10 - PRIVATE TAX RE-SALESItem No. 10
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: John Godwin, City Manager
SUBJECT: PRIVATE TAX RE -SALES
DATE: April 18, 2016
BACKGROUND: Through a previously rarely used provision of state law, The Pounders Law
Firm has arranged for the private sale of six tax delinquent properties that failed to get bids
during previous public tax sales.
STATUS OF ISSUE: The six trustee tax properties will be sold to Steven Landers for a total of
$1,000. This sale will move six properties from the city's care to private maintenance, and at the
same time place them back on tax rolls.
BUDGET: The city will receive unbudgeted revenue of 1,000.
RECOMMENDATION:
Draft
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PRIVATE RE -SALE OF SIX
TRACTS OF TRUSTEE TAX PROPERTIES TO MR. STEVEN LANDERS
FOR $1,000.00, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
DEEDS
WHEREAS, 58 tracts of real property (the "Trustee Properties ") were bid off to the City
of Paris as Trustee for itself, Lamar County, Paris ISD and Paris Junior College at a public tax
sale conducted on February 2, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Texas Property Tax Code Section 34.05(i) provides that the Trustee
Properties may be sold by private sale in lieu of a public sale under Texas Property Tax Code
Section 34.05(c) & (d) with the approval of all taxing units entitled to receive proceeds from the
sale, being the City of Paris, Paris Junior College, Lamar County, and Paris ISD; and
WHEREAS, Private offers to purchase six of the Trustee Properties have been received
by the City of Paris (the "Private Sale ");
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED by the City Council of
Paris, Texas, that:
Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things
approved.
Section 2. The offer of Mr. Steven Landers to purchase the following Trustee Properties (the
"Re -Sale Properties ") for $1,000.00 is accepted and the Private Sale is hereby approved:
• LCAD No. 15934 - CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 118, LOT 15
• LCAD No. 15936 - CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 118, LOT 17 -A
• LCAD No. 15937 - CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 118, LOT PT 17
• LCAD No. 15938 - CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 118, LOT 18
• LCAD No. 15939 - CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 118, LOT 19
• LCAD No. 15940 - CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 118, LOT 20
Section 3. Subject to the Private Sale also being approved by Lamar County, Paris ISD and
Paris Junior College, the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a tax deed conveying the Re-
Sale Properties to the Purchaser or designee.
Section 4. The proceeds of the Private Sale shall be distributed in accordance with the Texas
Property Tax Code and the orders of the District Courts of Lamar County, Texas.
Resolution: Sale of Tax Foreclosed Properties, Page 1 of 2
PASSED AND APPROVED this 25th day of April, 2016.
City of Paris, Texas
A.J. Hashmi, M.D. Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, Interim City Attorney
Resolution: Sale of Tax Foreclosed Properties, Page 2 of 2