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Council directs sale of 10-acre city parcel at Eleanor and Kentucky to seed neighborhood park development
Summary
Parks staff recommended surplus of a 10-acre undeveloped property bought in 2007; council unanimously directed staff to proceed with surplus and pursue sale proceeds as seed funding for a 2-acre park project.
The City Council unanimously directed staff to surplus and pursue sale of a 10-acre undeveloped parcel at the northwest corner of Eleanor Avenue and Kentucky Avenue, with proceeds proposed as seed money for a separate 2-acre park site.
Parks and recreation staff said the city purchased the 10-acre property in February 2007 for park and maintenance-yard purposes and that the property has been used for grazing. Staff reported that the parks department currently stores equipment at another corporation yard and does not have an immediate operational need for the Eleanor property. The department recommended surplus to generate funds to begin development of a designated 2-acre park site at Jackson and Stanislaus.
Staff outlined the next steps: a council resolution to declare the property surplus, notifications to public agencies and housing authorities, an offer period for interested public entities, potential negotiation of affordable-housing requirements if applicable, and, if no public agency seeks the site, offering it on the open market. Staff provided order-of-magnitude figures: county agricultural land per-acre values and a rough developed-park cost estimate; they stressed final numbers will follow appraisal and design work.
Council voted 5–0 to direct staff to proceed with surplus procedures and to return with required resolutions and reports to implement the sale.
