Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Community Development
SUBJECT:
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Commission District(s): Commission Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7
To declare 15 county- owned vacant properties surplus and transfer the County’s interest in the Parcels of Real Property from DeKalb County to the DeKalb Regional Land Bank Authority.
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Information Contact: Allen Mitchell, Director
Phone Number: 404-969-9921
PURPOSE:
To consider declaring 15 vacant the transfer of 15 surplus vacant properties in unincorporated DeKalb County and Lithonia from the County’s database of property to the DeKalb Regional Land Bank Authority (DRLBA).
NEED/IMPACT:
DRLBA has identified properties held by the County as properties appropriate for the DRLBA’s mission (see list attached). DRLBA will seek to repurpose the properties and offer them for sale through an application process with priority for affordable housing, economic development, and blight removal. In addition, adjacent property owners will benefit from the transfer of small side lots. The emphasis for the property sales will be to stabilize neighborhoods and restore said properties to the Tax Digest.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No Cost to the County
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the resolution and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents to declare 15 vacant county-owned properties as surplus properties (see attached list); and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents to transfer said 15 vacant surplus properties from the County’s database of properties to the DeKalb Regional Land Bank Authority.