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Bellingham council OKs sale of small Cornwall parcel contingent on large Lake Whatcom land purchase
Summary
Council held a public hearing and approved declaring a triangular remnant parcel at Cornwall Avenue and E. Pine Street surplus and selling it to Farmview LLC for $7,500, and later authorized closing on a separate 754.02-acre Lake Whatcom watershed purchase from Nielsen Brothers Inc.
The Bellingham City Council declared a small remnant parcel at the corner of Cornwall Avenue and East Pine Street surplus and approved its sale to Farmview LLC, an affiliate of Nielsen Brothers Inc., for an appraised value of $7,500, subject to the city retaining a sewer easement. Council later authorized the mayor to close a separate purchase-and-sale for 754.02 acres of Lake Whatcom watershed property from Nielsen Brothers Inc., with a total purchase price and associated estimated taxes specified in the transaction paperwork.
At a public hearing, Joel Funt, interim public works director, described the Cornwall parcel as triangular, about 4,792 square feet, surrounded by railroad tracks and streets, and most useful as an add-on to adjacent…
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