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Council weighs one-year lease extension and buying option for Historical Society parking parcel
Summary
The Washington Historical Society seeks a one-year extension of a lease on a 75-foot strip of the 104 South High parking lot and asked the city to raise annual payment from $200 to $1,000; council debated negotiation, maintenance responsibilities, securing parking for the square and whether to pursue purchase instead of continued lease rollovers.
The Committee of the Whole discussed whether to extend a lease on a portion of the parking lot at 104 South High that the city purchased in December 2016.
Staff told council the city owns most of the lot but the western 75 feet remained with the private owner at the time and later transferred to the Washington Historical Society; a lease that the city entered into in 2016 transferred with that property. The historical society asked for a…
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