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01-18-11 Real Estate Acquisition & Disposition Committee Minutes
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