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Home My WebLink About1993-04-12 93-225 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION 93-225 Item No. Date April 12, 1993 Item/Subject: Author121ng City manager to Execute Quitclaim Deed Conveying City -owned Property -- Tax Map 55, Lot 181 (Hancock St.) Responsible Department: Legal See Memorandum to Finance Conm Ittee. The Finance Coumdttee met on April ], 1993 and considered the Deerings' offer. After discussion, the Committee voted 3-0 to recommend that the Council approve the Council Order authorizing this sale of City property. UNC( 0" Department Head Associated Information: Offer Letter, Assessing Package, Memo to Finance Committee, map Finance Director go A Passage First Reading Referral Page 1 of 9 93-225 Aeeigned to Counaor Soucy, April 12. 1993 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) Orbtry ....._-Authorizing -City -Manager to -Execute -Quitclaim Dead Conveying City -owned Property -- Tax Map 55, Lot 181 (Hancock St ) By tlu Car CmUoU ale o aty Of Halsor: THAT Edward A.Harrett, City Manager, is hereby authorixed to execute a Quitclaim Deed conveying the City's interest in a property on Hancock Street, described on Tax Map 55, Lot 181, to William J. and Janice L. Dearing as joint tenants. This conveyance is to be subject to the City retaining an appropriate easement for its sewer line and upon the payment of $2,500.00 by the Deerings to the City. The to= of the deed must be acceptable to the City Solicitor. 93-225 f ORDER IN CITY COUNCIL April 12, 1993 Title, a Av4xor)z]Ps P.itr. . PW_ . im Deed Cavveyi.City-owned .�.P ropertyC' CLEK Tax HapLot 1(Hancock Street ......... '.. .............. ucuQAmOeed to CooncilmeU MEMORANDUM - 93-225 TO: Finance Co:mnita FROM: Bruce N. ShiDl t. City Solicitor RE: Sale of City Owned Property DATE: April 2,"1993 William and Janice Deering, who live at 423 Hancock Street, have expressed an interest in acquiring a City owned lot on Hancock Street which is located between two lots that Janice currently owns n Hancock Street. A copy of their offer letter and assessing information has been distributed as part of the agenda packet. The Bearings have been using this lot for parking, with the City's consent, for a number of years. The lot is unbuildable both from a zoning standpoint, as well as topography. The most crucial issue is that the Pearl Street sewer line runs through the property to the Penobscot Interceptor. They have agreed to a sewer easement that will prohibit the building of any structures and require them to pay for any restoration after any work the City does on its sewer line. Further, they have offered to pay the assessed value of $2500 for the property. A copy of my letter to the Deerings, which explains the mechanics of the conveyance, is attached. Staff have been contacted and there has been no opposition expressed. This conveyance will add a small parcel to the City's tax rolls. Staff recommends approval subject to the execution of proper documents approved by the City Solicitor - to Attachment. pc: Jim Ring John Lord John Quartasaro Ben Birch CITY of MAINE LEGAL DEPAPTMENT - esx amreas.w Erik M.5WmP1eL Ant. OniSA Brace N. EhiEles, Pnc Ciry blicimr April 2r 1993 William and Janice Deering 423 Hancock Street Bangor, Maine 04401 Re: Map SS Lot 181 - Hancock Street Dear Or. and Ms. Deering: mhamc you for your letter of March 22, 1993 concerning, your interest in the above -referenced City -owned lot. As I have told you, your offer will be presented to the Finance Committee at its next meeting on April 7, 1993 at 7:30 a.m. I will recommend acceptance of the offer. Should the Committee vote to accept the offer, an Order will be placed on the agenda of the April 12th City Council meeting (7t30 p.m.) to authorize the City Manager to execute a quitclaim deed conveying the property to both of you as joint tenants. The joint tenancy is necessary to avoid a situation where twat or in this case, three, contiguous nonconforming lots are in common ownership. If that were to happen, the City would treat all three lots as one lot. At that point a future division (selling the 'green house") would not be allowed absent a variance or contract zone change (to allow the multi -family unit to remain in aingle family zone). City staff would be opposed to those options• On the other hand, by purchasing this lot in joint tenancy you can sell the "green house" with its existing configuration or with a sliver of the joint tenancy and not affect your currently existing lot. Once the "green house" is disposed of to your satisfaction, you could then take steps to place the joint tenancy in Ms. Deering's name to merge it with your currently existing lot. The City's quitclaim conveyance will reserve a sewer easement that will prohibit the building of any structures on the lot. You will also be required to pay for any site restoration, including repaving should you pave the parking spots, should the City need to access the sewer line for whatever reason. William and Janice Deering April 2, 1993 Page 2 The width of the easement may have to be as much as fifty feet (501) depending on the depth and actual location of the sewer line. Your connection of the 'green house" to the sewer line will assist Bangor in determining haw wide the easement must be to protect the City. You should work closely with the Engineering Department and the sewer line staff when you are ready to proceed with that connection• It would assist me in preparing the deed if you could send me copies of the most recent deeds for 423 Hancock Street and the 'green house." I'll do the necessary title work on the Bangor lot to come up with a deed description we can both be happy with. - Thank you for your offer_ Please feel free to contact me if You have any further questions. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, HIDCe N. lie� Asst. City Solicitor BNS/tc pc: Jim Ring John lord John Quartararo Ben Birch 93-225 William s Janice peering 423 Hancock Street Bangor, Maine 04401 March 22, 1993 City of Bangor Office of the City Solicitor 73 Harlow Street Bangor, Maine 04401 ATIOMTIC41: Mr. Bruce Shibles REGARDING: City Owned Lot Map 55, Lot 181 Dear Mr. Shibles, Thankyou very much for taking the time and for giving of your k ledge in helping us work towards developing a stable basis for our use of the City owned lot located between our two properties at 405 and 423 Hancock Street. The need to convect the house at 405 Hancock Street to the City's sewer syatam caused the clarification of our use of this sixty-six fast (66') lot of land to he timely. mise Lillian Snith of the assessors office nest helpfully provided us an aessmant of the value of the lot of which we write, Int 181 of map 55. Enclosed is a copy of that assessment estimating. the value of the lot to be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). We mould like to offer to purchase that lot at its assessed value Of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). we understand that the assessed value is based on a 1008 valuation formular. Thankycu again for your belpfullness. enclosure OFBANGOR ANA 13 HARLOW ST 1AN60R ME PROV1256i 362. - -3�.5- 04401 lP 55 181 95656 INARGULAR LOT YEAR LANG BUILDINGS 0 V 7965 3r 6:3 1989 41000 1993 4r30'U 11991. 415DO 992. .4r500 .19 4'. 50pp0 e -181 ^2'4�56'S6 1711 IN EXEMPT- 4r W[ b S +? ICAHN �� n.ED,m. n.n a.OMe _ y r_.._..11LICEIIIIET r.DI.ARY i Q 1 GI{ NOTES 4E Ev LAND DATA 0 EXEMPT 413c] 0 INARGULAR LOT _: 0 EXEMPT 415OC 0 EXEMPT 4tSOC 2 IN LAND EXEMPT- 4r W[ ICAHN SQUARE SECT EDUARD FEE 0 EXEMPT 413c] 0 -XEMPT _: 0 EXEMPT 415OC 0 EXEMPT 4tSOC 0 EXEMPT- 4r W[ 0415V HANCOCK ST LAND 93-225 - SALE DATA LAND CORE 41 NEIGHBORHOOD CODE 21 X -Y COORD 335-543 TYPE.. ZONING: URBAN RES DIST 1 DATE..... 00/00 TODD: (BULLION UTILITIES: CITY WATER/SEWER PRICE.... O STREET/ROAD: PAVED TRAFFIC: LOW (1-1999) VERIFIED. ENCROACHMENTS: NONE ENVIRONMENT: STATIC VALIDII'Y- PRD: PRDV1256PO62. I_ A N D V A L LI A 'I I 0 N UNITS METHOD/DESCRIPTION TOTAL FAIT INFLUENCE--- VALUE 67X 97 FRONT FEET - REGULAR LOT 5.015 0-50 RESTRICTIONS 2.507 LAND TOTAL 01 2,507 N REAL ESTATE - CORRELATION AS OF 03/25/93 ACCOUNT: 95656 BANGOR CITY OF - MAP/LOT 55/161 0415V HANCOCK ST LAND 'COST APPROACH MANUAL MRA INCOME APPRAISAL APPRAISAL APPRAISAL APPRAISAL.. LAND...,- 2,507 0 0 0 BUYIDINB. 0 O 0 0 TOTAL.... 2,507 0 0 0 CORRELATED CORRELATED JUST VALUE RATIO ASSESSMENT LAND..... 2,507 2,500 UUIL.DING. 1 0 100% 0 TOTAL.... 2,507 2,500