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An Ordinance approving the sale of the County’s interest in a parcel of property located on Valley Street in the Borough of Oakmont, Pennsylvania and identified in the County’s Block and Lot system as 0363-S-00277 for the sale price of $1,200.00 to Mr. Wesley Moorhead and the sharing of the sale price with Oakmont and the Riverview School District.
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Whereas, the County of Allegheny (“the County”), the Borough of Oakmont (“Borough”) and the Riverview School District (“School District”) (collectively the “Three Taxing Bodies”) are the owners of a longstanding vacant piece of real property acquired through a tax sale that is located on Valley Street in the Borough of Oakmont, Pennsylvania and identified in the County’s Block and Lot system as 0363-S-00277 (the “Property”); and
Whereas, Mr. Wesley Moorhead (“Buyer”) has offered to purchase the Property from the Three Taxing Bodies for purposes of expanding the side yard of his adjacent personal residence; and
Whereas, the Buyer obtained a professional appraisal of the Property; and
Whereas, the said appraisal indicated that the Property has a fair market value of $1,200.00; and
Whereas, the Township and the School District have enacted resolutions agreeing to sell their respective one-third interests in the Property for a total consideration of $1,200 (“the Purchase Price”) with the understanding that the Purchase Price would be shared by the Three Taxing Bodies based upon their respective percentages of each Taxing Bodies’ tax millage to the current total tax millage on the Property; and
Whereas, Article IV, Section 2 (k) of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter and Article 5-701.03 of the Administrative Code of Allegheny County vests the County’s Council with the power and duty by ordinance to authorize the sale and conveyance of County-owned land, buildings, or other real or personal property owned by the County; and
Whereas, the County Manager has determined that the Property is of no use to...
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