 blocks to the Navarre Park Other unique aspects of these parcels include: three of the 4 properties across the road are underutilized in terms of residential use, with building values of $2S,000 or less; the primary value of those lots has been in their proximity to the lake, and without lakeshore rights, their market values may be significantly reduced; the extent of such reduction is difficult to determine, but the land value might be reduced by perhaps 1/3 according to the City Assessor. a culvert under the Dakota rail line had long been causing a neighborhood drainage problem for these lots, as it outletted in their back yards and did not have a specified channel to the lake. This drainage situation was improved via a City project within the last year. The fact that there may be a number of off-lake parties with “bathing and boating rights” over the City parcels might tend to make some use options more complicated. Options for possible long-t use that could be explored might include the following:erm I. Do nothing, let the four lot owners across the road continue to put docks on City property Deal with rental slip situations as a separate issue. 2. Require removal of the docks from the 4 City parcels. This has potential to result in a costly legal battle since the property values will decrease significantly as soon as lake access is denied. 3.Sell each parcel to its opposite off-lake landowner (Question for City Attorney: Can the City selUhis property) owner deal with the consequences of the potential multiple 4. 5. Lease the individual lots to the respective four owners for unlimited lakeshnw access. Lease the individual lots to the respective four owners for limited lakeshore access, perttaps limiting the number and ownership of boats stored on the site. 6.Lease the lots as a group to an association of the four, to have one joint use dock on the property subject to an annual joint use dock license with limits on the number and ownership of boats stored. Such a dock might be located to allow access for the possible off-lake holders of “bathing and boating ” easement rights. wrrarracflm