So the city finally purchased the land between the soccer fields and the baseball fields. It's 11 acres, and I don't know the story of how we had both sides and not the middle, but that's how it's been since I've been here. Now with the oil industry here, needing to get water out right there, it was safer, and in my mind a prudent move for the city to purchase that piece of property to prevent 100+ 18-wheelers a day running through our parks. Especially since the engineers had figured on running them in and out of our main entrance to Independence Park.
What I don't understand is how, in today's environment where land is going for a premium, did this land depreciate by 25% in the last year. For a refresher on this let's look in the 90asign.com archives....oh there it is David Huseman on Behalf of GEDC how could I forget?
Mr. Huseman signed a contract, 'on behalf of GEDC' for $60,000 for that same piece of land, so how is it that we purchased it for less than $45,000? Land prices aren't going down last I looked, especially with all the oil folks in town.
Something here just doesn't sound right....just saying.
God Bless,
Dennis Nesser
By the way if you were looking for the rest of the $100,000, here's part of it. We still have more though...keep reading.
How achase for the city, but it should have been done in an ethical manner. bout looking and finding how much that land was OFFERED to the city a few years ago but the "good old boys club" decided the city didn't need it. The figure of $15000 comes to mind but I could be wrong on the exact amount.
ReplyDeleteIt's a natural purchase for the city but should have been done in an ethical manner, not to fix a stupid idea.
And why was there such a hurry to close the deal???
What is the property appraised for by the Appraisal District?
ReplyDeleteI have been told that all property has to be appraised at market value.
Not sure what happened to my original comment, but it should have read:
ReplyDeleteHow about looking and finding how much that land was OFFERED to the city a few years ago but the "good old boys club" decided the city didn't need it. The figure of $15000 comes to mind but I could be wrong on the exact amount.
It's a natural purchase for the city but should have been done in an ethical manner, not to fix a stupid idea.
And why was there such a hurry to close the deal???
In fact, why is there such a hurry to approve all the spending for the various projects? They have waited this long, will a couple more months when a new permanate city manager is hired hurt us? Let the new guy make his proposals, he's the one that will have to manage them, and be blamed for whatever doesn't go according to plan.