TOWN COUNCIL MAJORITY OFFICE
REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION COMMITTEE
JANUARY 18, 2011
PRESENT Linda Russo, Chair; Councillors William P. Horan, Jr. and Eric Thompson
ALSO Marcia Leclerc, Mayor
PRESENT Rich Gentile, Assistant Corporation Counsel
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Russo called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
December 14, 2010
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Bill Horan
to approve the minutes of the December 14, 2010 Real Estate Acquisition
& Disposition Committee meeting.
Motion carried 3/0.
OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK
None
NEW BUSINESS
None
OLD BUSINESS
Update - Sale of 9 Montague Circle
Assistant Corporation Counsel Rich Gentile updated the Committee regarding the ongoing negotiations with abutting landowners. A general discussion of the issue followed. Attorney Gentile will report back to the Committee with the progress of further negotiations.
No further action taken at this time.
Acquisition of 3 Saunders Street
Assistant Corporation Counsel Rich Gentile updated the Committee regarding the ongoing
negotiations with the owner of 3 Saunders Street. A general discussion followed.
MOTION By Bill Horan
seconded by Linda Russo
to recommend that the Town Council, on behalf of the Town of East Hartford,
acquire the property known as 3 Saunders Street, East Hartford, Connecticut,
for the sum of $150,000, subject to the following:
- receipt of C.G.S. § 8-24 approval from the Town’s Planning and Zoning Commission;
- satisfactory completion of the requirements set forth in Town Ordinances §10-18
(other than a survey, which requirement is waived based upon available and clear
property descriptions on file in the Town of East Hartford’s Town Clerk’s Office) and;
3 verification that all tenants at the property have moved and that all present leases for
the property have expired or terminated.
Motion carried 3/0.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Bill Horan
to adjourn (6:08 p.m.)
Motion carried 3/0.
cc: Town Council
Marcia Leclerc, Mayor
Rich Gentile, Assistant Corporation Counsel
John Choquette, Development Director
| 
