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Diversion Authority committee approves sale of 52-acre OAN 1899 parcel for $275,000
Summary
The Diversion Authority Technical Committee voted to declare OAN 1899 excess and approved a recommended sale price of $275,000; staff said a flow easement and development restrictions will remain attached to the parcel.
The Diversion Authority Technical Committee voted Wednesday to declare a 52-acre parcel identified as OAN 1899 excess and to approve a recommended sale price of $275,000.
Eric Dodds, technical staff member presenting the recommendation, told the committee the former rural residential and business property sits along the Red River in mitigation zone 1 and that all buildings on the site have been removed. “The flow easement also restricts any future development on this parcel,” Dodds said, adding the authority would attach that flow easement to any sale.
The committee approved the resolution on a roll-call vote. The chair announced the motion carried after the roll call.
The memo accompanying the recommendation lists the sale price as $275,000, the committee was told, which Dodds said equates to roughly $5,300 per acre and is “roughly the price we’ve seen for other lands of this nature.” He noted the parcel is larger than many previously sold lots and therefore the total dollar amount is somewhat higher than recent, smaller-parcel sales.
Committee members did not request additional conditions at the meeting. Dodds said staff will follow the authority’s excess‑land policy for sale procedures, including reserving the flow easement and any restrictions needed for operation of diversion projects.
No additional environmental remediation steps specific to OAN 1899 were discussed in the presentation. The motion to approve the resolution was moved and seconded and carried in the roll call announced by the chair.
The committee’s action is a formal declaration of excess and approval of the recommended price; next steps are administrative processing under the authority’s excess‑land policy and completing any sale paperwork with the buyer once a purchaser is identified.
A separate informational agenda item at the same meeting noted that other parcels and cleanup work are proceeding under separate recommendations and timelines.
