Title:
Land Exchange with Housing Authority
Summary
ACTION:
Adopt resolution entitled: Resolution Approving Exchange Of County Owned Tax Parcel 125-201-51 For Housing Authority Owned Tax Parcel 125-201-61
Staff Contact: Dennis LaCaria, Senior Assistant to the County Manager
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
At its December 19, 2017 meeting, the Board adopted a resolution of intent to enter into an exchange agreement with the Housing Authority. Adoption of this Resolution will authorize that exchange.
The background for this exchange is as follows:
The County owns Tax Parcel 125-201-51, known as Baxter Street Park, located on Baxter Street adjacent to a multi-family building owned and operated by the City of Charlotte Housing Authority (“Housing Authority”), and the Housing Authority owns Tax Parcel 125-201-61, a parcel on the opposite side of its multi-family building and adjacent to Pearl Street Park.
The Housing Authority desires to obtain the County’s Tax Parcel 125-201-51 (hereinafter referred to as the “County Exchange Parcel”) and the County desires to obtain the Housing Authority’s Tax Parcel 125-201-61 (hereinafter referred to as “Housing Authority Exchange Parcel”) to add to the County’s adjacent Pearl Street Park.
This exchange of properties is part of the Pearl Street Park Improvement and Pearl Park Way Extension Project considered and approved by the Board of Commissioners on October 4, 2016 as Agenda Item 16-3545.
At that October 4, 2016 meeting, as part of Agenda Item 16-3545, the Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution D conceptually approving this land exchange and authorizing the filing of rezoning petitions for the County Exchange Parcel that would change the zoning of the County Exchange Parcel to allow that parcel to be used for Housing Authority purposes.
The County’s Park and Recreation Department has reviewed the proposed exchange and determined that exchanging the parcels is appropriate for Park and Recreat...
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