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ORDINANCE NO. 9871
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
MAYOR AND CITY CLERK, ACTING FOR AND ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS,
TO CONVEY CERTAIN LANDS SITUATED IN THE
VICINITY OF THE RIVERFRONT DRIVE WHICH ARE
NOT USED OR NEEDED FOR PUBLIC CORPORATE
PURPOSES, TO GUY A. THOMPSON, TRUSTEE,
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, DEBTOR;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the lands hereinafter described, situated in
the vicinity of the Riverfront Drive, are owned by the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, and are not used or needed for public
corporate purposes; and
WHEREAS, said lands are required for use by Guy A.
Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor,
in relocating the tracks of said railroad in the area of said
Riverfront Drive; and
WHEREAS, said Trustee has agreed to relocate said
tracks and relinquish his existing adjacent right -of -way in con-
sideration for said conveyance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor and City Clerk of the City
of Little Rock, Arkansas, acting in the name of and for and on
behalf of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, be and are hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver to Guy A. Thompson,
Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, a Warranty
Deed conveying fee simple title to said Trustee in and to the
following lands now owned by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas,
and which are not used or needed for public corporate purposes,
to -wit:
From the intersecting South line.of Water
Street measure northwardly along the East line
of Main Street, 30.31 feet for the point of
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beginning; thence northwardly, along the East
line of Main Street 33.58 feet; thence south-
eastwardly, on a curve to the left with a radius
of 1518 feet, the tangent to the curve having a
deflection of 94 degrees and 8 minutes to the
right, 35.50 feet; thence northwardly, normal to
the curve at the end of last described course, 7.10
feet; thence eastwardly, on a straight line, 269.73
feet, more or less, to a point in the center of
Scott Street produced and 65.75 feet north of the
south line of Water Street; thence eastwardly, on
a straight line, 330.73 feet more or less to a
point in the west line of Cumberland Street; thence
southwardly along the west line of Cumberland Street
45.75 feet to the south line of Water Street and to
the northeast corner of Block 34 of the original
City of Little Rock; thence westwardly, along the
north line of said Block 34, 300 feet more or less
to the northwest corner of said Block; thence north -
westwardly to a point in the west line of Scott
Street produced which is 14 feet north of the south
line of Water Street, 61.61 feet; thence westwardly
on a straight line 275.48 feet more or less to the
point of beginning. Containing 32,285 square feet,
more or less.
A strip of right of way being 10 feet to the
South (right) and 23.5 feet to the North (left),
distances measured normal to the following center
line, for a total width of 33.5 feet, from the West
line of Spring Street to the East line of Main Street,
Little Rock, Arkansas; said center line being des-
cribed as follows:
Beginning at a point on the West line of Spring
Street and 177.41 feet North of the southeast corner
of Block 186 (which is on the North line of Garland
Street); thence southeastwardly, along a 5 degree
curve to the right and which curve's tangent forms
an angle of 740 271 from the said West line of Spring
Street in the southeast quadrant, a distance of 95.13
feet to point of tangent (end of curve); thence con-
tinue southeastwardly by a straight line, tangent off
last described curve, 159.50 feet to a point on the
northerly extension of the East line of Conway Street,,
and which point is 152.46 feet North of the South line
of Garland Street measured along said northerly exten-
sion; thence continue along said straight line, 66.93
feet to the point of curve (beginning) of 60 241 curve
to the left; thence eastwardly along the curve 372.71
feet to point of tangent (end of curve); thence north -
eastwardly, by a straight line, tangent off last
described curve, 66.20 feet to the point of curve
(beginning) of 50 31 30" curve to the right; thence
eastwardly, along said curve, 250.25 feet to point
of tangent (end of curve); thence southeastwardly,
tangent to last described curve, 65.35 feet to point
of curve (beginning) of 30 43' curve to the left;
thence 31.35 feet eastwardly along said curve to the
West line of Main Street; thence continue eastwardly,
along said curve, 105.65 feet to the intersection of
the East line of Main Street, said line being 25 feet
East of and parallel to the original East line of Main
Street and 40.33 feet North of South line of Water
Street. Containing 40,638 square feet, more or less.
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Also an additional parcel of property to the
North of, and adjoining the above described 33.5
foot right of way between the West line of Spring
Street and Ashley Street, more particularly des-
cribed as follows:
Beginning at a point on the West line of Spring
Street which is 201.80 feet North of the southeast
corner of Block 186 (which is on the North line of
Garland Street); thence northwardly, along the West
line of Spring Street, 10.21 feet; thence southeast-
wardly, on a deflection angle of 1050 231 to the
right, 66.71 feet to a point 12.10 feet North of the
above identified 33.5 foot right of way, and measured
normallyy thereto; thence southeastwardly, in a straight
line, 1+8.42 feet to a point 14.31 feet similarly
North of said right of way line; thence southeast-
wardly, in a straight line, 119.50 feet to a point
15.50 feet similarly North of said right of way line;
thence southeastwardly, in a straight line, 45.08
feet to a point 14.17 feet similarly north of said
right of war line; thence northwardly on a deflection
angle of 90 to the left, a distance of 1.08 feet;
thence southeastwardly in a straight line 25.08 feet
to a point 14.37 feet similarly north of said right
of way line; thence southeastwardly in a straight line,
6.33 feet to a point 14.90 feet similarly north of
said right of way line, thence southeastwardly, in
a straight line, 33.95 feet to a point 11.00 feet
similarly north of said right of way line; thence
southwardly, 11.00 feet to the said right of way line
and measured normally thereto; thence northwestwardly
443.61 feet more or less along the said right of way
line, to the point of beginning; containing 6,059
square feet, more or less.
SECTION 2. That said conveyance shall be executed for
and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and the
further consideration of an agreement on the part of said Guy A.
Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor,
that he will relocate certain of his tracks and relinquish his
existing adjacent right -of -way in the area of the Little Rock
Riverfront Drive.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk be and is hereby auth-
orized and directed to cause a certified copy of this Ordinance
to be spread on the Deed records of Pulaski County, Arkansas.
SECTION 4. It is hereby found to be a fact that im-
mediate execution and delivery of said Deed is necessary in order
that the work of constructing said Riverfront Drive will not be
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delayed. And the passage of this Ordinance being necessary for
preservation of the public peace, welfare and health, an emergency
is declared to exist and said Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED: Awt .l, 1955
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ATTEST:
APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor