Title
Acceptance of Property Transfer from DOE/NNSA - Parcels A-5-2, A-5-3, and A-16-a
Recommended Action
I move that the County accept the quitclaim deeds for the transfer of Parcels A-5-2, A-5-3, and A-16-a from the United States Department of Energy / National Nuclear Security Administration. I further move that the County Manager be directed to execute the relevant quitclaim deeds for each parcel.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the transfer of property as indicated below.
Body
Los Alamos County entered into a conveyance agreement with the Department of Energy in September of 2002 that outlined a process for transferring various parcels of land to the County. Since that time, several parcels have been transferred, and the action contemplated in this agenda item involves the most recent properties to become available under the terms of that agreement.
All three parcels are in the vicinity of DP Road and are illustrated on the maps attached to each quitclaim deed. A brief description of each of the parcels to be considered is as follows:
Parcel A-5-2 is 37.31 acres in size and consists of the canyon bottom between the eastern section of DP Road and the County Airport. This parcel is to the south of and abuts County property on which the Canyon Rim Trail is located.
Parcel A-5-3 is 12.26 acres in size and is immediately east of Parcel A-5-2, again consisting of canyon floor / slopes with County-owned property to the north.
Parcel A-16-a is 29.72 acres in size and is immediately south of DP Road and immediately east of county owned land (previously transferred parcels known as A-8-a/b). It is necessary to point out that this parcel includes an in-situ block of vitrified material within its easternmost section. The property has been cleaned to residential standards, and DOE/NNSA has provided an Environmental Baseline Report supporting this standard, yet the property comes with a deed restriction limitin...
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