Real Estate Committee

CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. Real Estate Committee – 2023 City Hall, One Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, NY 10550 REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE Dr. Darren Morton – Comptroller, Chairman Danielle Browne – City Council President Stephanie Vanderpool – Assessor Donna M. Jackson, Secretary REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA Friday, September 29, 2023, at 12:00 NOON Mayor’s Conference Room – City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mt. Vernon, NY 1. Call of the Meeting – 12:11pm 2. Roll Call Present: Comptroller Morton, Council President Browne, Assessor Stephanie Vanderpool Absent: None Additional Participants: Joyce A. Browne, Brian Johnson, 3. Public Comment • Valon Nicki (in person) – asked when we can have an answer on submitted bids. He wants to buy, renovate and sell back to workforce Mount Vernonites • Justin Jones (in person) – asking when we can have an answer on submitted bids. • Glenn Collier (online) – asked if the status of the bids will be discussed. Responses: Comptroller discussed the submission of bids. We have received a number of bids, we are now in the process of compiling the enormous amount of information. We will begin the process of review, which is what we will discuss today. There has been no action taken on any of the bids other than we have received them; and we will discuss the process for review and recommendation to the Council. Council then approves or disapproves our recommendations. We cannot give a specific timeframe at this time. 4. Closing: 145 South Fulton Avenue. Counsel Joyce A Brown. On august 30th this closed, $95,000 was the price on the all cash transaction. It had to be demolished and rebuilt for residential purposes only. Comptroller noted 145 South Fulton was determined for sale and demolition for the safety of the city earlier in the year. 5. Closure of Acceptance of Public “Best & Final” Offers on City-Owned Surplus Properties for Sale. Vanderpool motion, CP Browne seconded. On the question: Is the time or the day? Comptroller noted if an offer is postdated today, that is fine. In order to officially make that notice he suggested that we have a vote to extend the time period that we had, and close it for today. VOTE ALL AYES on closing the acceptance of bids for properties. The last we will receive it is today. If it is postmarked for today we will receive. 1 6. Discussion of Next Steps/Offer Review – Comptroller asked how far we have come in compiling? DC Jackson noted the received offers are on the spreadsheet, the digital offers are being cleaned up. Comptroller noted the next phase will be discussing how they dispose of these properties and the rubric we will use to evaluate, review and decide on the properties, based on the conditions we set out (home ownership, etc.) so it is a clear evaluation that we use and forward to the City Council. Comptroller will review and send information to committee members; we will review, approve and adopt. Next meeting we will approve and adopt – we may call a Special meeting to move this process along. 7. New Business – CP President Browne will be out of town October 27th. Moving meeting to Thursday, October 26th at 11am. 8. Executive Session to receive Legal Advice from Corporation Counsel – Motion by CP Browne to enter into executive session, seconded by Vanderpool . ALL AYES ON THE VOTE - 12:34PM Executive Session begins. • Exiting Executive Session: Motion to CP Browne, Vanderpool – ALL AYES. Exit at 12:57PM. 9. 286 McClennan Avenue and additional parcel Zero (0) Vernon: Counsel Johnson recommends we transfer the Zero Vernon lot back to the owner. Property purchased by Ms. Jones who paid property taxes. The title company paid the taxes on the primary lot, but they failed to pay for the 0 Vernon lot directly adjacent. Subsequently on discovery they did pay taxes. It is a clear natural part of the McClennan lot. • Motion by CP Browne that Zero (0) Vernon is transferred back to original owner Ms. Myrtle Jones Assessor Vanderpool seconds. ALL AYES on the vote to transfer back. 10. Adjournment – Motion by CP Browne. Second by Assessor Vanderpool. ALL AYES ON THE VOTE TO ADJOURN at 1:00PM 11. Next Meeting Date: October 26th, 2023, at 11:00AM