O-2022-3882 sale of City-owned real property located at 506 Circle Drive

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ORDINANCE NO.2022-3882 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, DECLARING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 506 CIRCLE DRIVE AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 17 AND THE EAST Yz OF LOT 18, BLOCK 30, BEACH PARK ANNEX TO THE CITY LA PORTE, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AS SURPLUS PROPERTY THAT IS NOT INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPABLE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE SALE OF SAID REAL PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, Texas, is the owner of real property located at 506 Circle Drive and legally described as Lot 17 and the adjoining East Yx of Lot 18, in Block 30 of Beach Park Annex to the City of La Porte, in Harris County, Texas, save and except therefrom that portion of Lot 17 conveyed to H.G. Sandland and wife, Anita Sandland by deed dated June 12, 1930 (the "Property" herein), and which Property has been determined to be surplus property of no economic or public benefit to the City; and WHEREAS, the Property is presently zoned Mixed Use District, a designation allowing for "neighborhood -serving residential and commercial land uses", but due to irregular shape and small size relative to other lots in the same subdivision cannot be independently developed under current zoning and property development regulations of the City; WHEREAS, the owner of real property adjacent to and abutting the Property has offered to purchase the Property from the City; and WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code Sec. 272.001(b)(1) states that notice and bidding requirements for the sale or exchange of real property owned by a municipality do not apply in the case of "narrow strips of land, or land that because of its shape, lack of access to public roads, or small area cannot be used independently under its current zoning or under applicable subdivision or other development control ordinances"; and WHEREAS, Texas Local Government Code Sec. 272.001(b) provides that a political subdivision must receive fair market value as determined by an appraisal obtained by the political subdivision in cases where real property is conveyed or sold under a qualifying exception to notice and bidding contained in Sec. 272.001(b), unless the conveyance or sale "is with one or more abutting property owners who own the underlying fee simple"; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to sell the Property to the current owner of 510 Circle Drive, La Porte, Texas, which location abuts the Property, for a purchase price of no less than $15,000.00, based on a value of $4.11 per square foot; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: