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ORDINANCE NO. 10,736
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING TH' MAYOR AND CITY CLERK,
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROC tom, TO --,,NT-----P INTO AND
EXECUTE A LEASE AGRE =ENT WITH THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY FOR CERTAIN LAND LOCATED IN PULASKI
COUNTY, ARKANSAS, TO BE USED BY THE SANITATION D'2ARTMENT OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR "FILL" PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby ordered and
directed on behalf of the City of Little Rock to enter into and execute a
Lease Agreement with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
for certain land located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, to be used by the
Sanitation Department of the City of Little Rock for the purposes of "Fill ".
Said Lease Agreement is to be in the form as follows:
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THIS AGREEiEnTT, Bade this 26th day of November , A. D. 19 57
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between CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, being herein-
after designated as "Lessor," and CITY OF LITTLE ROCK of the City of
Little Rock, and State of Arkansas, hereinafter designated as the
"Lessee ", WITNESSETH:
That the Lessor, in consideration of the covenants and agreements
hereinafter mentioned, to be kept and performed by the Lessee, hereby
leases unto the Lessee the following described piece or parcel of land
at Little Rock, in the County of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, to -wit:
Beginning at a point in the east line of the southwest
quarter (SW4) of the southwest quarter (SW4) of Section
Fifteen (15), Township One (1) North, Range Twelve (12) West,
said point being fifteen (15) feet southerly measured at
right angles from the center line of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Companyts Hot Springs Branch main line;
thence southerly along east line of said quarter quarter Section
and said Railroad Companyts easterly right of way line one
thousand seven hundred (1700) feet, more or less, to a point
in said Railroad Company's southerly right of way line; thence
westerly along said southerly right of way line two hundred
twelve (212) feet, more or less, to a point fifteen (15) feet
easterly measured at right angles from the center line of said
Railroad Companyts Hot Springs Branch main line; thence northerly
parallel with and fifteen (15) feet easterly measured at right
angles From said main track one thousand seven hundred twenty -
five (1725) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, as
shown in yellow on the print attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the same, unto the
lst day of December
A. D.,
said Lessee, from the
19 57 , until such
time as this agreement shall be terminated, as hereinafter provided.
In consideration of the aforesaid lease, the Lessee covenants
and agrees to and with the Lessor that it will pay to the Lessor
the recei t of which is hereby acknowled ed in advance the
Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annua3Ty
sIzm of _ One and 00 %100 Dollars ($ 1.00 )
as rent for said demised premises, and in addition thereto a further
sum computed at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum upon the
amount or amounts of any charges or assessments (except general
property taxes) payable on account of or in respect to said premises
for paving, curbing, sidewalks, sewers, benefit districts or other
public improvements, the said further sum or sums to accrue from the
date when any such charge or assessment shall be paid by the Lessor
and become due and payable to the Lessor on each succeeding date when
the rent specified herein becomes due and payable. The rent for said
demised premises shall be subject to revision at least once every five
(5) years during the time this lease shall continue in effect.
The Lessee further agrees to assume and to reimburse the Lessor,
upon receiving a bill therefor, for all taxes, license fees or other
charges paid by the Lessor except special assessments for paving,
curbing, sidewalks, sewers, etc. that may be levied or assessed locally
against the said leased premises, or the improvements thereon, or
against both; and to assume and pay all special assessments that may
be levied against such improvements as belong to the Lessee hereunder.
Either the Lessor or the Lessee may terminate this lease at any
time by giving to the other party thirty (30) dayst notice in writing
or in case of violation by either party of any provision of this lease,
the other party may, after five dayst notice in writing and if the
violation is not remedied within the five -day period, terminate this
lease on three days' notice in writing, and these means of termination
shall be binding on the parties hereto in lieu of any statutory notice
that may be required by state law. Upon the termination of this lease,
all rights of the Lessee hereunder shall cease; and upon or prior to
such termination the Lessee shall surrender said leased premises to
the possession of the Lessor in the same condition as said premises
were in at the beginning of the term hereof, ordinary wear and tear for
the purposes herein authorized excepted. This covenant requires,
among other things, the removal of all foundations left by dismantling
the Lessee's buildings or structures, the filling in of all pits left
by the removal of said buildings or structures and removal of all debris.
Acceptance of said rental in advance by the Lessor shall not operate
as a waiver of the Lessorts right to terminate this lease as herein
provided. Should this lease be terminated by either party by thirty
(30) days' written notice as hereinbefore provided prior to the time
to which said rental has been paid, the Lessor hereby agrees to refund
on demand to the Lessee any unearned rental theretofore paid.
The leased premises shall be occupied by the Lessee within ninety
(90) days from date hereof and used exclusively as a location for
fill ; and the Lessee agrees that all provisions
of law or ordinance applicable to such use of said premises shall be
fully observed, and that the Lessee will not do, nor permit to be done,
upon or about said premises anything forbidden by law or ordinance or
the rules and regulations of said Lessor now in force or which may
hereafter be adopted.
An abandonment of the above described premises by the Lessee shall
operate as an absolute and immediate termination of this lease without
notice. Failure of the Lessee to occupy or use the said leased premises
for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned for ninety (90) days at any one
time shall be deemed an abandonment thereof.
The Lessee will, at the sole cost and expense of the Lessee,
protect all buildings, structures, materials and merchandise constructed,
placed or kept upon the premises herein leased against water, snow and
ice; and the Lessee hereby releases the Lessor, its successors and
assigns, from any and all liability for the protection thereof as afore-
said.
The Lessee agrees to keep said premises, and, all buildings thereon,
in a neat and orderly condition, and from time to time, as may be re-
quired by the Lessor, to paint all such buildings and structures.
Failure of the Lessee to keep said premises, and all buildings
thereon, in a neat and orderly condition and properly painted shall
constitute a default of this lease and thereupon the Lessor at its option
may terminate this lease as herein elsewhere provided. The color of
paint to be used shall be determined by mutual agreement between the
Lessor and the Lessee. And the Lessee further agrees that none of the
buildings or other structures existing on said, leased premises shall be
used for display of circus posters, or display of signs or advertisements
other than those that may be connected with the business of the Lessee;
and such signs or advertisements relating to the Lessee's business shall
be neatly written or printed and shall be properly maintained. It is
agreed that the Lessee shall place all buildings or structures erected
upon said premises a sufficient number of "Post No Bills" signs to
prevent others from posting bills or signs thereon.
In case the Lessee (or the Lessee's successors, heirs, or assigns,
as the case may be), at the expiration of this agreement, either by
lapse of time or by notice of termination as provided for herein, shall
fail to remove from the premises herein leased any and all buildings,
structures and material owned or controlled by the Lessee, and which the
Lessee has the right to remove, then and in that event the Lessor, its
successors or asssigns, ten days after termination, shall have the right,
and the right is hereby given to the Lessor, its successors or assigns,
to remove the said buildings, structures and material in such manner
and in such was as may be deemed most expedient and proper by the Lessor's
Superintendent or Engineer in charge of the division upon which the
property herein leased is situated; and the Lessor, its successors or
assigns, shall have the right, and the right is hereby given to the
Lessor, its successors or assigns, upon ten (10) dayst notice in writing
to the Lessee (or to the Lessee's successors, heirs or assigns, as the
case may be), to sell or dispose of any and all such buildings, structures,
and material so removed, and to satisfy all expenses of such removal
from the proceeds of any such sale; provided, however, that if the cost
of removal. exceeds the sale price of the material, the Lessee shall,
within ten days after being billed, pay the difference to the Lessor,
and if the sale price exceeds the cost of removal, the Lessor shall
immediately pay the difference to the Lessee.
And the Lessee further agrees that in case any building or other
improvement which the Lessee may have the right to locate upon said
leased premises is damaged or destroyed wholly or partially by storm,
fire or otherwise the Lessee shall within thirty (30) days from the date
of such damage or destruction remove all debris, trash or rubbish
caused by or incident to said damage or destruction; and in case of
failure so to do, the Lessor shall have the right to enter upon the
premises hereby leased and. remove such debris, trash or rubbish at the
sole cost of the Lessee, and the Lessee hereby agrees to pay such cost
to the Lessor within thirty (30) days after presentation of bill. therefor
to the Lessee.
No building, platform or other structure shall be erected or main-
tained and no material or obstruction of any kind or character shall be
placed, piled, stored, stacked or maintained closer than eight (8) feet,
six (6) inches from the center line of the nearest track of the Lessor,
except that in case of platforms not higher than four (4) feet above
the top of the rail of the nearest track a minimum of six (6) feet from
the center line of such track of the Lessor will be permitted; and any
building, structure, fixture or material erected or placed on said
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premises shall be so erected or placed as to give headroom of at least
twenty -five (25) feet above the tops of the rails of the nearest track
of the Lessor (or such other horizontal or vertical clearance as from
time to time may be required by any federal, state or municipal law,
regulation or ordinance, the expense of compliance with which the
Lessee agrees solely to bear). Any door or doors on the side of any
building, coal shed or structure next to,any track of the Lessor must
be sliding doors, or, if otherwise, must be so constructed that when
they open they will not come closer than eight (B) feet, six (6) inches
from the center line of any such track. Should the Lessee fail to
observe any condition or obligation in this paragraph, then and in that
event the Lessee will assume all liability therefor and agrees to
Indemnify and save harmless the Lessor against any and all claims for
loss, damage, injury or death resulting therefrom.
Should it become necessary to relocate or make any change in any
telegraph or telephone wires or other facilities on account of or in
connection with the property covered by this lease such change or
changes will be made at the sole expense of the Lessee.
This lease shall not be assigned, nor shall said premises, nor
any part thereof, be sublet, nor shall the Lessee consent that the
same be used or occupied by any party other than the Lessee, without
the written consent of the Lessor first obtained therefor. If any of
the foregoing conditions are violated, all of the provisions of this
lease shall be binding upon such assignee, sublessee, user, or occupant,
and this Lessee hereby guarantees the performance of all of such provi-
sions by any such assignee, sub - lessee, user or occupant. Nothing in
the last above sentence shall be deemed to be a waiver by the Lessor
of the restrictions set forth in the first sentence of this para-ra.ph.
hereby
In consideration of the privilege given the Lessee to occupy and
use thq premises above described, and the benefits and privileges to
be derived therefrom, the Lessee, in addition to payment of rental as
above provided, hereby releases the Lessor, its successors or assigns,
from all liability for damage by reason of want or failure at any time
of title or possession on the part of the Lessor to any part of the
leased premises; and hereby releases the Lessor, its successors or
assigns from all liability for any loss or damage by reason of any
injury to or destruction of any real or personal property of any kind
owned by the Lessee or in which the Lessee is interested, now or here-
after placed on the said leased premises, in consequence of fire.
The Lessee further agrees that if, in any event the release herein -
before made shall not be valid, the Lessor shall have the full benefit
of any insurance effected by the Lessee on the structures or property
injured or destroyed. It is expressly understood and agreed, as one
of the considerations to the Lessor for the making of this lease, and
one of the conditions upon which it is made, that the insurer shall
not have any claim, cause of action or demand against the Lessor, or
any party or corporation at any time owning or operating the railroad
and property of said Lessor, on account of any damage or injury to or
destruction of such structures or property, or on account of any payment
made to the Lessee or any other party by reason of such damage, injury
or destruction; and the Lessee agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Lessor against any such claim, cause of action or demand.
The Lessee also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Lessor
against any and. all claims, demands or causes of action arising out of
injury to or death of any of the parties hereto and their agents, ser-
vants and employes, or injury to o death of any other person or persons,
or loss of or damage to property o any of the parties hereto, and of
their agents, servants, and employes, or loss of or damage to the property
of any person, firm or corporation while on or about the said leased
premises, when such death, loss, damage or injury results from any adt
or omission on the part of the Lessee, its agents, servants or employes;
and if any claim or liability due to some other cause than fire shall
result-from the joint or concurring negligence of both parties hereto
it shall be borne by them equally.
Should the said demised premises be used for loading, unloading,
storing or otherwise handling petroleum or its products the Lessee
agrees to comply with all federal and state laws, orders or regulations
and municipal ordinances or regulations relating to the handling of
said products, and with all regulations and recommendations from time
to time prescribed or published by the Bureau of Explosives of the
Association of American Railroads or any successor agency to said
Bureau. And the Lessee further agrees that it will indemnify and hold
harmless the Lessor against all fines, penalties, claims, demands and
suits at law or in equity and against all loss, damage or injury to
persons or property arising in any manner from the non - observance by
the Lessee.of any federal or state law, order or regulation, municipal
ordinance or regulation, or regulation or recommendation of the said
Bureau of .Explosives, relating to the handling of said products.
The Lessee agrees that artificial lighting in pump houses,
warehouses, or other enclosures where oil or other inflammable fluid
supplies are handled or stored, except when in unbroken original
containers, shall be by electricity, and this electrical installation
and any other electrical installation on such premises shall conform
to and be maintained in accordance with the "National Electrical Code",
Article 32, and in accordance with the recommendations for such locations
as embodied in the National Electrical Code, and also in accordance
with requirements of any local ordinance or State or Federal Laws
which may be in effect during the terms of this lease.
Upon the termination of this lease, 1
surrender possession to the said Lessor, c
peaceably and without delay, and in case c
Lessee shall be guilty of forcible entry e
under the statutes, and no notice to quit
shall b,e necessary to sustain such action,
waived.
n any way, the Lessee will
r its authorized agents,
f any failure so to do the
n.d detainer of said. land
or demand of possession
but all /notices are hereby
such
All the covenants, terms, conditions, rights and obligations in
this agreement contained shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns.
IN WITNESS I H_,,REOF, thB parties hereto have duly executed this
agreement, the day and year first above written.
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY
By
Ree-1 Estate and Tax Commissioner
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
ATTEST:
(Lessee sign here) By (SEAL)
Mayor
Lessee.
City Clerk "
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed and this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED? March 3, 1958
ATTEST:
A ing City C1 r'.�
APPROVED:
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