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Approve Right-of-Way Agreement between Robert Ureste and Polk County in conjunction with the Thompson Nursery Road Phase 1 - Segment 2 Project. ($374,000 one-time expense)
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The County has a project to improve and realign Thompson Nursery Road from West Lake Ruby Drive to U.S. Highway 17. The project consists of primarily new alignment from US Highway 17 to a point on Eloise Loop Road to the west of West Lake Ruby. The project has been separated into four segments of the corridor due to the nature, and associated challenges, of certain portions of the alignment. The County hired an engineering firm to evaluate, and if necessary, redesign, the designated segments of the planned roadway based on previous engineering plans completed for the corridor. Due to new residential development along the previous alignment a portion of the corridor from Rifle Range Road near its intersection with Eloise Loop Road to the planned railroad crossing, which is identified as Segment 2, will need to be realigned and an alignment study is in the final stages of completion with alternatives and a recommended alignment already developed. The County was contacted by the owner of a tract of land containing approximately 1.9-acres, located along the north side of 1st Street East, approximately one-third of a mile east of Rifle Range Road. The owner, Robert Ureste, expressed an interest in selling the property to the County for use in the project. The County reviewed the property and has confirmed that it will be needed for mainline right-of-way and can be utilized as part of one of the alternatives identified for a storm water retention pond for the project.
The County hired an independent appraiser to establish a value for the property and the owner rejected the County's offer. Subsequent negotiations with the owner have resulted in a proposed purchase amount of $370,000 for the property and the owner has executed a Right-of-Way Agreement. The owne...
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