Bluff council adopts lot-line adjustment for Jim Sayers, approves Resolution No. 98

The Bluff Town Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 98 on March 31, approving a lot-line adjustment that will add a 0.5-acre conveyance from the Podmore parcel to property owned by Jim Sayers.

Town manager Nelson presented the updated resolution and two survey exhibits, telling the council the revisions add detailed meets-and-bounds descriptions drawn from a survey performed by Brad Bunker in July 2025. Nelson said the small triangular parcel Sayers currently owns had no county parcel number and was treated as a “gap in the map,” and that combining the parcels would create a clearer legal description for recording. “I am recommending that we include two exhibits,” Nelson said, referring to the original survey and the resulting boundary line adjustment.

Nelson advised against attaching the petitioner’s drafted warranty deed to the resolution because the deed’s meets-and-bounds language may describe the resulting parcel rather than the conveyance parcel and could require further adjustment by the owners. Staff recommended attaching the two surveys (exhibit A: original survey for the 0.5-acre conveyance; exhibit B: the resulting boundary line adjustment) and leaving the petitioner’s draft deed out of the staff exhibits so the property owners can confirm or correct the deed language before recording.

Council members asked about access and alley ownership, and staff responded that an existing public alley provides legal access and that the adjustment should not create new gaps in the Cottonwood subdivision map. Nelson noted the town has sufficient documentation to treat the alley as a public alley and recommended against vacating alleys that could block access to other properties.

The council moved to adopt Resolution No. 98 and conducted a roll-call vote. The minutes record the voting as follows: Brent Orsby — yes; Spencer Wade — yes; Gary Hobbs — yes; Jennifer Davila — yes. The motion passed and staff said they will obtain the in-person signature and provide the signed resolution and exhibits to Jim Sayers for recording at the county recorder’s office.

What happens next: Staff will finalize exhibit attachments and give the petitioner instructions to record the approved lot-line adjustment at the county recorder’s office. If the property owners change the deed language, staff indicated the resolution will not rely on the petitioner’s draft warranty deed as an attachment.

Notes: The council’s discussion referenced the town’s subdivision ordinance as the standard that the adjustment must meet; the staff presentation relied on a July 2025 survey by Brad Bunker for the meets-and-bounds descriptions.