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14596 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,596 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER TITLE TO GREATER PARADISE 4 COVENANT CHURCH VIA WARRANTY DEED FOR PROPERTY SOLD 5 BY THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO BE USED FOR 6 NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS; AND FOR OTHER 7 PURPOSES. 8 9 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has stated as one of its goals a desire to provide for 10 neighborhood revitalization, and has taken special efforts to accomplish this goal through its use of 11 various City and Federal Funds, and in affirmative actions such as the creation of a Land Bank 12 Commission; and, 13 WHEREAS, in order to accomplish this goal is it required that properties be obtained and sold by the 14 City in areas that are appropriate for revitalization; and, 15 WHEREAS, Greater Paradise Covenant Church has indicated a desire to purchase the property 16 located at 3023 West 11th Street from the City of Little Rock and, 17 WHEREAS, the City wishes to sell the property for use in its neighborhood revitalization efforts; 18 and, 19 WHEREAS, City Staff has conducted a title search of the property which revealed valid title to the 20 property and no significant title issues; and, 21 WHEREAS, the City has performed an environmental assessment of the property pursuant to 24 22 C.F.R. § 58, et seq. (2003),which revealed no environmental problems; and, 23 WHEREAS, in consideration for One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the City will sell the property 24 for the public purpose of neighborhood revitalization, and, 25 WHEREAS, The City of Little Rock will provide Greater Paradise Covenant Church with a 26 Warranty Deed to the property, and, 27 WHEREAS, State Law requires that the City accept the property sale by resolution adopted by the 28 Board of Directors; 29 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 30 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 31 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby provides a Warranty Deed to the property described as 32 3023 West 11th Street, in favor of Greater Paradise Covenant Church. 33 Section 2.The property will be used for a private purpose to serve the public, specifically to improve 34 City Revitalization Programs. [Page 1 of 5] 1 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 2 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 4 effect a if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 5 ordinance. 6 Section 4.Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with 7 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 8 ADOPTED: July 18,2017 9 APPRO D: 10 11 .4.2,i- 12 4.I,i- t �� 12 ' gley City Clerk Mayor Mark Stodola 13 APP' D S TO LEGAL FORM: 14 15 I 1 • .;1—z I� 16 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Att vine 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 [Page 2 of 5] 1 EXHIBIT A 2 3 4 Prepared By: 5 City of Little Rock 6 500 West Markham Street 7 Little Rock,AR 72201 8 Representative: 9 Doug Tapp,Redevelopment Administrator 10 11 12 WARRANTY DEED 13 (Sale) 14 15 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: 16 The City of Little Rock, GRANTOR,for and in consideration of the sum of One Thousand Dollars 17 ($1,000.00) and other good valuable consideration paid by Greater Paradise Covenant Church., a non- 18 profit entity, GRANTEE, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant, convey and 19 warranty unto the Grantee, and unto its heirs and assigns forever, the following described lands in the 20 County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas: 21 JONES&WORTHEN Subdivision Lot 6 Block 6 to the City of Little Rock,Pulaski 22 County, Arkansas, more commonly known as 3023 West 11th Street, Little Rock, 23 Arkansas,72202 (Parcel No.34L0920007200 24 To have and to hold the same unto the Granteen a d unto its heirs, and assigns forever,, ve with all 25 tenements,appurtenances,and hereditaments thereunto belonging. 26 The City of Little Rock, hereby releases and relinquishes unto the Grantee, and unto its heirs and 27 assigns forever,all rights and possibility of curtsey, dower, and homestead in and to such lands. 28 29 City of Little Rock,GRANTOR 30 500 West Markham Street,Room 120W 31 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 32 33 34 35 By: Mayor Mark Stodola 36 City of Little Rock 37 38 39 40 [Page 3 of 5] 1 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 2 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 3 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a notary public within and for the County and State 4 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Mayor Mark Stodola, duly authorized to 5 act on behalf of THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, known to me as the Grantor in the foregoing Deed, 6 and acknowledged that he has executed the same for the consideration and purposes therein mentioned 7 and set forth. 8 WITNESS,my hand and seal the day of 2017. 9 10 11 Notary Public 12 13 My Commission expires: 14 15 Kendall Summons,Greater Paradise Covenant Church 16 3023 West 12th Street 17 Little Rock,Arkansas 72202 18 19 20 By: Kendall Summons 21 22 23 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 24 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 25 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 26 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a notary public within and for the County and State 27 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Kendall Summons, duly authorized to act 28 on behalf of Greater Paradise Covenant Church, known to me as the Grantee in the foregoing Deed, and 29 acknowledged that he has executed the same for the consideration and purposes therein mentioned and set 30 forth. 31 WITNESS my hand and seal as such notary public this day of ,2017 32 33 34 35 Notary Public 36 37 My Commission expires: 38 [Page 4 of 5] 1 DOCUMENTARY TAX STATEMENT 2 3 I certify under penalty of false swearing that the legally correct amount of documentary stamps have 4 been placed on this instrument. (If none shown,exempt or no consideration paid.) 5 6 City of Little Rock 7 500 West Markham Street 8 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 9 10 11 By: Doug Tapp 12 Redevelopment Administrator 13 14 15 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 16 17 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 18 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 19 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a notary public within and for the County and State 20 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Doug Tapp, Redevelopment 21 Administrator,City of Little Rock. 22 WITNESS my hand and seal as such notary public this day of ,2017 23 24 25 26 Notary Public 27 28 My Commission expires: 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // 37 // 38 // [Page 5 of 5]