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Home My WebLink About15400 1 RESOLUTION NO. 15,400 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TITLE TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED 4 AT 3104 WEST 14th STREET, TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, 5 ARKANSAS, TO BE USED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION 6 PROGRAMS; AND FOR 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 is it required that properties be obtained and sold by the 13 City in areas that are appropriate for revitalization; and, 14 WHEREAS,James & Joyce Warren has indicated their desire to donate the property located at 3104 15 West 14th Street,to the City of Little Rock,Arkansas; and, 16 WHEREAS,the City wishes to accept the property for use in its neighborhood revitalization efforts; 17 and, 18 WHEREAS, City Staff acquired the property through a donation and there are no significant title 19 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, in consideration for donation of the property for the public purpose of neighborhood 23 revitalization,and, 24 WHEREAS,James&Joyce Warren has provided the City with a Quit-Claim Deed to the property, a 25 copy of which is attached as Exhibit A; and, 26 WHEREAS,Arkansas State Law requires that the City transfer the property by resolution adopted by 27 the Board of Directors. 28 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 29 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 30 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby accepts the donation of the property by Quit-Claim Deed 31 described as 3104 West 14t Street. 32 Section 2.The property will be used for a private purpose to serve the public, specifically to improve 33 City Revitalization Programs. [Page 1 of 6J 1 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 2 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 3 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 4 effect a if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 5 ordinance. 6 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with 7 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 8 ADOPTED: March 2,2021 9 ATT`' APPROVED: 10 NI 11 ._II\goy ;��.�� 12 ! : , s ity Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Ma r 13 APPRO ', : TO LEGAL FORM: 14 15 dior /4414"N LL �A• .: 16 Thomas M.Carpenter,City At 1 ney 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 6] 1 Exhibit A 2 3 Prepared By: 4 Shawn A.Overton,Deputy City Attorney 5 City of Little Rock 6 500 West Markham Street 7 Little Rock, AR 72201 8 Representative: 9 Ruby E. Dean,Redevelopment Administrator—Land Bank 10 11 QUIT-CLAIM DEED 12 (Donation by Individual) 13 14 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: 15 16 James &Joyce Warren, GRANTOR, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars($10.00) 17 and other good valuable consideration paid by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, a municipal 18 corporation,GRANTEE,the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant, convey and 19 warranty unto the Grantee, and unto its heirs and assigns forever,the following described lands in the 20 County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas: 21 22 JONES & WORTHEN E45' OF S93' OF 11 & WS' OF S93' OF 12 22, ALSO 23 KNOWN AS 3104 WEST 14TH STREET 24 25 To have and to hold the same unto the Grantee and unto its heirs, and assigns forever, with all 26 tenements,appurtenances,and hereditaments thereunto belonging. 27 James & Joyce Warren, hereby releases and relinquishes unto the Grantee, and unto its heirs and 28 assigns forever,all rights and possibility of curtsey,dower, and homestead in and to such lands. 29 30 James&Joyce Warren,GRANTOR 31 33 Durance Drive 32 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 33 34 35 By: James&Joyce Warren 36 37 II [Page 3 of 6] 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2 3 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 4 )) SS 5 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 6 7 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County and State 8 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, James & Joyce Warren, known to me as 9 the duly appointed agent for the Grantor in the foregoing Deed, and acknowledged that he has executed 10 the same for the consideration and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. 11 WITNESS my hand and seal as such Notary Public this_ day of ,2021. 12 13 14 15 Notary Public 16 17 My Commission expires: 18 19 20 City of Little Rock,GRANTOR 21 500 West Markham Street 22 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 23 24 25 By: Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // 37 // [Page 4 of 6] 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2 3 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 4 )) SS 5 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 6 7 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County and State 8 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared,Mayor Frank Scott,Jr., known to me as the 9 Grantee in the foregoing Deed, and acknowledged that they have executed the same for the consideration 10 and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. 11 WITNESS my hand and seal as such Notary Public this day of ,2021. 12 13 14 15 Notary Public 16 17 My Commission expires: 18 19 20 21 22 DOCUMENTARY TAX STATEMENT 23 24 I certify under penalty of false swearing that the legally correct amount of documentary stamps have 25 been placed on this instrument.(If none shown,exempt or no consideration paid.) 26 27 City of Little Rock 28 500 West Markham Street, Suite 120W 29 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 30 31 32 By: Ruby E.Dean,Redevelopment Administrator 33 34 // 35 // 36 // [Page 5 of 6] 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 3 )) SS 4 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 5 6 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County and State 7 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Ruby E. Dean, Redevelopment 8 Administrator,City of Little Rock,Arkansas. 9 WITNESS my hand and seal as such Notary Public this day of ,2021. 10 11 12 13 Notary Public 14 15 16 My Commission expires: 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 6 of 6]