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said"Don't send me any such letter, if you die, someone else will find that in my file and <br /> bingo they would condemn our property. He said"Ok, I'll send you a generic version. <br /> Just the way he acted I had an uneasy feeling about that condemnation letter.For the first <br /> time in our life, we hired an attorney and did some other research. Property just sold on <br /> Santa Clara Ave for$150,000 an acre. Our church purchased property for over$100,000 <br /> an acre on River Road. Mike Gerot just sold the City an acre for a park for$296,000(in <br /> lots)off River Road. <br /> Lloyd Williams called to ask if we have any questions on the offer. I returned his call and <br /> told him of the other sales I'd found and he dismissed them as not comparable. He's sorry <br /> he wishes he could pay me more but that's all they can pay. He can only pay what he <br /> appraised it for. <br /> May 10th, 2001, my attorney called and said"I talked with the boys from the City and <br /> they want your property. If you don't sell it to them, they are going to take it,through <br /> eminent domain. One way or another,they are going to have your property so it's best to <br /> work with them. <br /> The next few months I worked with my attorney trying to deal with the city. <br /> 8/24/01 <br /> The attorney called to say the city offered to let us keep the property north of the future <br /> Terra Linda as a compensation for the loss of value to the remainder. I asked, "They pay <br /> for it and then allow me to keep it?" He said, "No they allow you just to keep it. I said <br /> "Great they allow me to keep my own land in trade for the loss of value to the remainder. <br /> What a deal!" <br /> 8/29/01 <br /> Received a copy of a letter to the city from the attorney asking them to keep him <br /> informed as they start"taking" the property. <br /> 9/1/01 <br /> Talked with my attorney and he has not heard anything from the city. So I decided that I <br /> would call them. <br /> 9/1/01 3:18 PM <br /> Called Russ Royer(senior real property officer)to discuss the property. The conversation <br /> was over an hour long. He told me he could not see where the attorney came up with such <br /> a high"loss of value." I told him it was closer than the cities offer of'No loss of value to <br /> the remainder." <br /> At one point he said how about we give you the 4 lots to the north of the future Terra <br /> Linda as compensation for loss of value and you pay only for 1/2 of the cost of the street. I <br /> told him if any plans call for improving Terra Linda from the east then we'd just as soon <br /> you go look for another piece of property because We Don't Want a Road Back there! <br /> I told him to make us an offer with all the items we discussed(no road, fair price, <br /> compensation for loss of value, no annexing etc.) and send it so us. Mean while winter is <br /> coming on and we have things to do in the field. He offered to let us work out there even <br /> after they buy it. <br /> 2 <br />