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PW CASE <br /> <br />RECEIVE APPRAISALS FOR TH 47 TRAIL ACQUISITION <br /> By: Steven Jankowski PE, City Engineer <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />At the present time a trail has been constructed along the west side of TH 47 from the <br />northern boundary of River Pines 5th Addition to Alpine Drive except for a 233 foot gap <br />associated with a single parcel. In addition, the City controls all necessary fight-of-way <br />to enable this trail to be extended north of River Pines 5th Addition to Elmcrest Park with <br />the exception of two parcels. At the January 13th, 2003 Council meeting staff was <br />authorized to obtain appraisals for these three parcels. <br /> <br />Staff has recently received these appraisals which were prepared by Watson Appraisal <br />and Consultant Service. Attached is a sketch of each of the three parcels and below is a <br />summary of the appraised values: <br /> <br />· Parcel 1 15700 St Francis Blvd Prokopio $5,400 <br />· Parcel 2 15910 St Francis Blvd Gevin~Dargavel $6,200 <br />· Parcel 3 15916 St Francis Blvd Miller $8,950 <br /> <br />The total cost for the three easements would be $20,550 which would logically come <br />from the City trail fund. <br /> <br />The City attorney has advised staff of some recent changes to the section 117.036 <br />concerning the appraisal and negotiation requirement applicable when obtaining property <br />tbr transportation purposes. A copy of that section of the statutes is attached. <br /> <br />The appraiser was able to contact both the property owners of Parcels 1 and 2 in the <br />course of performing his work. He was not able to physically contact the Millers, owners <br />of Parcel 3, but did leave information for them indicating his appraisal activities on their <br />property. The next step in acquiring these easements would be to send a letter to each of <br />these three property owners transmitting a copy of the appraisal, advisi?g them of their <br />right to have their own appraisal reimbursed up to a cost of $1,500 and advising them that <br />the City would be open to negotiation for the easement. ~- <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the Committee recommend to City Council that each of these <br />tin:ce property owners be sent a letter transmitting a copy of the appraisal, advising them <br /> <br />35 <br /> <br /> <br />