Title
A Resolution declaring City-owned property identified as El Paso County Tax Schedule Number 63262-08-002 as surplus property and authorizing the disposal of such property to James B. Klein as the one logical purchaser.
Presenter:
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, Deputy Public Works Director/City Engineer
Kellie Billingsley, Real Estate Services Manager
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Summary:
Resolution designating a City-owned (City) parcel in Colorado Springs as surplus and selling it to the one logical purchaser, James B. Klein (Klein,) who owns all adjacent properties. The sale will be at the appraised value, and necessary easements will be retained.
Background:
The City, on behalf of its Stormwater Enterprise (SWENT), is currently constructing roadway and stormwater improvements in the Park Vista South neighborhood (Project) generally located east of the intersection of North Academy Blvd and Austin Bluffs Pkwy (see location map). The Project improvements will address long-standing safety concerns and drainage issues throughout the neighborhood once controlled by El Paso County.
The property located at 1103 Lily Place, identified by El Paso County Tax Schedule No. 63262-08-002 (City Property), is considered surplus. The City acquired this parcel in 2023 via Quitclaim Deed from El Paso County as part of the Intergovernmental Agreement authorized by City Council under Resolution No. 18-23.
The City Property is 1 of 5 parcels forming a triangular block (see location map), with the remaining 4 parcels owned by Klein. Surrounded on 3 sides by Klein properties and bordered on the fourth side by the Templeton Gap Floodway channel along Lily Place, the parcel is effectively inaccessible to anyone other than Klein. The entire City Property is not needed for the Project, and necessary easements will be preserved.
The City previously purchased public improvement easements across the adjacent lots owned by Klein to facilitate the Project improvements to the Templeton Gap Flood...
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