Public Notice Sale of Property Located at 8 N. Hyland Lane

City of Lowell, OR

Public Notice

Sale of Property Located at 8 N. Hyland Lane

The Lowell City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:00 PM on May 17, 2022 at the Lowell Rural Fire Protection District Fire Station 1, 389 N. Pioneer Street, Lowell, OR 97452. The purpose of the public hearing is to take comments on the sale of the City of Lowell’s real property located at 8 N. Hyland Lane (tax and lot number 19-01-14-24-07000).

An electronic option to listen, watch, and participate is available. Members of the public may participate in person or electronically through Zoom by personal computer, tablet, or phone. For instructions on how to join via Zoom, go to the following web address and select the meeting in question: https://www.ci.lowell.or.us/calendar.

The City retained lot 21 of the Wetleau Estates subdivision, which was approved in 2008. Lot 21 is the current 8 N. Hyland property. The tentative plan for the Wetleau Estates subdivision (City Council approved land use file #08-006) stated that: “Lot 21 may be disposed of by the City at a later date.” The City Council has determined that the City has no use for the real property. The sale proceeds from 8 N. Hyland Lane are intended to provide funds needed to complete the City Hall and Maggie Osgood Library renovation project at 70 N. Pioneer Street. 8 N. Hyland Lane is zoned R-1 and has an approximate acreage of 0.62 acre.

The City obtained an appraisal of the property on March 4, 2022, with an appraised value of $115,000. However, the appraisal value is based on the “hypothetical condition that the power poles have been removed.” The appraisal value is also based on “the extraordinary assumption that the homesite is stabilized to native soil.” The City intends to sell the property “as-is.” As such, the City cannot guarantee all the conditions and assumptions that were factored in the appraisal value. The City put the property up for sale on April 4, 2022. On April 28, 2022, the City received an offer from Gregory Hampton to buy 8 N. Hyland Lane “as-is” for $60,000. At its May 4, 2022 special meeting, the City Council voted to propose selling the property to Gregory Hampton for the offered amount of $60,000.

Any written comments concerning the proposed sale received by the City prior to the public hearing will be provided to the City Council. Any interested party may submit oral or written comments at the public hearing.

Please direct questions or comments concerning the sale of the property to City Administrator Jeremy Caudle. Contact information is as follows.

Telephone: (541) 937-2157

Email: admin@ci.lowell.or.us

Mail: PO Box 490, Lowell, OR 97452

In person: City Hall, 107 E. 3^rd Street, Lowell, OR 97452.