It doesn’t happen often but periodically there is a need to change the name of a roadway. This used to happen quite a bit when the 911 emergency systems was being implemented. To be assured that an emergency response was going to the right place similar names in the county needed to be sorted so there was no confusion about where help was needed. At times this meant a name change to a roadway.
Our code provides for street names changes by petition. A petition of 75% of the abutting property owners must sign the petition to have the council consider the change in the name. To make the name change, an ordinance would be adopted changing the street name from the current one to the new name.
Wartman Road is the road under consideration. This roadway was the original Northwoods Lane and the majority of the original roadway was vacated when a new right-of-way for Northwoods was established. What remained after the vacation was a road of approximately 200 feet. The property owners at the time were the Wartman’s so it made sense to go with that name.
We now have new owners of the property and they felt a different name was appropriate. They requested the name Darner Lane. No that is not their last name, but rather it is a type of dragonfly. With the up north feel and prevalence of dragonflies it is a rather nice name for a street. It’s interesting Breezy Point has all sorts of theme named roadways but bugs are not one of them.
In any event the roadway was renamed to Darner Lane and with that change comes a new sign and changes to the map.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Surplus Property
Do you have property you no longer use or need? I think we all have a surplus problem in some form and we go about getting rid of it periodically by donation to a charity or a garage sale or other such means. Cities are no different in that we accumulate goods that no longer meet our needs. We also receive lost property or property due to forfeiture.
As a public body it is difficult to donate to a charity as we have a responsibility to the tax payer. Disposal of property is somewhat dictated by state law requiring the city to seek revenue out of these situations. State law requires that a city establish ordinances giving direction for disposal and sale.
Recently our code was reviewed and found to be very dated. Both the threshold and the process were difficult to deal with. Items over a $100 and under $500 had to be disposed of by auction. Items over $500 were to be disposed of by sealed bids. The process needed to be more flexible. The dollar amounts also needed to be more flexible.
A change in the code was proposed to provide for a negotiated sale of up to $1000 in proposed value. Over that threshold goods could be sold by auction in either a live or online format or by sealed bids.
Disposing of excess property is now streamlined and hopefully we’ll be able to lighten the baggage of surplus and improve the bottom line in the process.
As a public body it is difficult to donate to a charity as we have a responsibility to the tax payer. Disposal of property is somewhat dictated by state law requiring the city to seek revenue out of these situations. State law requires that a city establish ordinances giving direction for disposal and sale.
Recently our code was reviewed and found to be very dated. Both the threshold and the process were difficult to deal with. Items over a $100 and under $500 had to be disposed of by auction. Items over $500 were to be disposed of by sealed bids. The process needed to be more flexible. The dollar amounts also needed to be more flexible.
A change in the code was proposed to provide for a negotiated sale of up to $1000 in proposed value. Over that threshold goods could be sold by auction in either a live or online format or by sealed bids.
Disposing of excess property is now streamlined and hopefully we’ll be able to lighten the baggage of surplus and improve the bottom line in the process.
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