city owned land

City Council agenda included a closed session item tied to city-owned land.

Business and Industrial Development Committee / Community Development Authority meeting agenda included city-owned land; the meeting was labeled no quorum.

City Council agenda included city-owned land (appearance recorded in the topic timeline).

City Council approved a ground lease agreement with TowerPoint granting a perpetual telecommunications easement for a cell antenna on city-owned property at 2701 18th Street, in exchange for a one-time $305,000 payment plus 60% of future revenue from additional tenants at the site.

City Council approved a vacant land listing contract with Weichert, Realtors CornerStone to market city-owned property at the corner of Hawthorn Avenue and 18th Street for future housing development.

Business and Industrial Development Committee voted unanimously to raise the city’s industrial land price from $11,000 per acre (unchanged since 1988) to $27,500 per acre for all city-owned industrial land, effective Dec. 1.

The stated rationale for the industrial land price increase was that comparable communities charge more and that large parts of Woodland Phase 1 and Phase 2 remain undeveloped.

Community Development Authority reviewed an offer of $52,000 to purchase Lot 24 on Sandy Ridge Drive and voted to counter at $54,500; the item passed.

City Council agenda included city-owned land (appearance recorded in the topic timeline).

An agenda item titled “Concept mapping and site disposition” appeared under the topic of city-owned land.

Staff discussed potential future expansion planning for Sandy Bay Highlands, including three nearby properties under different ownership as possible options; no vote was taken.

Staff provided a high-level review of city-owned land inventory, market interest, and possible future expansion of Woodland Industrial Park, and sought general policy direction; no action was requested and no vote was taken.

City Council approved transferring the city’s interest tied to the 18th Street cell tower property to TPA VI, LLC for a $305,000 lump-sum payment, and authorized the City Manager to sign the easement and associated closing documents; it passed on the consent agenda.

City Council approved a 2025 budget amendment to make $30,000 available for a proposed purchase of a parking lot on the west side of Adams Street in the 1700 block; the vote was 7-1.

The city manager said the purchase price for the Adams Street parking lot had been negotiated with Wine Not LLC in closed session.

City Council approved an agreement with Wine Not, LLC for the city to purchase a parking lot parcel at the southwest corner of Adams and 18th Streets; the vote was 6-2.

Council amended the motion on the Adams & 18th purchase agreement to correct the parcel number and to clarify that the seller pays for title insurance.

City Council agenda included an item labeled “CLOSED SESSION” under the topic context for city-owned land.