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14706 1 RESOLUTION NO. 14,706 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TITLE TO PROPERTY DONATED TO 4 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK BY QUITCLAIM DEED, TO BE USED 5 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS; AND FOR 6 ' OTHER PURPOSES. 7 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 is it required that properties be obtained by the City in 13 areas that are appropriate for revitalization;and, 14 WHEREAS, Clayton Gring, Sr., & Jane C Gring have indicated their desire to donate to the City of 15 Little Rock, Arkansas, ten (10) properties located at West 35th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas, with the 16 following legal descriptions: 17 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 3. Parcel 44L1220006000 18 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 4 Parcel 44L1220006100 19 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 5 Parcel 44L1220006200 20 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 7 Parcel 44L1220006400 21 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 8 Parcel 44L1220006500 22 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 9 Parcel 44L1220006600 23 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 10 Parcel 44L1220006700 24 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 11 Parcel 44L1220006800 25 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 12 Parcel 44L1220006900 26 Interurban Heights Block 8,Lot 3 Parcel 44L1220007200 27 WHEREAS, the City wishes to accept the properties for use in its neighborhood revitalization 28 efforts; and, 29 WHEREAS, City Staff has conducted a title search of the property which revealed valid title to the 30 property, and 2016 Real Estate Taxes due in the amount of One Thousand, Thirty-Five and 40/100 • 31 Dollars($1,035.40)will be paid by donor; and, 32 WHEREAS, the City has performed an environmental assessment of the property pursuant to 24 33 C.F.R. § 58,et seq. (2003),which revealed no environmental problems; and, [Page 1 of 5] 1 WHEREAS, in consideration for the donation of the property for the public purpose of neighborhood 2 revitalization,the City has not agreed to pay property taxes; and, 3 WHEREAS, Clayton Gring Sr. &Jane C Gring have provided the City with a Quitclaim Deed to the 4 property,a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A;and, 5 WHEREAS, State Law requires that the City accept the property by resolution adopted by the 6 Board of Directors; 7 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 8 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 9 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby accepts the quitclaim deed to the property described in 10 Exhibit A, in favor of the City of Little Rock. 11 Section 2. The property shall be used for a public purpose, specifically for City revitalization 12 programs. 13 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 14 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 15 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 16 effect a if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 17 ordinance. 18 Section 4.Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with 19 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 20 ADOPTED: January 30,2018 21 vi'. .• APPROVED: 22 23 _ 24 us•n Lani ity Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor 25 APP'O '1 TO LEGAL FORM: 26 27 / t;i i4.-A1-,) Pr - 28 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorn 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 5] 1 EXHIBIT A 2 3 Prepared By: 4 City of Little Rock 5 500 West Markham Street 6 Little Rock,AR 72201 7 Representative: 8 Doug Tapp,Redevelopment Administrator 9 10 11 QUITCLAIM DEED 12 (Donation by Individual) 13 14 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: 15 Clayton Gring, Sr., & Jane C Gring, GRANTOR, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars 16 ($10.00) and other good valuable consideration paid by the CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, a 17 municipal corporation, GRANTEE, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant, 18 convey and warranty unto the Grantee, and unto its heirs and assigns forever, the following described 19 lands in the City of Little Rock, County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas: 20 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 3. Parcel 44L1220006000 21 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 4 Parcel 44L1220006100 22 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 5 Parcel 44L1220006200 23 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 7 Parcel 44L 1220006400 24 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 8 Parcel 44L1220006500 25 Interurban Heights Block 7, Lot 9 Parcel 44L1220006600 26 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 10 Parcel 44L1220006700 27 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 11 Parcel 44L1220006800 28 Interurban Heights Block 7,Lot 12 Parcel 44L1220006900 29 Interurban Heights Block 8,Lot 3 Parcel 44L1220007200 30 To have and to hold the same unto the Grantee and unto its heirs, and assigns forever,with all 31 tenements,appurtenances,and hereditaments thereunto belonging. 32 Clayton Gring, Sr., &Jane C Gring, hereby releases and relinquishes unto the Grantee,and unto its 33 heirs and assigns forever, all rights and possibility of curtsey, dower, and homestead in and to such lands. 34 Clayton Gring,Sr.,&Jane C Gring,GRANTOR 35 45 Chevaux Circle 36 Little Rock,AR 72223 37 38 39 By: Clayton Gring,Sr. By: Jane C Gring [Page 3 of 5] 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2 3 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 4 )SS 5 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 6 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a notary public within and for the County and State 7 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Clayton Gring, Sr., & Jane C Gring, 8 known to me as the Grantor in the foregoing Deed, and acknowledged that they have executed the same 9 for the consideration and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. 10 WITNESS my hand and seal as such notary public this day of ,2018 11 12 My Commission expires: 13 14 City of Little Rock,GRANTEE 15 500 West Markham Street,Suite 120W 16 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 17 18 19 By: Mayor Mark Stodola 20 City of Little Rock 21 22 23 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 24 25 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 26 )SS 27 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 28 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a notary public within and for the County and State 29 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Mayor Mark Stodola, City of Little Rock, 30 known to me as the Grantee in the foregoing Deed, and acknowledged that he has executed the same for 31 the consideration and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. 32 WITNESS my hand and seal as such notary public this day of ,2018 33 34 My Commission expires: 35 // 36 // 37 // [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 4 have been placed on this instrument. (If none shown,exempt or no consideration paid.) 5 6 7 City of Little Rock 8 500 West Markham Street 9 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 10 11 12 13 By: Doug Tapp 14 Redevelopment Administrator 15 16 17 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 18 19 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 20° )SS 21 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 22 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a notary public within and for the County and State 23 aforesaid,duly commissioned and acting personally appeared,Doug Tapp, Redevelopment Administrator, 24 City of Little Rock. 25 WITNESS my hand and seal as such notary public this day of ,2018 26 27 28 29 Notary Public 30 31 My Commission expires: 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // 37 // 38 // [Page 5 of 5]