The Junction City Land Bank Ad Hoc Committee has established it’s first set of recomendations to send to the Board of Trustee’s.

The Ad Hoc Committee met Monday night at the Municipal Building and decided to make the recommendation to take 25 available lots that the Land Bank Board of Trustee’s can get clear title to and put them up for sale.

“That’s what we have right now, I think there will be more pending,” said Pat Landes, who serves as the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee and sits on the Land Bank Board of Trustee’s.

The committee did look into lots in the Olivia Farms addition, but they requested City Staff take another look at how they’re plotted and whether or not it would be better to re-plot them in order to make them more attractive to buyers.

Dave Yearout, Junction City’s Planning and Zoning Administrator explained the 25 lots are spread out through different subdivisions.

“There’s seven lots in Sutter Highlands, another 11 lots in Sutter Woods, and then some lots up in Doc Hargraves addition, others in Ehlers addition so they’re kind of scattered,” said Yearout. “In most cases there are other homes built around them, so they’re not isolated by themselves. A buyer, if they go to buy them will be building around other homes.”

The other recommendations submitted by the Ad Hoc Committee included that each lot sell for a minimum price of $5,000, be sold to the highest bidder through a sealed bid process, and that the lots be eligible for NRP and the reamortization of the remaining specials.

The Land Bank Board of Trustee’s, made up of the City Commissioners, will meet Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Building prior to the City Commission meeting to discuss the recommendations. The Board of Trustee’s have final approval over the sale of the lots.