Requested Agenda Date:
8/15/2023
Requested Agenda Title:
Title
Consideration of a Resolution of The Salt Lake County Council Authorizing and Approving Proceedings in Eminent Domain as Necessary for Property Owned by Ron Case
Body
Requested Agenda Item Description: Salt Lake County works with the United States Army Corps of Engineers as the non-federal sponsor of the Surplus Canal, a project that consists of two levees approximately 18 miles in length, which is designed to divert water from the Jordan River to control flood flows. As the non-federal sponsor, the County is solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Surplus Canal.In order to maintain federal certification of the Surplus Canal, to comply with the demand of the USACE to remove identified encroachment violations that affect the structural integrity of the Surplus Canal levee, and to safely comply with federal mandates associated with the contractual obligations to operate and maintain the Surplus Canal, the County has determined that it is necessary and in the public interest to clarify and clean up its real property interests along the Surplus Canal. Ron Case owns a parcel of real property located approximately 2715 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah that is adjacent to the Surplus Canal where the interests of the County need to be clarified and encroachments removed. The County has identified a 54,747 square-foot portion of the Case Parcel, as more particularly described in the attached Exhibit A, and an access easement over other portions of the Case Parcel, as more particularly described in the attached Exhibit B, as necessary to the Project and has: i) provided required notifications to the Owner pursuant to Utah Code 78B-6-504, ii) has had the Subject Property and property interests appraised by independent appraisers, iii) has offered appraised amounts to the Owner; and iv) has offered to engage in mediation and further negotiations. Despite these efforts, the County has n...
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