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Committee tables decision on Horace rail corridor sale after landowner concerns; asks for more outreach
Summary
The committee deferred a decision on selling three parcels of a former rail corridor in Horace after mixed feedback from adjacent landowners and a City of Horace purchase proposal; members voted to table the item until a meeting in March while staff pursues outreach and clarifies platting costs.
The Diversion Authority Land Management Committee voted Feb. 26 to table consideration of a multi-parcel sale of a former rail corridor in Horace after committee members raised concerns about policy compliance, adjacent-landowner interest and the complexity of dividing the corridor for sale.
Eric Dodds of AE2S told the committee that the corridor parcels (labeled OIN 7234 B, C and D in staff materials) were acquired from the railroad after the railroad completed its statutory abandonment process and that the authority’s agreement required the project to purchase leftover railroad land. The parcels include varying widths (about 200 feet in parts, narrowing to…
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