Title:
Easement Donations - Sugar Creek Greenway
Summary
ACTION:
Accept donation of a permanent greenway easement, access easement, a permanent golf cart path easement, and a temporary construction easement on a portion of Tax Parcel 143-133-01 from West Tyvola Workforce, LLC ("Workforce") for future trail to be built associated with Sugar Creek Greenway and possible relocation of a portion of existing golf cart path at the Harry L. Jones, Sr. Golf Course
Staff Contact: Jacqueline McNeil, Asset and Facility Management
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
West Tyvola Workforce, LLC is developing workforce and senior rental housing on land owned by the City of Charlotte (a portion of Tax Parcel #143-133-01). The City is conveying approximately 8.9291 acres of the +/- 17 acre parcel to Workforce for the housing development. As part of its plans for the housing development, the County held discussions with Workforce leading to agreement on conveyance of permanent greenway, access, and golf cart path easements as well as a temporary construction easement. The development is adjacent to the Harry L. Jones, Sr. Golf Course which is leased to the County by the City of Charlotte. A grant of an easement for the golf cart path will allow the County to have an easement for the existing cart path and to build and maintain a future cart path, if the existing one should ever need to be replaced.
The City will retain ownership of property along Sugar Creek that is to the west of the Workforce development. The County has future plans to build a greenway trail along the main stem of the creek as well as an access up to Tyvola Road running across the eastern portion of this property. The exact size of the easements will be based on a forthcoming survey. Conveyance of the easements are dependent upon final approval of Workforce's development plans by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and closing on the property with City of Charlo...
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