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Land Bank Commission discusses updating public holdings map and assessor flags
Summary
Commissioners and staff discussed cleaning up and publishing an updated map of land bank parcels, adding a city-held designation in assessor records, and producing an approximate total acreage for public view.
Commissioners discussed steps to update the Land Bank holdings map and make land-bank designations visible in assessor records.
Staff said the current map on the city website is out of date and identified named parcels (Dale Park, Riverton North Park, Avogrid and the Jewel Fall Arsenal label) that need confirmation. City staff reported recent discussions with the assessors office to add a specific land-bank designation to assessor records so that parcels the city intends to retain for municipal purposes are flagged for public viewers. The commission asked whether GIS could provide a total acreage for land bank parcels; staff agreed to produce an approximate acreage figure.
Commissioners proposed a limited look-back process to verify parcels added since the last published map: divide review of packets and archived agendas by year so volunteers could check 2021s records and later years (20222024) in chunks. Commissioners volunteered to take particular years for review so the team can "comb through" agenda packets and ensure small or older parcels are not missed.
Why this matters: an up-to-date, searchable public map and assessor flagging would help residents, neighborhood groups and city partners identify land-bank parcels that are reserved for city use, for conservation or for future disposition.
Next steps noted in the meeting included staff confirming which parcels on the current file are still land-bank holdings, GIS estimating total acreage for publication, and commissioners splitting the archival review by year to verify missing or newly added parcels. Staff also noted the existing web layers (park finder, park listings) already include many city-owned open-space parcels and that adding a live land-bank layer would likely be most useful as an assessor flag plus a map layer rather than a separate static product.
