Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Motion 22-385, approval of Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreement between Sharla Ann Spoelstra as seller and Snohomish County as buyer for real property identified by tax parcel number 28050300203000
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DEPARTMENT: Facliities and Fleet
ORIGINATOR: Steven Tease
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Ken Klein (review/approved 9/11/22)
PURPOSE: Approval of the real estate purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of real property identified as APN 28050300203000, located in unincorporated Snohomish County, Washington, for the amount of $111,700.00, and tenant personal property relocation benefits, and escrow closing costs; and authorize the Property Officer to execute the agreement and all related documents necessary to effectuate the real property transfer.
BACKGROUND: Snohomish County owns or has a flood easement on approximately 360 acres of land within an area historically known as Drainage District 6, more recently referred to as the DD6/Chinook Marsh Restoration area ("Restoration Area"), located south of Ebey Slough in unincorporated Snohomish County. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Surface Water Management Division is the custodial department and manages the Restoration Area all for the purpose of restoration work, providing more open space, and reducing flood risk. Snohomish County Council passed amended Ordinance No. 21-094, related to the 2021 budget, making a supplemental appropriation, on November 3, 2021, a portion of which was allocated to Surface Water Management Fund 415. Certain property has been identified for acquisition south of Ebey Slough and adjacent to the Restoration Area that is important to the design and development of the project and the purchase would be funded through said appropriation. Sharla Ann Spoelstra (the "Seller") owns approximately 11.17 acres of real property identified by tax parcel number 28050300203000 (the "Property"), which has been...
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