Title
Purchase of 672 Conner, Detroit, MI
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Agenda of: October 26, 2022
Item No.: 2022-497
Amount: $20,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: October 20, 2022
RE: Purchase of 672 Conner, Detroit, MI
MOTION
Upon recommendation and opinion of Randal M. Brown, General Counsel, the Board of Directors (Board) for the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA):
(1) Approves the purchase of 672 Conner, Detroit, MI from Mack Village Limited Partnership for $20,000.00 plus closing costs; and
(2) Authorizes the Chief Executive Officer to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote, including the execution of the Purchase Agreement and closing documents.
JUSTIFICATION
To provide the ability to safely and reliably isolate the Freud Pump Station wet well, and pump dry weather sanitary sewage to the WRRF, GLWA needs to construct an access shaft and sanitary pump station east of the Freud Sewage Pumping Station. Working with Arcadis, GLWA’s consultant on this project, GLWA has identified properties that it needs to acquire adjacent to the Ashland and Fox Creek interceptors. One property adjacent to the interceptors and near the Freud Sewage Pumping Station is owned by Mack Village Limited Partnership. GLWA inquired to purchase the property. Mack Village Limited Partnership is willing to sell the property to GLWA for $20,000.00 plus closing costs. This is the second parcel purchased from Mack Village Limited Partnership. The property owner indicated the purchase price is equal to Mack Village Limited Partnership’s acquisition costs from the Wayne County Treasurer ($500.00), plus taxes, stormwater costs, and maintenance to the property since it was acquired in 2013 and the loss of a strategic parcel which is a part of its development plans. GLWA is acquiring this additional land after consultation with the City of Detroit’s Department of Public Works and GLWA’s consultant to provide a larger buffer from the facility to the residential neighborhood.
In February 2021, GLWA’s Board approved the purchase of another parcel for $11,000.00 from Mack Village Limited Partnership.
BUDGET IMPACT
There are sufficient funds allocated for the access shaft construction in the CIP to acquire the land.
COMMITTEE REVIEW
This matter was being presented to the Legal Committee on October 26, 2022. The Legal Committee unanimously recommended that the GLWA Board adopt the resolution as presented.
SHARED SERVICES IMPACT
This request does not impact the Shared Services Agreement.