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PARKERSBURG -- Applications to purchase two recently acquired buildings at 19th Street and Dudley Avenue are set to be considered by the Parkersburg Urban Renewal Authority Tuesday.
It's part of a packed agenda for the authority, which consists of all nine members of City Council, following a regular 7:30 p.m. council meeting with just the final readings of two ordinances on the slate.
The authority voted on Feb. 28 to purchase 1127 and 1129 19th St. and 1907/1913 Dudley Ave. for a combined $120,886.27. Multiple code violations and structural issues were reported with the buildings, and city officials said the owner was not able to correct them.
Deirdre Prince, with Prince Rentals LLC, has offered $5,000 for 1127 19th St., according to the staff report provided with the agenda for Tuesday's meeting. It says she plans to rehabilitate the structure with the goal of using it as a rental unit.
That's also the intent of James Blow, with Triple J Rentals, who submitted an application to purchase 1907 Dudley Ave., for $4,000.
The authority began discussion of the next steps for those properties and 1129 19th St., the longtime location of Runyon Lock Service, at its April 25 meeting, but adjourned early after a woman disrupted the meeting.
Continuation of the discussion is on Tuesday's agenda.
Also on the agenda is an application from the Arc of the Mid-Ohio Valley to sell the authority a parking lot at 1123 19th St. The nonprofit organization, which provides a variety of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, had been leasing the space to commercial tenants at 1129 19th St. and "contacted the city to explore the possibility of a sale" after the URA bought that property, the staff report says. The paperwork lists an appraised value of $48,000.
Also on the agenda is an application to purchase 407 Fourth Ave. from the authority for $2,000. Applicants Carl and Sandra Lewis live next to the lot and say they would maintain and mow it, as they have for eight or nine years.
In April, the authority rejected an offer to purchase the site for $500. That applicant intended to build a garage and apartment there.
The authority will also consider eminent domain acquisitions of dilapidated properties at 1208 Ann St. (fair market value $16,000) and 1331 Market St. ($3,000), an application to donate 1014 14th St. to the authority and what to do with 1401 Andrew St., a blighted structure donated to the authority last year.
The Urban Renewal meeting will start after the regular council session ends. The only legislation on that agenda is the final reading of an ordinance authorizing the finance director to conduct an online auction and the final reading of an ordinance establishing a paid intern position in the Engineering Department.
Evan Bevins can be reached at ebevins@newsandsentinel.com.