SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a Legal Services Agreement between the City and Manson Bolves Donaldson Tanner, P.A. for the legal representation in the matter of Bayesplanade.com, LLC v. City of Clearwater - 24-001035-CI, in an initial amount not to exceed $25,000 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
This is an action to quiet title, meaning a legal proceeding to determine ownership of real property. The plaintiff alleges he has superior title of the property in question, Block 87 lying south of Bay Esplanade Avenue claiming it was submerged in 1926 when the property was conveyed. Currently, the land is being occupied by the Clearwater Beach Recreation Complex, owned, and operated by the City. A prior case involving the same parties found that the City had superior title to the land lying south of Bay Esplanade. The plaintiff is asserting a new legal theory to contest ownership of said land based on a judgement in 2018 between the plaintiff and the state.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Funds are available in cost code 0109600-530100, Professional Services, to fund this agreement.