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Council to seek solicitor draft for road acceptance and land-bank property transfers; decision targeted next week
Summary
Council members said they will ask the solicitor to prepare a draft agreement for turning a privately owned roadway into a public road and discussed a separate list of 11 properties the local land bank requested to acquire; staff and members emphasized the need to provide owners language ahead of a scheduled decision.
Council discussion turned to a long-running matter: whether to accept a privately owned roadway (identified in discussion as part of Crick Street and adjoining areas) as a public road and to advance a list of properties the land bank has requested to acquire for stabilization or redevelopment.
The nut graf: Staff reported that most owners appear willing to convey right-of-way to the borough but that one owner remained undecided and that council must direct the solicitor to prepare an agreement for owners to review. Members said they needed the draft in hand before next week’s meeting because the county may require return of funds if acceptance and paperwork are not completed quickly.
Council members said the topic involves executive‑session material because it implicates real‑estate transactions and title questions; they also discussed a 60‑day waiting period related to the land-bank process and whether council should vote to approve land‑bank acquisitions (11 properties were listed) or wait for owners to sign conveyance documents.
Ending: Council directed staff to ask the solicitor to draft the conveyance/road-acceptance language and to circulate it to owners prior to the next meeting; members flagged that a vote on acceptance or land-bank property approvals will likely be on the next agenda and should be taken only after owners have had time to review the draft agreement.
