13652�'' 2013014068 Received: 2122/2013 8:26:10 AM
iw, , Recorded: 02/22/2013 08:42:34 AM Filed &
Recorded in Official Records of Larry Crane.
PULASKI COUNTY CIRCUIT/COUNTY CLERK
t Fees $20.00
RESOLUTION NO. 13,652
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A "OLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO
Itil<'ii , kECUTE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS T ACQUIRE • C!U RESI)ENTIAL
5 PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1021 VAN BUREN STREET, FOR A
6 PURCHASE PRICE OF SIXTY -NINE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED
7 DOLLARS ($69,900.00), FOR USE AS PARK PROPERTY IN WAR
8 MEMORIAL PARK; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, in October 2011, the Little Rock Board of Directors authorized the negotiation of the
11 sale of 3.82 acres of the City's interest in Ray Winder Field to UAMS and committed to reinvesting the
12 sale proceeds to the purchase of land in order to offset the loss of city park acreage; and,
13 WHEREAS, the residential property located at 1021 Van Buren Street is one (1) of twelve (12)
14 parcels identified as being west of Jonesboro Drive and located south of Interstate 630, and this
15 acquisition by the City will help to accommodate future park development that will complement the
16 Central Arkansas Children's Library; and,
17 WHEREAS, the acquisition of this property represents the seventh of the twelve (12) parcels to
18 become a part of the War Memorial Park acreage; and,
19 WHEREAS, the City has negotiated the purchase of the property at 1021 Van Buren Street for the
20 amount of Sixty-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred Dollars ($69,900.00);
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
22 OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
23 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute appropriate
24 documents to acquire property at 1021 Van Buren Street, for the amount of Sixty -Nine Thousand, Nine
25 Hundred Dollars ($69,900.00), for use as a public park for the future expansion of War Memorial Park.
26 Section 3. Funds for this purchase are available from the proceeds of the sale of the City's interest in
27 Ray Winder Field to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas.
28 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
29 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
30 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
31 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
32 resolution.
33 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
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with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: February 19, 2013
ATTEST--. APPROVED:
Sus kED y Clerk Mark Stodo a, Mayor
AP O LEGAL FOR M:
Thomas M. Carpenter, City
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