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Tumwater to seek more time to negotiate Deschutes Valley property purchase with LOTT Clean Water Alliance
Summary
City staff asked the Public Works Committee to place a memorandum of understanding extending negotiation time with LOTT Clean Water Alliance on the Jan. 21 council consent calendar; the extension would push the negotiation deadline to June 2025 for continued due diligence.
The Tumwater Public Works Committee voted Jan. 9 to place a memorandum of understanding (MOU) amendment with LOTT Clean Water Alliance on the Jan. 21 City Council consent calendar, extending time for the city to continue negotiating a purchase-and-sale agreement for properties in the Deschutes Valley.
City staff member Dan said the amendment is an extension to allow more time for due diligence and negotiations after an environmental site survey and site survey were completed in late October and early November. Staff said the environmental site survey did not reveal new findings of significant concern but that holiday scheduling delayed further discussions with LOTT. The proposed amendment would extend the parties’ schedule through June 2025.
Dan told the committee the earlier agreement had expired in December 2024; the current amendment would add roughly six months (through June 2025) to allow staff and LOTT to complete outstanding negotiations on site access and existing structures. He also noted a typographical date error in the draft that staff will correct prior to council submission.
A motion to place the MOU amendment on the Jan. 21 City Council consent calendar, with a recommendation the mayor sign it, was moved and seconded; committee members voted “aye.” Staff said they will return with additional information to Public Works and City Council as negotiations proceed.
The committee did not take final action on any property transfer; the meeting concerned scheduling and authorization to continue negotiations and complete outstanding due diligence.
