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1 A' y .��: RESOLUTION NO. 14,009
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ESOLUTION TO TRANSFER PROPERTY BY QUITCLAIM DEED
5 UNDER THE LAND BANK SIDE LOT PROGRAM; AND FOR OTHER
6 PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has stated as one of its goals a desire to provide for
9 neighborhood revitalization, and has taken special efforts to accomplish this goal through its use of
10 various City and Federal Funds, and in affirmative actions such as the creation of a Land Bank
11 Commission; and,
12 WHEREAS, in order to accomplish this goal the City's Land Bank has acquired numerous properties
13 in areas that are appropriate for revitalization; and,
14 WHEREAS, in an effort to maximize the City's revitalization efforts, the Land Bank Commission
15 wishes to convey underutilized, vacant, and unimproved parcels to neighboring property owners pursuant
16 to the Land Bank Side Lot Program; and,
17 WHEREAS, on April 9, 2012,the Land Bank acquired 4208 West 14th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas,
18 by donation; and,
19 WHEREAS, Ms. Terry Lynn White, the homeowner who resides at 4204 West 14th Street, Little
20 Rock, Arkansas, submitted a Land Bank Side Lot Application indicating a desire to acquire the Land
21 Bank property at 4208 West 14th Street for the stated purpose of expanding her yard; and,
22 WHEREAS, the Land Bank property located at 4208 West 14th Street is a 7,000 square-foot
23 unimproved lot that shares a common boundary line on the east with Ms. White's property at 4204 West
24 14th Street; and,
25 WHEREAS, Ms. White has made an offer to purchase the lot for Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
26 pursuant to the Land Bank Side Lot Program Guidelines;and,
27 WHEREAS, the Land Bank Commission has reviewed her application and voted in favor of the
28 transfer of 4208 West 14th Street to Ms. White for the purpose stated therein; and,
29 WHEREAS, State Law requires that the City convey property by resolution adopted by the Board of
30 Directors;
31 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
32 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
33 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby adopts this Resolution to authorize the Land Bank to
34 transfer to Ms. Terry Lynn White by quitclaim deed the property located at 4208 West 14th Street under
35 the Land Bank Side Lot Program.
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1 Section 2.The property shall be used for the public purpose of conveying underutilized properties.
2 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
3 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
4 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
5 effect a if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
6 ordinance.
7 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with
8 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
9 ADOPTED: November 18,2014
10 ATTEST. APPROVED:
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13 ` sa )Jan ,City Clerk Doris—Wright,Vice-Mayor
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