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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION airy <br />DATE: February <br />ITEM NO: ^ 6 <br />Department Approval: <br />Name Ron Moorse <br />Title City Administrator <br />Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: <br />City Administrator’s <br />Report <br />Item Description: <br />Reconsideration - Tax Forfeit Property <br />I have attached a memo from John Gerhardson updating the status of the tax forfeit property the <br />Council had indicated they wanted to pursue for park use. The former owner of the property <br />has applied to redeem or repurchase the property. Although the City can continue to pursue its <br />claim to the property, the Council may want to reconsider its position based on this new <br />situation in which the former owner is now in a position to repurchase the property. <br />When the property was simply available and the property owner was going to lose the property <br />whether the City made a claim to it or not, it made sense for the City to pursue the property. <br />Now that the owner is in a position to redeem tlie property, the City’s pursuit of the property <br />would be a significant hardship on the property owner. It is staffs recommendation that the <br />City should not pursue the property for park land at the expense of the former property owner <br />who, in the absence of the City’s claim, would be in a position to redeem the property. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to indicate the Council ’s position on continuing to pursue the tax forfeit property.