BCC buys parcel in Miramar

[AAbsolute]

Okay so to clarify this was negligence on the part of the county and not the BCC randomly purchasing property. I guess they are having a contest with the Sheriff to see who can blow the most money before leaving office?

I don't call the actions of the County negligence. That would be to say that it was a professional or fiduciary failure to act with care. Sending P.M.'s around from insider to insider or lowering your voice when you conversate so people can't hear you is something very different to me. But Sowal already knows how I think about that kind of activity.

 

[scooterbug44]

Paying $550k to solve a problem of someone not being able to do what they want with a $47k property isn't very fiscally responsible IMO.

 

[AAbsolute]

Paying $550k to solve a problem of someone not being able to do what they want with a $47k property isn't very fiscally responsible IMO.

Taking advice on fiscal responsibility from Scooterbug44 is like taking marital fidelity advice from Bill Clinton.

 

[Creeklover]

I am sure the county insurance company paid for this. They have had this issue before and the insurance companies have paid. This appears to be a employee in the planning department who told them they could build x on the property and they could only build y on it. I think the county did the right thing by settleing this because court and lawer fees would cost more than that and the county would have still lost.

 

[AAbsolute]

What is this? I haven't heard of a Reverter Clause before today.

 

[Matt J]

What is this? I haven't heard of a Reverter Clause before today.

Have you gone back to the warranty deed to read what the Reverter Clause is?

 

[AAbsolute]

Thanks for the tip.

 

[wrobert]

Thanks for the tip.

I can usually follow along on these things, but this deed is for a piece of property in a whole different area of the county than the the Miraramar piece.


In the executive session it was clearly stated on more than one occasion that the insurance company would not be participating in this Bert Harriss claim. It is all on the county. They are hoping to sell the land to FDOT for a retention pond. I am hearing talk of a section 8 housing project on it though.

 

[AAbsolute]

I can usually follow along on these things, but this deed is for a piece of property in a whole different area of the county than the the Miraramar piece.


In the executive session it was clearly stated on more than one occasion that the insurance company would not be participating in this Bert Harriss claim. It is all on the county. They are hoping to sell the land to FDOT for a retention pond. I am hearing talk of a section 8 housing project on it though.

Maybe I don't have enough experience in the FDOT retention area's. It doesn't look like a qualified property to me from an engineering point of view. I'd be interested to see who brought that idea up as a potential use. It may have been a deflection or red herring.

Thanks

 

[wrobert]

Maybe I don't have enough experience in the FDOT retention area's. It doesn't look like a qualified property to me from an engineering point of view. I'd be interested to see who brought that idea up as a potential use. It may have been a deflection or red herring.

Thanks

When I get back to one of my computers I will post the minutes from the sessions, I believe the idea was mentioned by the county attorney, Burke.