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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER, MAYOR
4 AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY
5 AND TAKE OTHER ACTIONS NEEDED TO PURCHASE A HISTORIC
6 PRESERVATION EASEMENT ON THE WILLIAM E. WOODRUFF
7 HOUSE, LOCATED AT 1017 EAST 8TH STREET AND 1023 EAST 8TH
8 STREET, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, FOR NINETY-
9 NINE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($99,500.00); AND FOR
10 OTHER PURPOSES.
11
12 WHEREAS, The Woodruff House, located at 1017 East 8'h Street and 1023 East 8th Street in Little
13 Rock, Arkansas, was built in 1853 by William E. Woodruff, founder and longtime editor of the Arkansas
14 Gazette,and is one of the few antebellum homes remaining in Little Rock; and,
15 WHEREAS, due to its historic significance, the Woodruff House was placed on the National
16 Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1989; and,
17 WHEREAS, the Quapaw Quarter Association wishes to purchase the Woodruff House to help
18 preserve Little Rock's architectural heritage; and,
19 WHEREAS, the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program ("AHPP") has agreed to provide a grant to
20 the City of Little Rock to be used, with the City's required match, for the purchase of a Historic
21 Preservation Easement on the Woodruff House after the Woodruff House is purchased by the Quapaw
22 Quarter Association; and,
23 WHEREAS,the Little Rock Board of Directors recognizes the importance of the City's architectural
24 heritage and related tourism opportunities and desires to purchase a Historic Preservation Easement on the
25 William E. Woodruff House.
26 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The Little Rock Board of Directors hereby authorizes the City Manager, Mayor and City
29 Clerk to receive AHPP Grant Funds and to execute any documents necessary and take other actions
30 needed for the purchase of a Historic Preservation Façade Easement in and to the real property located at
31 1017 East 8`h Street and 1023 East 8`h Street, more particularly described in Attachment "A" to this
32 resolution, and the exterior surfaces of the William E. Woodruff House located thereon, for Ninety-Nine
33 Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars($99,500.00).
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1 Section 2. The above-described authority to purchase a historic preservation easement on the
2 Woodruff House is contingent upon:
3 (a) the execution of a grant agreement between the City and the Arkansas Historic Preservation
4 Program for a grant in the amount of Forty-Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars
5 ($49,750.00)to be used for reimbursement of one-half of the easement purchase price;
6 (b) the City's receipt of a file-marked deed evidencing the Quapaw Quarter Association's ownership
7 of the Woodruff House; and
8 (c) the execution of a Historic Preservation Easement agreement between the City of Little Rock and
9 the Quapaw Quarter Association, in a form to be approved by the City Attorney, with a provision
10 that provides that all rights and obligations under the easement will automatically transfer to the
11 State of Arkansas for historic preservation purposes in the event that:
12 (i) the City no longer wishes to own the easement, or
13 (ii) the City wishes to amend the easement, and the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
14 certifies in writing that such a change had the potential to impact the historic nature of the
15 structure or cause the structure to lose its eligibility for listing on the National Register of
16 Historic Places.
17 Section 3. Funds for this purchase will be paid from the 2014 Special Projects Budget for
18 Undesignated Grant Match with Forty-Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($49,750.00) to be
19 reimbursed by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program through a Certified Local Government Grant.
20 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
21 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
22 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
23 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
24 resolution.
25 Section 5.Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions,or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
26 the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
27 ADOPTED: December 2,2014
28 ATTEST. APPROVE
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30
31 S sa L nit,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
32 APP ED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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34 di
35 Thomas M. Carpenter,lCity Att�i,ney
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1 EXHIBIT A
2
3 LEGAL DESCRIPTION
4
5 PART OF THE WOODRUFF'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
6 PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, AND BEING SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED AS
7 PLAT NO. AB-210, RECORDS OF PULASKI CCOUNTY, ARKANSAS, MORE
8 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
9
10 LOT 1 AND LOT 2 OF BLOCK 10 OF THE WOODRUFF'S ADDITION TO THE CITY
11 OF LITTLE ROCK;
12 AND
13 LOT 0 OF BLOCK 9 OF THE WOODRUFF'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LITTLE
14 ROCK;
15 AND
16 THE NORTH 140 FEET OF THAT PART OF WOODRUFF'S ADDITION TO LITTLE
17 ROCK, WHICH LIES BETWEEN BLOCKS 9 AND 10 OF SAID WOODRUFF'S
18 ADDITION AND WHICH WOULD BE A PART OF McLEAN STREET IF EXTENDED
19 TO 9TH STREET BEING A STRIP OF LAND FRONTING 56 FEET ON EAST 8TH
20 STREET AND EXTENDING SOUTH 140 FEET AND MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS:
21 BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 10, WOODRUFF'S
22 ADDITION TO LITTLE ROCK, WHICH POINT IS 300 FEET EAST FROM COLLINS
23 STREET AND THENCE EAST ON EAST 8TH STREET 56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 140
24 FEET; THENCE WEST 55 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1,BLOCK
25 10, WOODRUFF'S ADDITION; THENCE NORTH 140 FEET TO THE POINT OF
26 BEGINNING,IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,PULASKI COUNTY,ARKANSAS.
27 [End of Description]
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