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Marion County commissioners approve transfer of Tudor Park parcel to abutting landowner program
Summary
On Nov. 19, 2024 Marion County commissioners voted to transfer Parcel 7029586 (Tudor Park Drive) to the abutting landowner program after staff outlined a history of delinquent taxes and an earlier assessed-value exemption that reduced its assessed value below the program threshold.
Joseph O'Connor, president of the Marion County commissioners, and Myla Eldridge, serving as secretary, presided over the Nov. 19, 2024 meeting at the City County Building, where commissioners approved transferring Parcel 7029586 to the county's abutting landowner program.
An unidentified county staff member presented the property, describing Parcel 7029586 as "a parcel of land that comprises the length of Tudor Park Drive from the entrance at 30 Eighth Street to the former clubhouse at the back of the property," and said the parcel had gone to tax sale "sometime around 2005 to 2006" and appears to have delinquent taxes dating to February 2003. The presenter said staff recommends declaring the parcel surplus and transferring it to the abutting landowner with the highest bid.
The presenter also reported that "On 04/26/2024, Peter Bella unanimously passed a motion to grant an exemption on the assessed value of this property, which brought it below the threshold for the abutting landowner program." Commissioners asked for clarifications: the program threshold was confirmed as $50,000, and Joseph O'Connor noted the parcel had not been platted as common property and that legal counsel said the deed was presented as restricting the parcel "in perpetuity" for common use, which can affect taxability under Indiana law.
Myla Eldridge moved to transfer the parcel to the abutting landowner program; Joseph O'Connor seconded. Both commissioners voted "aye" and the motion carried, approving the transfer per staff recommendation. The minutes of the Sept. 17, 2024 meeting were also approved earlier in the session after a separate motion by Eldridge and second by O'Connor.
O'Connor closed the meeting by announcing the next regular meeting for Dec. 17, 2024 at 2 p.m. in Room 260 and the commission adjourned.
Details recorded in the meeting transcript include the parcel identifier (Parcel 7029586), the property's location on Tudor Park Drive, the reported tax-sale timeframe (circa 2005–2006), delinquent-tax dating to February 2003, the April 26, 2024 assessed-value exemption reference to Peter Bella, and the program threshold of $50,000 as stated by staff.
