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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Snohomish County is purchasing a property owner’s land under threat of eminent domain. Soil on the property is contaminated, and the remediation cost is being factored into the purchase price.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reps for Sno Co are either unwilling or unable to execute a hold harmless and indemnification agreement. Their counter proposal is to include one sentence on the Real Property Voucher acknowledging the presence
of contaminated soils and the county’s acceptance of the property in its as-is condition. This is surprising to me because I have had other municipalities and WSDOT agree to include hold harmless and indemnification language in connection with other eminent
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Has anyone encountered this or something similar, or been successful in getting Snohomish County to agree to a hold harmless? If so, I would appreciate info for the contact that you worked with and any pointers
you can share regarding the situation. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#4E4848">Samuel M. Meyler</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#4E4848"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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