Title
Charlotte Water Property Exchange with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Action
Action:
A. Adopt a resolution ratifying a land exchange agreement with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, and
B. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute all necessary documents to complete the transactions in conformity herewith.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Angela Charles, Charlotte Water
David Czerr, Charlotte Water
Explanation
* The city owns approximately 0.946 acres near Johnston Road in Council District 7 (Parcel Identification Number 223-481-02). This city-owned property was previously used for a pump station formerly operated by Charlotte Water.
* The city property has no road frontage and is only accessible by an easement through the surrounding property. The property is not suitable for affordable housing and has been identified as surplus.
* The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (CMBE) is purchasing the land that surrounds the city's parcel for a new school and wishes to acquire the city's property, valued at $400,000.
* The city is constructing the following four sanitary sewer projects that cross CMBE property, and the easements have been valued at a total of $400,000:
* Irwin Creek Tributaries to DeWitt Lane and Yeoman Road Sanitary Sewer Replacement project, in Council District 3;
* Proposed 8-inch Sanitary Sewer to Serve 7740 and 7744 Pleasant Grove Road project, in Council District 2;
* Dairy Branch Tributary - Sedgefield Park Segment Sanitary Sewer project, in Council District 1; and
* Irwin Tributary Sanitary Sewer along Remount Road project, in Council District 3.
* The city and CMBE propose an exchange of property to provide the following benefits:
* Charlotte Water's capital projects will acquire the easements needed to support critical sanitary sewer projects.
* CMBE will acquire the city's parcel to combine with the larger parcel they are acquiring for a future school in this area.
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