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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1986-28 Suggeoted byt Admlniotretion CITY OF K£NAI RESOLUTION NO. 06-S8 A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR A FLOAT PLANE BASIN AD3ACENT TO THE CITY OF KENAI NUNICIPAL AIRPORT. #HEREAS, At hie boon determined through an engineering study by Quodro Engineering that the proposed CLay oF Kenei Float Plane Basin cannot be accommodated within the ex/Bring City property XImite! and, WHEREAS, privately owned land will be required to cone,rust the basin Be reooeeended An the Preliminary Nee,er Plan Updatet end, NHEREAS, the private land moat 8ulteble aD determined, by Quadro ......... , ...... . ....... Engineering For the Fleet plane baa~.n Aa an 80 sore (more or ' "" leos) parcel designated aa the SE-1/2 of the S#-1/4 of ..~.. '~;'.~-. . .':-..: Section 29~ TSN, Rl1~, Seward Hewidieflo (""Pa~ee~ 1", NHEREASo the F8~ merk3~ venue of th~8 'Pe~oel 1" hoe been dekereined by en independent Fee eppreAee~ to be $120,000l end, ?- . ~.~,, '. ..'~ :. . . . . ::' . ':.~ N~EREAS, tak~flg of "Pe~oe~ 1" ~o the most oompetib~e with tho .... g~eeteek public good and the least private Injury. NON THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY or KENAI, ALASKA that the City Neneger For the City of Kenai shell lrooood to offer tho owners of reoo~d of #Pe~cel 1" tho sum of 120,000, contingent upon appropriation of Funds by the City Council end FAA Financing, se felt compensation for the peres1. AND BE XT FURTHER RESOLVED, that An the absence of · timely steep,enos of the City's offer For "Parse1 1', the Legal Oepirtmenk of tho C/ay of Kanji lo authorized to proceed with en Is, ion in oondemnltiOn to be Filed in the Superior Court For the Third 3udioLal District In Kenli. PASSED BY THE COUNCIL or THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA thio second day of April, 1966, ,~Sp~ove bd y r~enoes /4 e/e6 L OF KENAI CITY HEHORANDUM rROHs~~mRogere, CLAy Attorney CAky of KeneJ TO: Counoilmembere CAky of Keno! DATEs Heroh 26, 1966 R£~ float Plane Baein Aoquieition Aa the CAky movie toward the eoquLeitAon of lend for the Fleet plane beein, it may be~ome neceeeery to "take' the lend through eminent domain ptoeeedinge. Should the City ptoeeed with condemnation, there ere eevetel ehoLeee which the City muok sake. Theme oholeee revolve on polloy ooneAde~etLone end the Legal Depe~tment men efreok e eondemnetion by following eAthe~ of the two pethe available. The Counoli neede ko examine theme ohoLooo and deoAde whAoh policy it prerete ko Follow. Under the beeAe eondemnetAon p~ooeedLng, tho two pethe available e~e known ee the "elow take" end the "quLok take." Under beth of theme pfooedu~ee,' the CLAy Initially fllee a eompleAnt An condemnation. Zf the CLAy deeiree e "quLok take", the CLAy Ilea flies · "deele~etAon pr taking" eeootding to AS 09.55.420. Upon the filing of the deoletetion of tlking end a depoelt with the Cou~t of the amount of the intimated oompeneetion malted An the deolitation, title to the lend ee specified in the deellretion, veeke in the City end Ae deemed taken ~o~ uae et thlt tame. The right of entry end poeeeeeAon un4er AS 9.59.450 ia not immediate, but ie allowed after · twenty, day waiting pe~Aod in whioh the defendant hem the time to file an objection to the deoletition of the taking. The "quAok tike" method then Lo a fairly speedy method of acquiring the p~ope~ty end p~ooeediflg with the p~oJeok. However, thio ptooedu~e AB not tfAkhout Ate p~oblemm. ..... .; ..,..;. ': ,,......, .-:.: .......... .... :.. ;:.k~,,~... .... .. , '" '.': 'i'L:~.~¥~ ...... · ...... .-" ;.% .... ~.~ .~ ... ~.~. ..~.~ ~. . .... .... . © 0 Under the "quick toke" provisions, sase the deoliritlon of taking Ie riled, the City Lo deemed to be the owner of tho property end the only question remaining Lo #hat the oompenaetlon should bo, #hAle tho City hie in appraisal whioh suggests that the pzope~ty In queerish haze lo worth ipproxAiitely $120,000, that lo not to ely that liter it trail a Jury o~ i mister (a Judge epeoiiJly Appointed ko eli on the oboe end deolde tho Issue or ooepenemtlon) may award en amount greatly exoeedlng $120,000. The City than pays whatever award tho master o~ Jury somas blot vlth beeeuee thG lend hie already been t~aneFerred to the City. Under the "slow take" pzooedu~e, the City Files the complaint end with lk I notloe of lie pendens. The Lie Pendens NotIoe ~eeorded In the ~eoorde~'e office end gives notice to anyone who may be Antezeeted In buying the property, that e condemnation eot/on Ae being undertaken. Under thle procedure, the p~operty title does not voit Iff the City until after there hoe been e Final Judgment and entry onto the property oennot take pleas until e meekef appointed to decide the oompeneetion /eeue eetea prise on the property. The pzoblem with thLe presiders Ie that there Lo no gXven time line In whioh oerteifl pheeee of the oondemnetAofl ere to take place. It lo ooflcolveb~e that It oould take up to one year or maze to acquire the property under thio prooeduze, Thio wou~d, of source, 8evezo~y delay any oonotruotIon on the oats, Off the other hand, thio prooedure be advantageous AF the Heater somas book with · greater then efltIotpeted award. IF too greet an amount of oompeneetIon overdid by the Heete~, tho City ~an walk away from the litigation end, et moot, end up owing osaka. Again, I wink to emphasize that thio baoIoal~y Ie I polioy shales whleh the CounoJl should meke ee to whAeh presiders they would lake to Follow In this ease. The Legal Department hie already drafted dooumento to Follow either prooadu~e and Lo reedy to File, given appropriate merles. TR/oIF