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13412• 2011076252 Received: 12/28/2011 11:38:27 AN! Recorded: 12128/2011 11:45:49 AM Filed & Recorded in Official Records of Larry Crane, PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT /COUNTY CLERK 1 Fees $20.00 RESOLUTION NO. 13,412 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TITLE TO PROPERTY DONATED TO 4 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK BY WARRANTY 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 it is required that properties be obtained by the City in 13 areas that are appropriate for revitalization; and, 14 WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Roy and Charlotte James have indicated their desire to donate to the City 15 of Little Rock the property located at 3205 West 23rd Street; and, 16 WHEREAS, the City wishes to accept the property for use in its neighborhood revitalization efforts; 17 and, 18 WHEREAS, the City has obtained a full title search which revealed valid title to the property and no 19 significant title issues; and, 20 WHEREAS, the City has performed an environmental assessment of the property pursuant to 24 21 C.F.R. § 58, et seq. (2003). which revealed no environmental problems; and, 22 WHEREAS, the parcel is a 7,000 square -foot lot with a structure that has been declared unsafe by the 23 City's Code Enforcement Staff; and, 24 WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. James have paid in full the 2010 Real Estate Taxes in the amount of 25 $336.87; and, 26 WHEREAS, in consideration for the donation of the property for the public purpose of neighborhood 27 revitalization, the City has agreed to release an outstanding City lien in the total amount of $332.54; and, 28 WHEREAS, State law requires that the City accept the property by resolution adopted by the Board 29 of Directors; 30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 31 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: 32 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby adopts this Resolution to accept title to the pwpL "' teal 33 at 3205 West 23`d Street which has been offered as a donation to the City of Little Rock_,,`���,��e�!OU���; [PAGE I OF 21 ce #5V r . ��' + +r +rn untNt�t I Section 2. The property shall be used for a public purpose, specifically for City revitalization 2 programs. 3 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 4 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 5 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 6 effect a if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 7 ordinance. 8 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with 9 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 10 ADOPTED: December 20, 2011 n 11 ATTEST: A DDT) wr, r 12 13 14 5usa g y, City Clerk Mark S odola, Mayor 15 APP AS TO LEGAL FORM: 16 17 18 Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci ttorney 19 H 20 H 21 H 22 H 23 H 24 H 25 H 26 H 27 H 28 H 29 H 30 H 31 H 32 H 33 H 34 H 35 H [PAGE 2 OF 2]