Land Bank Agency
Regular MeetingBlue Springs, MO · August 30, 2018
Minutes
CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI
MINUTES OF LAND BANK MEETING
AUGUST 30, 2018
A meeting of the Land Bank of Blue Springs, Missouri was held on Thursday, August 30, 2018 in
the Council Executive Conference Room of the Howard L Brown Public Safety Building, 1100 SW
Smith Street, Blue Springs, Missouri with Chairman Johnson presiding.
COMMISSIONERS IN Eric Johnson Kirk Sampson
ATTENDANCE Tracy White-Baldridge Jim Fairbanks
Jim May
Also present were Staff Liaisons Assistant City Administrator
Christine Cates; City Attorney Jackie Sommer; Chris Sandie, Director
of Public Works; Dennis Dovel, Director of Parks and Recreation;
Tom Cole, Director of Community and Economic Development;
Karen Van Winkle, Director of Finance; and Deputy City Clerk Julia
Porter.
CALL TO ORDER Chairman Johnson called the Land Bank meeting to order at 2:00
p.m.
APPROVE BOARD Commissioner May moved to approve the minutes of the April 30,
MINUTES 2018 meeting of the Land Bank of Blue Springs. Motion seconded by
Commissioner Fairbanks and carried unanimously.
APPOINTMENT OF Commissioner May moved to appoint Julia Porter as the Board
BOARD SECRETARY Secretary of the Land Bank of Blue Springs. Motion seconded by
Commissioner Fairbanks and carried unanimously.
RATIFICATION OF A Commissioner White-Baldridge moved to approve the ratification of
CONTRACT WITH JW the real estate contract with JW Larkin Properties, LLC for Lank Bank
LARKIN PROPERTIES, Parcels 2016-03-41-800-03-02-01-5-00-000 and 2016-04-41-820-
LLC (2016--03 AND 2016-- 04-09-00-0-00-000. Motion seconded by Commissioner May and
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carried unanimously.
RATIFICATION OF A Commissioner Fairbanks moved to approve the ratification of the real
CONTRACT WITH estate contract with Clayton Properties Group, Inc. for Land Bank
CLAYTON PROPERTIES Parcels 2015-03-54-330-97-03-00-0-00-000 and 2015-04-54-330-
GROUP, INC. (2015-03 98-02-01-0-00-000. Motion seconded by Commissioner White-
AND 2015-04)
Baldridge and carried unanimously.
AUTHORITY TO Commissioner May moved to authorize the Chairman to negotiate
NEGOTIATE AND purchase contracts, and to negotiate and execute amendments or
EXTEND CLOSING addendums to any purchase contract approved by the Land Bank that
DATES is not a substantial or material change to the contract or a change to
the purchase price. Motion seconded by Commissioner Fairbanks
and carried unanimously.
TITLE REPORT Attorney Jackie Sommer presented a Memo on Title Company
EXCEPTIONS Exceptions to Land Bank Sales.
LAND BANK QUARTERLY Christine Cates presented the Land Bank Quarterly Financial
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Statements for Fiscal Year 2018-19.
REVIEW OF 2017 AND Christine Cates advised that there is a staff meeting on September 7
2018 LAND BANK to discuss the best uses for the six parcels received in the 2017 Tax
PARCELS Sale.
Attorney Jackie Sommer advised that there will not be any properties
transferred to the Land Bank of Blue Springs from the 2018 Tax Sale.
LAND BANK PARCEL Chairman Johnson spoke about giving Land Bank Parcel 2013-02-
2013-02 35-230-03-64-00-0-00-000 back to Sunny Pointe Home Owners
Association (HOA). Attorney Jackie Sommer appealed the assessed
value of the parcel to Jackson County. The new assessed value of
Parcel 2013-02 is $10 and will be tax exempt.
Board Secretary Julia Porter reached out to Sunny Pointe HOA and
as of today has not received an application.
Commissioner May moved to give Parcel 2013-02 to Sunny Pointe
HOA. Motion seconded by Commissioner White-Baldridge and
carried unanimously.
EXECUTIVE SESSION At 2:27 p.m., Commissioner White-Baldridge moved that the Land
Bank go into executive session pursuant to Section 610.021 ,
subparagraph (2), Revised Statues of Missouri, for the purpose of
privileged communications between a governmental body or its
representative and legal counsel relating to real estate, and that any
minutes, documents, and other records discussed or taken during the
execute session remain closed, and that this body stand adjourned
at the completion of such session. Motion seconded by
Commissioner Fairbanks can carried with the following votes :
Tracy White-Baldridge - Aye Jim Fairbanks - Aye
Jim May-Aye Eric Johnson - Aye
Kirk Sampson - Aye
Eric Johnson, Chair
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Julia Porter, Board Secretary
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