Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs
SUBJECT:
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Commission District(s): 3 & 6
To consider authorizing the sale of County owned property in fee simple and authorizing temporary easements and Rights of Entry to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to allow GDOT to make roadway improvements on I-285 at Bouldercrest Road (PI # 713300).
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Information Contact: Chuck O. Ellis, Director RPCA
Phone Number: 404-371-2475
PURPOSE:
To consider authorizing the following to allow GDOT to make roadway improvements on I-285 at Bouldercrest Road (PI # 713300): (1) the sale of 5.072 acres of County owned property located at 2859 West Side Place, 4.894 acres of County owned property at 3545 International Park Drive and .021 acres of County owned property at 2200 Wildcat Road (Parcel ID Nos. 15 052 01 001, 15 051 01 002 and 15 075 01 002, respectively, and collectively referred to as “the County owned properties”) to GDOT for right-of-way (ROW) pursuant to O.C.G.A. 36-9-3(a)(3)(A); (2) Rights of Entry (ROE) for the County owned properties to GDOT; (3) temporary easements as needed to GDOT associated with PI # 713300.
NEED/IMPACT:
State law exempts the sale or disposition of another body politic from publication and sealed bid auction requirements. GDOT is currently attempting to acquire ROW needed for a roadway improvement project on I-285 at Bouldercrest Road (PI# 713300). As part of that project GDOT is seeking to purchase the County owned properties in fee simple and obtain and ROEs and temporary easements for the County owned properties.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The County will receive $50,600.00 from GDOT for the sale of the County owned properties, which will go to RPCA’s Capital Fund 86101 for capital improvements.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
Authorize the following (1) the sale of 5.072 acres of County owned property located at 2859 West Side Place, 4.894 acres of County owned property at 3545 International Park Drive and .021 acres of County owned property at 2200 Wildcat Road to GDOT for right-of-way (ROW) pursuant to O.C.G.A. 36-9-3(a)(3)(A) at a total cost of $50,600.00; (2) Rights of Entry (ROE) for the County owned properties to GDOT; (3) temporary easements as needed to GDOT associated with PI # 713300; (4) authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents to complete the sale of the County owned properties, Rights of Entry and grants of temporary easements, all in a form acceptable to the County Attorney or her designee and (5) appropriate the $50,600.00 received from GDOT to RPCA Capital Fund 86101.