Erik and Daryl –

We began assembling a Next Level Trails Grant application for the Mayor’s Cedar Creek – Outdoor Theater Leg Trail and ran into a few challenges related to land ownership and easements. We’d like to move forward with working out these ownership issues so we can proceed with this application in 2022.

Please see the attached maps to illustrate the location of these properties.

1. US Railroad Vest Corp Property (Parcel ID #18-06-32-401-001 and Parcel ID#18-06-32-329-001) – These parcels both have delinquent taxes for several years, and we have a survey from 2017 from an adjoining property owner (IMI) that shows they actually own a big piece of this first parcel.  We wonder if the Beacon/GIS data is incorrect.  What do we need to do to figure this out?  IMI’s survey and deeds are attached, FYI.  We requested the deeds for these two parcels from the County Recorder’s Office, but they were unable to locate them.  We also searched their files and were unable to locate them (even though we are not very experienced in searching their files).
2. Unknown ownership (Parcel ID #18-06-32-328-005; Parcel ID #18-06-32-328-010; Parcel ID #18-06-32-328-011; Parcel ID #18-06-32-328-007; and Parcel ID #18-06-32-328-014) – These actually show as “UNKNOWN” ownership in Beacon/GIS.  Daryl suggested Quiet Title?  Can we start that process or a process to obtain ownership of these parcels?
3. DeKalb County Commissioners (Parcel ID#18-06-32-328-012) – This shows up in the middle of all of the “Unknown Ownership” parcels, and the DeKalb County Recorder’s Office was not able to provide / find a deed for this property.  Everything around this parcel is either Unknown or owned by the City of Auburn.  Can we dig a little deeper on this one, too?

If we need to meet to discuss these, please let me know.  Otherwise, I believe Mayor Ley wants to take the necessary steps to figure out the ownership so we can move forward accordingly.

Thank you,