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Commission Minutes--October 20, 2003 2662 11. PARKING LOT PURCHASE ORDERS, Farao Park pistrict shared parkina lot MOTION, passed Mr. Meyer moved and Mr. Bennett seconde' to authorize the chairman to sign purchase orders for lighting with Mag um Electric in the amount of $9,860.00 and for landscaping with Baker N rsery Gardens in the amount of $7,127.05 for the joint parking lot with th Fargo Park District west of the Cass County Annex. On roll call vote, t e motion carried unanimously. 12. TAX-FORFEITED PROPERTY, A raisal/hearin te set Michael Montplaisir, County Auditor, provided a list 0 I real estate forfeited to Cass County for delinquent taxes, pursuant to North Dakota centui. Code Chapter 57-28. Alternative values on the properties were provided today by Fran Klein, County Director of Tax Equalization. A hearing on the appraisal is schedule. for November 3rd at 3:30 PM. The auditor and Birch Burdick, State's Attorney, reco~mend selling an owner-occupied residential property in Casselton back to the former o'tners on a Contract for Deed, as allowed in North Dakota Century Code 57-28-19. Mr.IBurdick was represented at today's meeting by Assistant State's Attorney Aaron Birst. Mr. Montplaisir said there is an apartment building in Wargo, which he expects will be redeemed; someone deposited junk on county-ownedtots in Meadow Brook Park that should be removed; a lot in Kindred has a condemne house on it that will be destroyed by the City of Kindred in the next month; and a suggestio was made that the house on a tax- forfeited lot in the City of Leonard be demolished before the property can be sold. MOTION, passed Mrs. Sorum moved and Mr. Vanyo seconde4 to authorize the county auditor and the state's attorney to offer a Cqntract for Deed to the former owners of 201 8th Avenue South, Casselton~ North Dakota, with a term of 48 months at 4% interest; to set the minimu~ sales price on tax-forfeited property as recommended by the Director of Equalization; to authorize the use of contingency funds to pay for the~ounty highway department to clean up debris on county-owned lots in he Meadow Brook Park area; and further, to stipulate that the property in he City of Leonard not be sold until the house is removed. On roll cal vote, the motion carried unanimously. 13. PARKING LOT AGREEMENT, Far 0 Park District I nd west of Annex Mr. Montplaisir said a new parking lot is being constru ted west of the Cass County Annex and south of the Fargo Park District's Robert D. Johnspn Building at 1104 2nd Avenue South, Fargo. Under a proposed agreement, the Fargp Park District is donating the land, and Cass County Government will pay for the construqtion of improvements. The Park District and Cass County will each have 12 parking sp~ces, and any other available parking in this lot may be used by the general public. MOTION, passed Mr. Vanyo moved and Mr. Bennett secondedl to authorize the chairman to sign the parking lot agreement at 11th Stree~ and 3rd Avenue South with the Fargo Park District. On roll call vote, the! motion carried unanimously.