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Resolution to Purchase 0.13 and 0.27 Acre Parcels on Chalmers Drive and Appropriate $10,000.00 from Sanitary Fund and $10,000.00 from Stormwater Fund (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve the purchase of two vacant parcels on Chalmers Drive that have been foreclosed and have been offered to the City by the Washtenaw County Treasurer’s Office under authorizing provisions of the Michigan General Property Tax Act (“the Act”). The Act provides that a City may acquire tax delinquent property which has been foreclosed, with its boundaries, for a public purpose by redeeming the property for its minimum bid prior to auction of the properties by the Treasurer. The minimum bid was the property has been established as $14,990.00, which is the amount of outstanding taxes for the parcels. The resolution also will appropriate $10,000.00 from the Sanitary Sewer Fund and $10,000.00 from the Stormwater Fund for the purchase and other associated costs related to this acquisition.
In late April, the Washtenaw County Treasurer’s Office contacted the City asking if there was interest by the City in acquiring two parcels on Chalmers Drive that have been foreclosed and are otherwise going to be auctioned in the upcoming tax sale this July. The specific parcels are Outlot A (parcel ID 09-12-02-200-019; 0.27 acre) and Outlot B (09-12-02-201-001; 0.13 acre) of the Washtenaw Hills Estates Subdivision. The County has indicated that both parcels must be purchased as a unit, rather than purchasing only one of the two parcels separately.
The Administration has identified a public purpose for acquisition of the properties. There is an existing 12” sanitary sewer and a 42” storm sewer on both of these properties. These sewers serve as outlets for the Arborland development site and thus are part of the city’s utility systems, but there are no easements dedicated to the city across these parcels allowing access and maintenance ...
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