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Real estate committee to notify owners of encroachments; public works may remove a basketball court on city open space
Summary
The committee agreed to add encroaching properties to old business, to send letters to owners of clearly identified encroachments and to ask public works to remove a basketball court that sits on city open space if it is not removed by owners in spring.
The committee added encroaching properties to old business and discussed next steps for several identified encroachments, including a basketball court that extends onto city open space.
Staff briefed the committee on prior outreach to property owners and said the committee previously contacted a property owner (Joey DeFlippy) about a court that appears to sit on open-space land. Staff recommended sending letters notifying owners that "they have encroached on city property, and it needs to be removed." The chair and committee members agreed to give property owners time to remove encroachments and to invite them to a future meeting for discussion; if owners do not act, public works could remove offending structures in spring.
Staff also proposed producing GIS maps for each encroachment to document locations and to avoid claims of selective enforcement. Committee members asked that outreach be phased so the committee does not face numerous residents in a single meeting.
The committee voted to add encroachment items to old business and to pursue targeted outreach and mapping; no enforcement action was taken at the meeting other than direction to notify owners and prepare maps.
