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Clarksburg LRA tables motion to let chairwoman settle three small parcels
Summary
The authority considered authorizing the chairwoman to settle three small parcels (213 Quincy Street, the lot beside 311 Davis Street, and South Chestnut Street properties) but tabled the authorization until a special meeting to resolve pricing, surveys and transfer mechanics.
Members of the Clarksburg Land Reuse Authority debated a motion to authorize the chairwoman to finalize transfers of small city parcels — including 213 Quincy Street, a lot adjacent to 311 Davis Street and two South Chestnut Street lots — then opted to table that authorization for more information.
Unidentified Speaker 4 moved "to authorize the chairwoman to settle 213 Quincy Street, property next to 311 Davis Street and South Chestnut Street properties to adjoining landowners." The motion was seconded by Unidentified Speaker 1. Discussion focused on the Chestnut parcels: speakers described them as largely undeveloped lots the city has held for more than a decade, noted Department of Transportation and city ownership patterns, and questioned whether the lots had strategic value for the city.
Board members clarified municipal practice for transferring property: historically the city sold some parcels by public auction or routed parcels through urban-redevelopment agencies; the LRA can accept property grants and the chairwoman can accept or reject grants under administrative authority. Unidentified Speaker 3 said the LRA had been set up, in part, to purchase tax properties at first refusal and to return them to adjoining owners or sell them for reuse.
Members raised procedural matters before authorizing the chair to settle: whether parcels acquired by the city must be formally transferred to the LRA, clean-title conditions and liens, how to resolve competing claims from multiple adjoining owners, and how to set a transfer price to recover administrative costs. Suggested price ranges discussed included nominal transfers or modest fees (for example, $1,000–$2,000) to cover staff and legal costs.
Because key pricing, survey and statutory details were not finalized, Unidentified Speaker 4 moved to table items a and b until the special meeting next week; the board agreed and scheduled follow-up action at that meeting.
