Memorandum
Date: August 25, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair Board of Directors of the Lake County Watershed Protection District
From: Scott De Leon, Public Works/Water Resources Director
Subject: Extra Item: (a) Consideration of "extra" agenda item; and (b) (Sitting as the Board of Directors for the Lake County Watershed Protection District) Consideration of Purchase Agreement with Nancy Torrence and Becki Vigil for Property within the Middle Creek Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project and authorize the Chair of the Board of Directors to sign the Agreement
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
This item is being submitted as an "extra" agenda item. The justification for this request to consider an item not on the posted agenda is as follows:
? The need to take action came to the attention of this department subsequent to the posting of the current agenda.
Staff was presented with the signed Purchase Agreement on Friday, August 21st, after the agenda for today's meeting had already been posted.
? There is a need to take immediate action before the next available agenda.
This property is one of the final residential properties in the Project Area and time is of the essence to get the purchase completed and the owners relocated prior to winter rains. Furthermore, the owners cannot enter into any agreements to purchase a replacement property until this purchase is complete. The current real estate market is very dynamic with properties selling quickly, and every day matters in their efforts to find a new property.
Staff requests that the Board of Supervisors concur that justification exists to consider this for an extra agenda item.
At long last, our consultant Paragon Partners, Ltd. has reached an agreement for the purchase of property known as Assessor's Parcel Number 004-016-020 owned by Nancy Torrence and Becki Vigil. The ...
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