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Declare three parcels of certain real property in Section 16, Township 29 South, Range 15 East, formerly used respectively as right-of-way, a meeting facility that supported old Fire Station 45, and a parking lot consisting of 9 parking spaces adjacent to the North Garden Avenue Parking Garage as surplus for the purpose of exchanging the three parcels for a strategic parcel in the downtown core, which is of greater value, currently owned by the Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc. (COS) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (APH)
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SUMMARY:
The City is the owner of three parcels of land more particularly described as:
1. 600 Franklin Street - The South 60’ of Lot 1, Block 7, Gould & Ewing’s 1st and 2nd Addition to Clearwater-Harbor Fla, Plat Book 1, Page 52, Public Records of Hillsborough County, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part.
2. Dedicated Right-of-Way - a portion of Lot 34 and a portion of the vacated Haven Street, Court Square Subdivision, Plat Book 5, Page 53, Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida.
3. The North 37’ of the West 121’ of the South half of Lot 1, Block 5, of Gould & Ewing’s 1st and 2nd Addition to Clearwater-Harbor Fla., Plat Book 1, Page 52, of the Public Records of Hillsborough County, Florida, of which Pinellas County was formerly a part.
The first parcel, 600 Franklin Street, supported the old Fire Station 45. The property is approximately 3,660 square feet and the appraised value of the parcel has been determined by James Millspaugh & Associates, Inc., to be One Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand dollars ($165,000.00).
The second parcel, the right-of-way parcel, is located North of Court Street, between S. Garden Avenue and S. Fort Harrison Avenue, and contains right-of-way both dedicated as Haven Street by plat and right-of-way dedicated by a Resolution of the Clearwater City Council.
The Haven Street portion of the right-of-way parcel was dedicated in Plat Book 5, Page 53, Official Records of Pinellas County, Florida in 1922, and will join the adjacent fee-owned lots by operation of law upon vacation. The right-of-way over City-owned lots 34 and 45 of Court Square Subdivision was dedicated by Resolution No. 79-50 in Official Records Book 4867, Page 1478, Official Records of Pinellas County. Following the vacation of the right-of-way parcel in accordance with Vacation Ordinance 9129-18, being presented for Council approval simultaneously herewith, the remaining City-owned property will be approximately 4,750 square feet. The appraised value of right-of-way/city owned parcel has been determined by Jim Millspaugh & Associates, Inc., to be Two Hundred Thousand dollars ($200,000.00).
The third parcel, located at 28 North Garden Avenue (commonly known as the City of Clearwater’s North Garden Avenue Parking Lot) lying east of Watterson Avenue, north of Cleveland Street, south of Hendricks Street, and west of N Garden Avenue. This lot is approximately 4,500 square feet and includes 9 parking spaces, open to the public. The parking rate at this lot is $0.50 an hour with a maximum time limit of 2 hours. The appraised value of this property, as determined by James Millspaugh & Associates, Inc, is Ninety Thousand dollars ($90,000.00).
The property owned by COS, to be granted to the city is a paved parking lot in disrepair at the southwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr Avenue and Cleveland Street, Parcel ID# 15-29-15-53928-0005-0011. The appraised value of this property, as determined by James Millspaugh & Associates, Inc, is $640,000.00.
The Nolen Project in the downtown core creates a need for public parking. It is contemplated that the property to be conveyed to the city will provide some needed parking.
Per City Charter Section 2.01(d)(5)(iv), real property declared surplus may be exchanged for other real property having a comparable appraised value.