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NEWS MyEagleNews.com Wednesday, January 8, 2020 A3 Questions arise on acquiring land from Ironwood Triangle By Rudy Diaz Blue Mountain Eagle Negotiations continue between the city of John Day and Ironwood Triangle for the acquisition of prop- erty that would be part of the Innovation Gateway Project. The city plans to pur- chase the area to obtain the right of way between Patter- son Bridge Road and Valley View Drive to create the new Government Entry Road and complete the Seventh Street Extension. This is a 14-acre par- cel that includes two small office buildings and a main shop, according to John Day City Manager Nick Green. The barren land is located between the U.S. For- est Service office building and Valley View Assisted Living. The city plans to demol- ish the office buildings there, complete the streets and then replat the 14 acres into smaller lots that can be used for light industrial purposes, Contributed image/City of John Day The city of John Day is in negotiations with Iron Triangle to purchase property between Gov- ernment Entry Road and Valley View Drive to create a connection as shown in No. 2 on this map. No. 1 shows the proposed Seventh Street extension, and No. 3 is another proposed connection between the new roads. Green said. He also proposed that, since the city does not need more land, they would subdivide the land, put it on the market and sell it to offset the acquisition costs. The city completed a property appraisal, which valued the 14-acre parcel at $495,000, and the envi- ronmental remediation and right-of-way acquisition was estimated at a cost of about $200,000. The land and buildings were considered in the appraisal. Potential funds for the acquisition would be a grant from the Economic Devel- opment Administration or a loan through the remediation program, if grants are not available. The agreement potentially aids both sides of this agree- ment with the city gaining the right of way and Iron Tri- angle using money from this sale for the development of Ironwood Estates phase 2. “I look at this almost as a joint development agreement because we’ve got a property owner who owns 30 acres of residential land adjacent to this industrial area and wants to take the cash from this sale and put it into land devel- opment for housing,” Green said. Councilor Elliot Sky expressed a concern with a purchase being made with- out much development hap- pening. He suggested hav- ing a timeline of expectations for construction to be put into the agreement. “I’m less interested in try- ing to barter down the price as I am trying to get more information on the timeline, so that we feel confident in where the city is going to put this money in, and we have confirmation that it (Iron- wood Phase 2) will be devel- oped in this time,” Sky said. Sky also mentioned that both parties in this agree- ment benefit from the con- struction of the road and said that should be considered in the price. Councilor Shan- non Adair added concerns about not being able to sell the industrial pieces, which would become the city’s responsibility. Green suggested the pos- sibility of the city and Iron Triangle forming a pub- lic-private partnership and that the urban renewal incentives would motivate construction. The council agreed to continue negotiations to see if compromises could be made. 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