DEPARTMENT
Real Estate and Asset Management
REQUESTED ACTION
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Request approval of a Resolution approving Fulton County, Georgia's transfer of County-owned right of way and providing a temporary construction easement located at 1332 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, Georgia to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, MARTA, for the purpose of installing bus stop improvements; authorizing the Chairman to execute a right of way deed and temporary construction easement declaration; authorizing the County Attorney to approve the right of way deed and temporary construction easement declaration as to form and to make modifications thereto prior to execution. Effective upon approval. (APPROVED UPON ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA)
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION
O.C.G.A. ? 36-9-3(a)(3)(A) authorizes the granting of rights of ways without a competitive process, and Fulton County Code ? 1-117 gives the Board of Commissioners exclusive jurisdiction and control over directing and controlling all the property of the County, as they may deem expedient, according to law.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM
Open and Responsible Government
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
No
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
Scope of Work: The Department of Real Estate and Asset Management (DREAM) received a request from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to acquire approximately 272.82 square feet of right of way and 362.50 square feet of temporary construction easement area from the County-owned real property located at 1332 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as the Metropolitan Branch Library.
MARTA's acquisition of these real property rights is necessary for MARTA to relocate and improve an existing bus stop shelter, which will prevent hazardous boarding and exiting from buses, provide shelter for passen...
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