HomeMy WebLinkAboutPR 11782:PROPERTY-3801 LEWIS DR Memorandum
City of Port Arthur, Texas
' Finance Department
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Steve Fitzgibbons, Cit~r~l^ar~
Rebecca Underhill, Directly'of Fi~hnce
May 14, 2002
Proposed Resolution 11782
RECOMMENDATION
Presented for Council consideration and approval is PR 11782 authorizing the City Manager to seek bids
for the cash sale of City property located at 3801 Lewis Drive.
The property in question is the former fire station #5. The station was bid originally in 1996. At that time
the city chose to lease the property rather than sell. The lease has expired and we need to sell the property.
We are recommending that the property be bid "as is" and with no conditions on its use.
On April 6, 2000 the City sold property on Procter Street. The sale included conditions for use which
included economic development purposes, etc. (See Ordinance 99-54 attached.) The purchaser has not met
those conditions and now we are in a difficult legal situation.
After bids are received, the sale will come before Council for approval. To sell the property, it will require
an Ordinance passed by a recorded affirmative vote of 2/3 of all the members of the Council.
P. R. NO. 11782
JJA: 5/14/02
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO SEEK BIDS FOR THE CASH SALE OF CITY
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3801 LEWIS DRIVE
WHEREAS, on May 1, 1993 the voters authorized the City of Port Arthur to sell the Fire Station #5
property located at 3801 Lewis Drive,
WHEREAS, on March 20, 1996 the property appraised at $35,000,
WHEREAS, on May 22, 1996 the City received bids for the sale of the property,
WHEREAS, On August 20, 1996 the City Council rejected the bids and adopted Resolution 96-165
which authorized the lease of the property,
WHEREAS, said lease expired on September 1, 2001 and the building has been vacated.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That the facts in the preamble are tree and correct.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to solicit bids for the cash sale of City
property located at 3801 Lewis Drive.
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED, this~ day of May, 2002, AD, at a Regular Meeting
of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor:
Councilmembers:
NOES:
ATTEST:
Mayor
Jan Stroder, Acting City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark Sokolow, City Attorney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
Steve Fitzgibbons, City Manager
Rebecca Underhill, Finance Director
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'WIIERE,,IS, .%clion 2303.513, "l'exa:; Government Code provkles lha! land in a stale
designated enlcrp6se zone may .sell suq)h~s land or buildings in the enleqn'ise zone at less Ilia.
market value ii'the mm~icipalily adopls c['itc6a that spcci& thc coadilioas aJ~d circtm~slaaces nm/er
which Ibc sale can occur ami Iht pt~blic purpose lo be achieved; ami,
WI/EREAS, Ihe City of Per/Arthur docs own stol>las land Ihat il wishes 1o dispose o~
WIIEREAS, the sale oF surplus hind ia dmw~lmwt Port Arlhur has a pul~l/c purl)ese oF
increasing development downtown while placing proper/~ back on the lax rolls; and,
WIIEIIEAS, Ihe Cily also desires lo alleviale IJJlelllployJilellt Slid CIIhAII¢~ bllshlcas activities;
now, IhcJ'elBJ-e,
Blt IT ORDAINEI) 115' TfIE CITY COUNCIL OF TIlE ...... , ~ · ,,
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Il'.,'... 1 tilt Cay Cou,tcil otlhe Cily ofPort Arlhur finds thai lite stalen?nls itl lite preamble arc
Into ami correcl.
TIIAT' lite properly, as shown on Exh,btt "A", may be sold lo a buyer who is not lite lligltest
bidder if the £ollowing criteria are
I. The lmrchaser shall have a have a devclopmet~l plan Iht lite conslmclion ora bnilding with
2. subslanlial completion wilhin eighteen monlhs.
The ptn'chascr shall locate a bnsincss oq lite ln'ope,'ly lhat creates al least lwo trow lhll-li,ne
equivalenl ImSilioqs; with fi~ll lime bei,g delined as itt least 1820 horn's mmnally.
3. The pttrchaser shall add at least .1:,25,000 to lite ad valorem value lo lite current Yahm o£1he
properly.
,I. The fi61nre 1o per,Corm shall cause Ihe properly Io reverl 1o lite City.
TIIA. T Ihe Cily Secretary shall provided a cel~ fled copy of Ibis Ordinance lo Ihe Texas
Deparlmenl ofFconomic l)evelopmenl prior Io the bids being opened.
TfL't,T his being ,'m Ordinance ,lot requiri,!g publication il shall lake effect immediately npo,
passage.
Regular Meeting otthe Cily Gotmcil oglhe Cily ofPor~ Arthtu; T~xas by lbo rollowing votes:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEy
:'(~I~PROVI~D 1?OR ADh'IINISTRA. TION:
I)IRI_:CTOR OF PLANNINO
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