HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-0429 SPECIALMINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING
ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL
April 29, 1975
ROLL CALL:
ACCESS TO
SEWER TRTMT
PLANT
Mayor Gary Prickett called the special meeting to
order at 4:30 p.m. on the above date in the Council
Chambers. All Council members were present.
Mayor Prickett said that he had instructed City
Attorney Salter to look into the possibility of
acquiring a strip of property across Virginia Wade's
property at the end of Helman for use as an easement
to Sewage Treatment Plant. Salter said Virginia Wade
has given the City the right-of-way across her property
for a sum of $300.00, however, that right-of-way
terminates May 31, 1975. He further said, that if
the City paid to her an additional $1,200.00, then
she would sell her land to the Oregon Highway Division
for Greenway purposes. The State would then deed the
property to the County, who in turn would deed it to
the City. Salter said that he had discussed the
situation with Neal Flanigan, Chief Appraiser for
the Highway Department, and who is in charge of
appraising for Greenway purposes. Mr. Flanigan
has told Salter that in the event the City acquires
Title to the land, it would then be able to get
a permit to use the road to the Sewage Treatment Plant
on a temporary basis not to exceed two (2) years,
and at no cost. Flanigan further has indicated that
the City would most likely be able to acquire the
permanent right to use that roadway at no cost to it.
However, Salter told the Council that it was conceivable
that the City would have to pay additional funds for
the right to use the roadway, since the property is
being acquired with Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funds.
Attorney Gerald Scannell noted that although the
judgement handed down from the Circuit Court had allowed
the City use of the right-of-way that it was not meant
for use by the public, and also that a recent survey
showed the road being used was not within the legal
boundaries set by the Court. The matter of the pile
of sand and the fence placed on the road was brought
up and the matter of locking the gate across the road
was cited as a major hindrance to access to the Sewage
Treatment Plant. Because of these difficulties, Mayor
Prickett recommended that both sides sit down to work
something out and that Wade's property should be secured
because of the need for an alternate route.
City Attorney Salter stated that the recent trespass
lawsuit as filed by Scannell on behalf of Hellrich &
Hardesty had been turned over to the Medford law firm
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of Grant, Ferguson & Carter. He did this because that
law firm was qui~ familiar with the background information,
having represented the City in the Easement law suit, and
accordingly it would be able to represent the City on a
more economical basis.
Mayor Prickett recommended that a meeting be held with
the State, and that after that time, a committee be
appointed to sit down and work out details of problems
involved with Scannell and property owners.
Ragland moved that Wade be offered $1,200.00 for property;
Laws seconded, and on roll call, passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at
Robert D. Nelson
Acting City Recorder
5:35 p.r~.
r~yor
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