Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Sale of Certain Excess City-Owned Real Property to Goldwin and Eugina Dempsey
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Resolution authorizing the sale of certain excess City-owned real property to Goldwin and Eugina Dempsey.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the sale of certain excess City-owned real estate to Goldwin and Eugina Dempsey.
Staff Contacts:
Steve Sperr, Assistant City Engineer, Public Works Department, 360.753.8739
Michael Young, Deputy City Attorney, Legal Department, 360.753.8338
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia is the owner of certain real property located in Thurston County, Washington, consisting of an approximately 250 square foot rectangle ("the Rectangular Property") as shown on the Property Location Map.
Goldwin and Eugina Dempsey own certain real property located at 1330 7th Ave SE in Olympia (the "Dempsey Property"). The Rectangular Property is located at the northeast corner of the Dempsey Property and is embedded in their lot; i.e., the Rectangular Property is bordered by the Dempsey Property on the west and south and bordered on the north by a 20-foot wide unopened and unused City of Olympia alley, running east-west at this location.
In September 2022, the Dempseys commissioned a survey of their property, which revealed that the Rectangular Property was not a part of the Dempsey Property as they and their predecessors had long believed but was owned by the City. Prior to this revelation, the Dempseys, and their predecessors, had assumed that the Rectangular Property was part of the Dempsey Property and had treated it as such, including constructing and maintaining a garage on part of the Rectangular Property, which had stood for decades, before it was recently torn down due to its dilapidated condition. T...
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