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File #: LM-2021-0079    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 3/1/2021 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action: 5/19/2021
Title: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN APPROVING THE DISPOSAL OF A PARCEL OF LAND CONSTITUTING A PORTION OF MILL RIVER STREET TO STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Attachments: 1. LM-2021-0079

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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN APPROVING THE DISPOSAL OF A PARCEL OF LAND CONSTITUTING A PORTION OF MILL RIVER STREET TO STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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WHEREAS, the City of New Haven (the “City”) is the owner of a certain parcel of land consisting of approximately 0.06 acres (MBP 182/ 0804/ 01500) and constituting a portion of Mill River Street, New Haven, Connecticut (the “City Property”); and                     

 

WHEREAS, the City acquired the City Property from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation (the “CT DOT”) on January 11, 1977 with a restriction that the City Property be used for highway purposes only; and

 

WHEREAS, the City does not intend to use the City Property for highway purposes and does not otherwise have any use for the City Property; and

 

WHEREAS, the owner of the property abutting the City Property (the “Abutter”)  wishes to acquire the City Property as part of a multi-parcel assemblage (in aggregate, the “Development Property”) for the purposes of constructing a residential building upon the Development Property; and

 

WHEREAS, the CT DOT has agreed to reacquire the City Property from the City, remove the restriction and negotiate a sale of the City Property with the Abutter to allow the Abutter to construct a residential building upon the Development Property.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor of the City be and hereby is authorized to execute and deliver a deed quitclaiming to CT DOT any and all interest of the City in the City Property and to execute and deliver such other documents as may be necessary or desirable in order to complete such conveyance.