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Home My WebLink About15924 RESOLUTION NO. 15,924 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT TITLE TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED 4 AT 2815 SOUTH PULASKI 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, Mr. Allan J. Studenski has indicated his desire to donate the property located at 2815 15 South Pulaski 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 has conducted a title search of the property which revealed valid title to the 19 property and no significant title issues; and, 20 WHEREAS, Mr. Allan J. Studenski has provided the City with a Quit-Claim Deed to the property, a 21 copy of which is attached as Exhibit A; and, 22 WHEREAS,Arkansas State Law requires that the City transfer the property by resolution adopted by 23 the Board of Directors. 24 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY 25 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS: 26 Section 1. The Board of Directors hereby accepts the donation of the property by Quit-Claim Deed 27 described as 2815 South Pulaski Street. 28 Section 2. The property will be used for a private purpose to serve the public, specifically to improve 29 City Revitalization Programs. 30 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or 31 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or 32 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and 33 effect a if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the 34 ordinance. 'Page 1 of 5) 1 Section 4. Repealer.All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same that are inconsistent with 2 the provisions of this resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. 3 ADOPTED: March 7,2023 4 ATTEST: APPROVED: 5 10 7 Allison Sega 'IP-, eputy City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor 8 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 9 10 11 Thomas M.Carpenter,City Attor y 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // [Page 2 of 51 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 I, Allan J. Studenski, GRANTOR, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and 17 other good valuable consideration paid by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, a municipal corporation, 18 GRANTEE, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant, convey and Quit-Claim 19 unto the Grantee, and unto its heirs and assigns forever, the following described lands in the County of 20 Pulaski, State of Arkansas: 21 22 Lot 1 Re-Sub Lot 1 Alex Roberson Sub of NW SW NW (As shown by survey June 23 1946) 15 1N 12W 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 I, Allan J. Studenski, for and in consideration of such sum of money, hereby release and relinquish 28 unto the Grantee,and unto its heirs and assigns forever,all my right and possibility of curtesy,dower,and 29 homestead in and to such lands. 30 WITNESS, my hand and seal the day of 2023. 31 32 Allan J.Studenski,GRANTOR 33 3 Brookhaven Drive 34 Little Rock,Arkansas 72205 35 36 37 By: Allan J. Studenski [Page 3 of 51 1 City of Little Rock,GRANTEE 2 500 West Markham Street 3 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 4 5 6 By: Frank Scott,Jr.,Mayor 7 8 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 10 11 STATE OF ARKANSAS) 12 ))SS 13 COUNTY OF PULASKI) 14 15 On this day came before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County and State 16 aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting personally appeared, Allan J. Studenski, known to me as the 17 duly appointed agent for the Grantor in the foregoing Deed, and acknowledged that he has executed the 18 same for the consideration and purposes therein mentioned and set forth. 19 WITNESS my hand and seal as such Notary Public this day of ,2021. 20 21 22 23 Notary Public 24 25 My Commission expires: 26 27 28 Allan J.Studenski,GRANTOR 29 3 Brookhaven Drive 30 Little Rock,Arkansas 72205 31 32 33 By: Allan J. Studenski 34 // 35 // 36 // 37 // 38 // [Page 4 of 5] 1 DOCUMENTARY TAX STATEMENT 2 3 I certify under penalty of false swearing that the legally correct amount of documentary stamps have 4 been placed on this instrument. (If none shown, exempt or no consideration paid.) 5 6 City of Little Rock 7 500 West Markham Street, Suite 120W 8 Little Rock,Arkansas 72201 9 10 11 By: Ruby E. Dean, Redevelopment Administrator 12 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 29 // 30 // 31 // 32 // 33 // 34 // 35 // 36 // 'Page 5 of 51