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r <br />COUNCIL MEETING <br />OCT 13 1997 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITYOFORONO <br />DATE: October 10, 1997 <br />ITEM NO.a t <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator’s Report <br />Item Description: Proposal Regarding the Disposition of Tax Forfeited Property at 1960 <br />Shoreline Drive <br />The property at 1960 Shoreline Drive was acquired by the State through tax forfeiture and is now <br />going to be made available by the County through its tax forfeit property disposition process. As <br />part of this process, the City has the option of acquiring the property for a public purpose, releasing <br />it for sale to adjacent property owners to be combined with an existing lot, or releasing it for a public <br />sale. <br />The property is 80 feet by 139 feet, and is a comer lot fronting on both County Road 15 and Spates <br />Avenue. It is located directly across County Road 15 from Sailors World Marina. The property was <br />formerly used for boat sales and has an existing commercial-type building. The commercial use of <br />the property has been discontinued and the property can now only be used for residential uses. There <br />is underground contamination on the site from a petroleum leak that occurred as part of a former <br />use. When the property was first tax forfeited, the City requested that the County delay disposition <br />of the property until the petroleum contamination was cleaned up. The County has been working <br />to clean up the contamination. <br />The City has indicated to the County that the property cannot be used for a commercial use. <br />The County has recently received a proposal regarding the purchase and use of the property from <br />Mr. Crear who owns the property on Spates Avenue directly to the north of the tax forfeit property. <br />Mr. Crear proposes to purchase the property to combine it with his existing residential lot. He will <br />demolish the existing building. His proposal is subject to the petroleum contamination being cleaned <br />up. <br />The two potential options for the use of the property are to sell the property as a residential lot or to <br />combine the property with an adjacent property. Due to the small size of the lot, and the lot fronting <br />on both County Road 15 and Spates Avenue, the property would be a ver>' substandard lot.