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RESOLUTION NO. 13,364
A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO
SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO CONVEY A
CONSERVATION EASEMENT TO THE ARKANSAS HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PROGRAM FOR PRESERVATION OF THE OLD
LITTLE ROCK FIRE STATION NO. 2 IN THE MACARTHUR PARK
HISTORIC DISTRICT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Old Little Rock Fire Station No. 2, owned by the City of Little Rock and located at
1201 Commerce Street, is a 1917 Craftsman Style building that is identified as a contributing structure in
the MacArthur Park Historic District; and
WHEREAS, an effort is underway to preserve existing historic elements of the Old Fire Station and
to convert the building into a firehouse hostel and museum that will be certified for participation in an
internationally recognized hostel organization; and
WHEREAS, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will provide Thirteen Thousand, Five
Hundred Dollars ($13,500.00) in grant funds for this project in exchange for the conveyance of a
conservation easement to protect the historic characteristics of the building's facade; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to restore and protect the historic integrity of the Old Fire Station No. 2
while providing an important museum for the community and low cost accommodations for international
travelers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute required documents, in the
form and final legal description to be approved by the City Attorney, to grant a conservation easement in
certain City property located at 1201 Commerce Street to Arkansas Historic Preservation Program for
historic preservation of the Old Little Rock Fire Station No. 2 building fagade.
Section 2. The easement property is more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
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effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
resolution.
Section 3. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with
the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: September 20, 2011
ATTEST: APPROVED: /
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Toya R inson, Assistant /City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Exterior Foot print of the Old Little Rock Fire Station No. 2
THE EXTERIOR FOOTPRINT OF THE OLD LITTLE ROCK FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO
BUILDING, BEING A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW1 /4) OF SECTION ELEVEN
(11), TOWNSHIP ONE NORTH (T -1 -N), RANGE TWELVE WEST (R- 12 -W), LITTLE ROCK,
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EASTERLY 60' RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE OF
COMMERCE STREET AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE 630,
SAID POINT BEING AN ARKANSAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BRASS MONUMENT; SAID
MONUMENT BEING LOCATED NORTH 80 047'23" WEST A DISTANCE OF 162.40 FEET FROM
AN ARKANSAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BRASS MONUMENT LOCATED ON SAID
NORTHERLY INTERSTATE RIGHT -OF -WAY; THENCE NORTH 27 °19'37" EAST A DISTANCE
OF 173.98 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 09'33'17" EAST A
DISTANCE OF 13.20 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 80 °26'43" WEST A DISTANCE OF
4.65 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 09 °42'35" EAST A DISTANCE OF 7.57 FEET TO A
POINT; THENCE NORTH 80 °26'43" WEST A DISTANCE OF 9.32 FEET TO A POINT: THENCE
NORTH 09033'17" EAST A DISTANCE OF 16.25 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 80 °26'43"
EAST A DISTANCE OF 9.36 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 09 °42'35" EAST A DISTANCE
OF 8.77 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 80 017'25" EAST A DISTANCE OF 2.40 FEET TO A
POINT; THENCE NORTH 09 °42'35" EAST A DISTANCE OF 13.10 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE
SOUTH 80 000'35" EAST A DISTANCE OF 42.08 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 09 °50'57"
WEST A DISTANCE OF 13.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 80 °09'03" EAST A
DISTANCE OF 2.20 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 09 °50'57" WEST A DISTANCE OF 8.29
FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 80 °26'43" EAST A DISTANCE OF 9.36 FEET TO A POINT;
THENCE SOUTH 09033'17" WEST A DISTANCE OF 16.50 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH
80 026'43" WEST A DISTANCE OF 9.44 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 09 °50'57" WEST A
DISTANCE OF 7.77 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 80 °09'03" WEST A DISTANCE OF 4.42
FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH 09 052'58" WEST A DISTANCE OF 13.19 FEET TO A POINT;
THENCE NORTH 80 009'58" WEST A DISTANCE OF 37.42 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING;
CONTAINING 0.07 ACRES, OR 2,867.99 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS.
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