P88 real property acquisition appraisals ordinance
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Okay. Okay. All right, great. So Mr. Nandez, let's move on to uh P eighty eight, please.
Um P eighty eight was published in the Tampa Bay Times on November 1st,
2020.
Thank you.
Good afternoon, Commissioner. Nikki Speartoes, County Attorney's Office. This is ordinance amending Chapter two, Article 4, Division Two of the Pasco County Code of Ordinances, creating section two-134. relating to the acquisition of real property and appraisals. Commissioners, this ordinance provides clarification of the law by recognizing the county's right to opt out of the public records exemption by not obtaining a
second appraisal for purchases in excess of $500,000. It also allows the county to use its discretion in not obtaining an appraisal.
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Questions, comments, questions, questions. Seeing none, um we'll take public comment at this time. Is there anybody signed up via WebEx or do we have any emails to be read into the record? I
I have questions.
Anyway, the kiosk.
No one
is at the kiosk.
Commissioner Starkey?
I just all uh and what What in what instances do we not care if we get an appraisal or not? What what qualifies for a no appraisal purchase?
So sometimes we'll have a number of appraisals in a certain neighborhood. for eminent domain, for example, advanced acquisition, and then we will seek to acquire an additional parcel from a nearby similarly situated property. And we already have the expertise um concerning the value of the properties in that area at that time, and we can save months of time and thousands of dollars in those
situations. Okay. Just wanted that clarify.
Mr. Chairman Mariano. And I was okay with it till you just said that. Um So we're gonna take the amount from a hundred thousand to five hundred thousand. And the amount of those easements I would think would be most of them would be under a hundred anyway, wouldn't they?
I'm not sure I understand the question, sir.
Most most of the transactions for an easement are that are similar in an area, that would be th those would be smaller amounts of money, generally speaking?
Correct. When it comes to easement, are you talking about eminent domain or otherwise? Eminent domain, I'm sorry. Okay. So yes, when it comes to acquiring easement, they're generally lower in value, yes, sir.
Alright, so How I'm trying to think of how important this is to go from a hundred to five hundred. It sounds like a huge jump and I'm not sure if it
So typically we don't have uh purchases of that amount unless it's fee simple acquisition. So for a fee simple acquisition where the contract is $500,000 or more, if we elect to keep an appraisal confidential, which we wouldn't do for eminent domain, um the law requires us to obtain a second appraisal. But Most of the time when we do obtain
appraisals, uh, we do share them with the seller. So there's no need to incur the additional cost in order to exercise that exemption option. Okay. Move approval? Back it.
I have a motion in a second. Um this is a roll call vote. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
District One, Commissioner Oakley. District three, Commissioner Starkey. Aye. District four, Commissioner Fitzpatrick. Aye. District five, Commissioner Mariano.
Aye.
District two, Chairman More.
Aye. Motion passes five zero.
Thank you. Good afternoon.