Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the Sale of the Piperhill/Pacific Drinking Water Utility property
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a resolution approving the sale of the Piperhill/Pacific surplus Drinking Water Utility property to Sean and Tiffany Hooper, Steven and Kathleen Hooper, and CP General, LLC, as tenants in common.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the sale of the surplus Piperhill/Pacific Access Road property to Sean and Tiffany Hooper, Steven and Kathleen Hooper, and CP General, LLC, as tenants in common.
Staff Contact:
Jay Burney, Assistant City Manager, 360.753.8740
Ladd Cluff, City Surveyor, Public Works Department, 360.753.8389
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item
Background and Analysis:
The Piperhill and Pacific Access Road property, which runs north/south between Piperhill Drive and Old Pacific Highway, was formerly used to access and maintain the Meridian Reservoir, a property owned and maintained by the City's Drinking Water Utility. This access road crosses railroad tracks at its midpoint and due to safety concerns, staff have found alternative means of access to the Reservoir property. As such, the Drinking Water Utility no longer has a use for this access road.
Several private properties along Piperhill Drive and abutting the access road have been using the road to enter/exit their properties. These properties are shown on the attached map. When these properties were developed with single family residences and permitted by the County, ownership or easement access should have been verified as a condition of granting building permits, but this issue was missed. This oversight has created a situation where these property owners do not have a legal right to access their properties (homes). One of the properties, currently vacant, is planned for development, but private financing is being held up over concerns related to ow...
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