Ordinance 883ORDINANCE NO _
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SALES OF CITY PROPERTY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
• Sectionl. Whenever it shall appear to the Mayor and City Council that
it is for the best interests of the City of Edmonds and the people thereof tha' any
lot, parcel, or portion of such lot or parcel, of the proper+y, whether real, per-
sonal, or infixed, belunging to said City, should be sold, it shall be the duty of
said Council to authorize the sale of such property acting by and through its
executive officer, the Mayor of the City of Edmonds, to cause to be effected the
conveyances necessary to transfer said property, after the same has been ,ppraised,
and wider the limits:ions and restrictions and Ln the manner hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Subsequent to the receipt of an appraisal of said pr )perty, the
Council shall fix a minimum pricy at which such property may be sold. No sale
shall be consumated unless, at least, the minirrum proce fixed by the Council is bid.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall cause a call for bids to be published
relating to such property except. when
A. Selling to a governmental agency in the manner provided in
the laws of the State of Washington.
B. The value of the property to be sold is less than $ , and
C. The Council setting forth the facts by resolution has declared an
emergency to exist.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall give notice of the City's intention to
make such sale by one p-blication in the official newspaper of said City; the City
Clerk shall also cause notice of the City's intention to snake such sale to be posted
on a public bulletin board in a conspicuous place in the City Hall of the City of
Edmonds; both posting and the date of publication must be at least 5 calendar days
before the final date for submission of such competitive bids.
Section 5. The bids shall be opened in public at the time and place
stated in such publication. The City Council may reject any or all bid or the
bid for any one or more of the parcels, real or persona'_, included in the aforesaid
call for bids.
Section 6. Upon receipt of an acceptable b' i relating to said property the
Council shall 'iuthorize t to Mayor to cause the necessary instruments to be prepared
• and further authorize the Mayor to execute such instruments.
Section 7. In the event no bids, or no satisfactory bids have beeri received
pursuant o the metiods outlined above, or in the event the appraisal value of the
property is less than $500. 00, then in that event theNbp and City Council may
receive or negotiate bids relative to the sale of such property, but in no e.ent
shall said property be sold for less than the a•,pi wised value of such property.
Section 8. The effective date of this ordinance shall be the 2nd da;: of
May 19u1.
ATTEST:
CITY CL"K
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Passed: 7 1
Published: May Il, 1961
Filed with the City Clerk: May 2, 1961
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MAYOR