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Chickasha council approves sale of former Holiday Village park parcel to homeowners after public comment
Summary
After public comment from the prospective buyer, the Chickasha City Council approved transferring a roughly 0.64‑acre former park at 114 Belmont to Alfredo and Diane Moreno by quitclaim deed, asking staff and the buyers to coordinate lot‑line adjustments while preserving utility easements.
Diane Moreno, who said she and her husband purchased a home in the Holiday Village neighborhood, told the Chickasha City Council she and neighbors had discovered a central parcel shown in the seller's diagram was actually owned by the city and that fences on the parcel encroach on private yards. She said she had paid a surveyor about $2,000 and asked to purchase the city parcel so her family and adjacent homeowners would not face problems when reselling.
City staff confirmed the parcel was originally plotted as a park in the 1970s but was never developed or maintained by the city; neighbors have long cared for the land. Staff said the parcel is not part of the city's parks master plan and that selling it by quitclaim deed would require a legal description created from the recent survey.
Council members pressed for assurances that adjacent owners would maintain utility easements and not build over them, and asked whether additional adjacent property owners should be notified. Rachel (city staff) said the deed exhibit and legal description correspond to the highlighted area on the map and reassured the council easements and access would be preserved. Diane told the council she intends to pay survey costs and work with her neighbors to adjust lot lines so existing fences may remain.
After discussion, a motion to table the item for additional information was moved and considered. The council later moved to authorize the conveyance of the parcel to Alfredo and Diane Moreno by quitclaim deed; council roll call recorded a majority in favor. Council members noted the transfer does not remove city easements and that any private boundary adjustments among neighbors would be a civil matter handled separately.
The council recorded the action as an approval to sell the city parcel at 114 Belmont to the Morenos; staff will ensure the deed and exhibit match the map and will provide any additional information requested before the transaction is finalized.
