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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12448RESOLUTION NO. 12,448 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN AN EASEMENT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH MAUMELLE SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 500 ( "DISTRICT 500 ") IN ORDER TO CONVEY NEW EASEMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR OWNERSHIP TO AN EXISTING WATER PIPELINE AND DISTRICT 500's EASEMENT ON CERTAIN PROPERTY PURCHASED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE LITTLE MAUMELLE TREATMENT PLAN BE APPROVED, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LITTLE ROCK SANITARY SEWER COMMITTEE. WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock for the use and benefit of the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee ( "CLR/LRSSC ") owns certain property for construction of the Little Maumelle Treatment Plant ( "the plant property ") and there are located on the plant property both a 50' wide water line easement and a waterline, 16 ", more or less, ( "pipeline ") diagonally across the plant property, and title to the pipeline needs to be relocated to the northern perimeter of the plant property; and, WHEREAS, the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee ( "LRSSC ") by Little Rock Wastewater ( "LRW ") has negotiated with District 500 to enter into a contract with District 500 to accomplish this transfer and relocation, whereby a new 50' wide water line easement is granted to District 500 in exchange for District 500 granting all of its interest and title in the existing pipeline and 50' water line easement, originally granted by Roy Sturgis and Christine Sturgis, his wife, by deed dated June 24, 1942, and filed of record on August 18, 1942, in Deed Book 287, Page 500, Records of Pulaski County, Arkansas, Document No. 63757, the locations all being shown on Exhibit "A" attached herein, and incorporated by reference herein, in favor of the CLR/LRSSC, so that the existing waterline and easement will not interfere with any construction by LRSSC of the LMTP on the plant property in the future; and, WHEREAS, LRSSC has approved this exchange and recommended approval by the City of Little Rock Board of Directors, as well as authorization for the Mayor to sign the Agreement, and it is in the best interest of the parties for the CLR Board of Directors to approve this transfer and exchange and authorize execution of the necessary documentation and contract to effect this transfer and exchange, in accordance with the provisions of the Easement Exchange Contract attached hereto as Exhibit "I"; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK BOARD OF DIRECTORS that: The easement exchange contract with District No. 500, attached as Exhibit "I", whereby the existing 50' wide water line easement is exchanged for a like easement and also the existing waterline is transferred to CLR for the use and benefit of LRSSC, as shown on Exhibit "A ", is hereby approved and authorized; and, 2. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the easement exchange contract between the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for itself and for the use and benefit of the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee with Maumelle District 500 for the purpose of effecting the exchange of easements and transfer of the existing waterline, as set forth in Exhibit "I", attached hereto. 3. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full forth and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the resolution. 4. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. ADOPTED: February 20, 2007 ATTEST: N cy Woo ity Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Thomas M. Carpen er, Cityvttorney I APPROVED: Mark Stodola, Mayor Erma Hendrix, Director (Ward 1) 2807614192 82/23/2887 18:21:25 AM Filed 8 Recorded in Official Records of PAT O'BRIEN PULASKI COUNTY EXCHANGE OF EASEMENfIT /COUNTY CLERK s $41.88 KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS: That CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF LITTLE ROCK SANITARY SEWER COMMITTEE ( "CLR /LRSSC ") and MAUMELLE SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 500, an Arkansas suburban improvement district, 90 Lake Point Place, Maumelle, Arkansas 72113, which is also known as Maumelle Water Management, and is the successor in interest to the Maumelle New Town Water and Sewer Suburban Improvement District No. 306 ( "Maumelle No. 500 ") , do hereby memorialize and record their agreed exchange of easements and transfer of any right, title or interest in a section of a certain water pipeline across that property owned by CLR /LRSSC described herein and shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto, located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, to -wit: CLR /LRSSC TO MAUMELLE NO. 500 CLR /LRSSC, for good and valuable consideration and the relinquishment of the "Existing Easement" and the existing 16" water pipe line shown and described in Exhibit "A," consisting of one page, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged does hereby grant, bargain and convey unto MAUMELLE NO. 500, and unto its successors and assigns, a nonexclusive subsurface easement for the purpose of constructing, installing, and laying, and hereafter using, operating, inspecting, repairing, maintaining, and replacing one (1) sixteen (16 ") waterline, or smaller, as well as other general utilities under the following lands situated in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, to -wit: IS 5 o� A general purpose underground waterline utility easement 50' in width, being a part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 14 West, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, said easement lying 25 feet left of and 25 feet right of the following described centerline: Commencing at a stone marking the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10; thence S 880 55' 32" E along the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 250 feet to an iron pin; thence S 01 039' 45" W, 434.09 feet, to the Point of Beginning of said Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 centerline; thence N 71 005155" E, 80.10 feet; thence N 010 39' 45" E, 331.59 feet; thence S 88 055' 32" E, 904.15 feet; thence N 71° 05' 55" E, 222.27 feet to a point on the North line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10 and the Point of Termination of said centerline, said easement being bounded on the West by a line bearing N 01 °39' 45" E passing through the Point of Beginning and bounded on the North by the said North line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, bearing S 880 26' 42" E, Also, Commencing at a stone marking the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10; thence S 880 55' 32" E along the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 250 feet to an iron pin; thence S 01 039' 45" W, 75.0 feet, to the Point of Beginning of said centerline; thence S 88 655' 32" E, 50.0 feet to a point on the West line of the above described easement and the Point of Termination of said centerline, said easement being bounded on the West by a line bearing N 01 °39' 45" E passing through the Point of Beginning and bounded on the East by the said West line of the above described easement, bearing N 01° 39' 45" W, all containing 1.82 acres more or less (the "New Easement ") . The New Easement is further described and illustrated in "Exhibit A," which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto Maumelle No. 500, its successors and assigns, subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. The New Easement represents a servitude upon the lands of CLR /LRSSC for the purposes herein described and does not represent a conveyance of title or fee to said lands of CLR /LRSSC or its successors and assigns. There shall be no limitation upon when, if ever, Maumelle No. 500 shall be required to use the New Easement area. 2 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 2. CLR /LRSSC, its successors and assigns, reserve the surface and subsurface uses of the land not otherwise granted under the New Easement. Specifically, CLR /LRSSC, its successors and assigns, reserve the right to cross the New Easement with utilities and roads so long as such actions and uses do not unreasonably interfere with Maumelle No. 500's rights granted herein. Maumelle No. 500 shall otherwise have the right to erect minimally intrusive and periodic above ground improvements as may be reasonably necessary for the exercise of the easement rights herein granted. Said improvements shall not be aesthetically displeasing to CLR /LRSSC, its successors and assigns. Aesthetic approval of said above ground improvements shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. 3. Maumelle No. 500 shall have the right to use the New Easement for the purposes expressed herein, but shall not have the right, or the right to permit others, either directly or indirectly, to use it for purposes other than as expressly permitted hereby without having obtained the prior written consent of LRSSC, its successors and assigns. Said written consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. 4. Maumelle No. 500 shall compensate LRSSC, its successors and assigns, for any and all damages to any land of LRSSC which arise out of or are incident to any uses of the New Easement by Maumelle No. 500 which are not permitted herein, whether said land be located within or adjacent to the New Easement area. 5. Maumelle No. 500 shall bury all utilities so that the top levels of such are at least thirty -six inches (36 ") below the surface of the ground, or deeper if otherwise required by ordinance or statute or by Entergy in connection with its existing easement. Said utilities shall be buried so as to not unreasonably interfere with the surface use or the natural drainage of the land, except as otherwise provided herein. LRSSC, its successors and assigns, shall not be liable in the event that any of Maumelle No. 500's property is damaged if these provisions are not followed. 6. CLR /LRSSC represent and warrant that it is the owner of the New Easement and that it has all requisite right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to convey the New Easement to Maumelle No. 500. The New Easement is granted with a special warranty of title, but is otherwise granted "as is" and 3 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 subject to all recorded restrictions and easements including the AP &L easement shown on Exhibit "A ". CLR /LRSSC make no other warranties of any kind whatsoever, either expressed or implied. 7. Should there be an agreed termination of the New Easement between CLR /LRSSC, its successors and assigns, and Maumelle No. 500, and within six (6) months thereafter, Maumelle No. 500 shall have the right to remove from the New Easement all utilities or other appurtenances installed or placed upon or underneath the New Easement. Any improvements not removed by Maumelle No. 500 within the aforementioned six (6) month period after the agreed termination shall become the separate property of CLR /LRSSC, its successors and assigns. LRSSC, its successors and assigns, at its option, upon any agreed termination may require Maumelle No. 500 to remove all improvements or pay the costs of such removal. In addition, upon an agreed termination, LRSSC at its option, may require Maumelle No. 500 to return the surface to its original condition or as near as practical; and, provided further, that if a third party ever files a lawsuit or legal claim to challenge the status of Maumelle No. 500's title to a section of Maumelle No. 500's Existing Easement and waterline located on such third party's property and in connection with such lawsuit it is ever at any time expressly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final, non - appealable order that such section of Maumelle No. 500's Existing Easement and waterline located on such third party's property has been abandoned and that as a result Maumelle No. 500 has no further right, title or interest in the other sections of its Existing Easement and waterline, including those sections conveyed by Maumelle No. 500 herein, then the conveyance by CLR /LRSSC of the "New Easement" shall be null and void, of no effect and Maumelle No. 500 shall have no further right title or interest in that property described as the "New Easement ", provided however, in such event, Maumelle No. 500 shall have no liability to CLR /LRSSC for any actions taken by it in the exercise of its easement rights granted it herein prior to such judicial determination of abandonment nor shall Maumelle No. 500 or its attorneys have any obligation to refund or return any monies paid by CLR /LRSSC to Maumelle No. 500 or its attorneys as a condition to or consideration for Maumelle No. 500's execution of this Exchange of Easements. 8. LRSSC expressly reserves the right to lands within the New Easement area as part of treatment plant to be constructed on property shown "A" attached hereto, provided such inclusion If Approved by Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 include the its sewage on Exhibit does not Maumelle unreasonably interfere with the easement rights granted Maumelle No. 500 herein. Maumelle No. 500 shall not fence the New Easement area, however, it may erect signs identifying the location of its easement or any of its improvements. LRSSC, its successors and assigns, expressly reserve the right to fence, pave sidewalks /roadways, and /or landscape, and thereafter maintain, the surface of the easement area. Maumelle No. 500 may remove said fencing, sidewalks /roadways and landscaping as is reasonably necessary and consistent with its rights granted herein. 9. No waiver by LRSSC or failure by it to require strict and punctual performance by Maumelle No. 500 of any of the terms, conditions, provisions or obligations of this agreement, or any other forbearance, indulgence or sufferance granted to or shown Maumelle No. 500, or any practice involving any such waiver, forbearance, sufferance or indulgence, however long continued or under whatsoever conditions, shall constitute a waiver by LRSSC of the right at any subsequent time to strict, full and punctual performance of Maumelle No. 500's obligations hereunder. MAUMELLE NO. 500 TO CLR /LRSSC Maumelle No. 500, for good and valuable consideration and the New Easement granted herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged does hereby grant, convey, transfer, and fully forever release unto the City of Little Rock, for the use and benefit of the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee, all right and title to both the section of an existing water line (which is shown on Exhibit "A" and further described below), and also that part of the easement being originally granted by Roy Sturgis and Christine Sturgis, his wife, in favor of the United States of America, as set forth in the Easement Deed executed on June 24, 1942, filed for record August 18, 1942, in Deed Book 287, Page 500, Records of Pulaski County, Arkansas, Document No. 63757, incorporated by reference, as that part of said easement is located on the following described property, located in Pulaski County, Arkansas: All that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 14 West, Pulaski County, Arkansas more fully described as follows: 5 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 Commencing at a stone marking the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said section 10 run thence S 88 055132" E along the north line thereof for a distance of 250.00 feet to a 5/8" dia. rebar with cap #1199 marking the northwest corner of this tract and Point of Beginning of the lands to be described herein. Thence continue S 88 °55'32" E along the said north line for at a distance of 1081.43 feet to a 5/8" dia, rebar marking the northeast corner of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; Thence S 88 026142" E for a distance of 307.95 feet to a 5/8" dia. rebar marking the northeast corner of this tract; Thence S 01 039'45" W for a distance of 600.00 feet to a 5/8" dia. rebar with cap #1199 marking the southeast corner of this tract; Thence N 88 °26142" W parallel with the north line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter for a distance of 307.95 feet to a 5/8" dia. rebar with cap #1199; Thence N 88 °55132" W parallel with the said north line of the Southwest Quarter at a distance of 0.65 feet pass a point on the east line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and in all 1081.43' feet to a 5/8" dia. rebar with cap #1199 marking the southwest corner of this tract said point being 250.00 feet east of the west line of the said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; Thence N 01 039135" E parallel with the said west line for a distance of 600.00 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing 14.89 acres in the SW1 /4 SE1 /4, 4.25 acres in the 6 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 SE1 /4 SE1 /4, 19.14 acres in all more or less (the "Existing Easement "). And, also a section of water line located over certain property illustrated in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and being described as being a water line 16" in diameter, more or less, located on a part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 2 North, Range 14 West, City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, with the following described centerline: Commencing at a stone marking the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10; thence S 880 55' 32" E along the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 250 feet to an iron pin; thence S O1 °39' 45" W, 434.09 feet, to the centerline of an existing 16" waterline for the Point of Beginning of said centerline; thence N 71 005155" E, along the centerline of said existing 16" waterline, 1,268.00 feet to a point on the North line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 10 and the Point of Termination of said centerline (the "Existing Water Line "). TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto CLR /LRSSC, its successors and assigns, subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Maumelle No. 500 shall have the right but not the obligation within ninety (90) days, beginning on the execution date of this instrument, to remove all items and appurtenances related to the Existing Water Line or Existing Easement (water line and easement). Any items and appurtenances remaining after said ninety (90) days shall become the separate property of LRSSC and LRSSC shall be solely responsible for any further removal of said items and appurtenances. 2. Ninety (90) days after the execution of this instrument, the Existing Easement and Existing Water Line shall no longer represent a servitude, implied or expressed, upon the above - described land in any manner by Maumelle No. 500, its predecessors in title or interest, or its successors and assigns, or by any other party(ies) claiming any such interest on any basis whatsoever, provided however, it is expressly agreed that all portions of the Existing Easement and Existing Water Line which lie outside of the above described land are 7 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 retained by Maumelle No. 500 and are not a part of this conveyance. 3. The Existing Easement is granted with a special warranty of title, but is otherwise granted "as is" and subject to any recorded restrictions or easements including the AP &L easement shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto. Maumelle No. 500 makes no other warranties of any kind whatsoever, either expressed or implied. Maumelle No. 500 makes no warranties or representations whatsoever as to the Existing Water Line. 4. LRSSC shall compensate Maumelle No. 500, its successors and assigns, for any and all damages, which may be inflicted by LRSSC's operations upon Maumelle No. 500's New Easement and permitted improvements located therein. 5. No waiver by Maumelle No. 500 or failure by it to require strict and punctual performance by LRSSC of any of the terms, conditions, provisions or obligations of this agreement or any other forbearance, indulgence or sufferance granted to or shown LRSSC, or any practice involving any such waiver, forbearance, sufferance or indulgence, however long continued or under whatsoever conditions, shall constitute a waiver by Maumelle No. 500 of the right at any subsequent time to strict, full and punctual performance of LRSSC's obligations hereunder. 6. As a condition to its execution of this Exchange of Easements, contemporaneously with the full execution of this Exchange of Easements, LRSSC shall make payment to Maumelle No. 500 for the full amount of the attorney's fees incurred by Maumelle No. 500 in connection with this transaction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed by the fully authorized officers of the City of Little Rock for the use and benefit of the Little Rock Sanitary Sewer Committee and by the duly authorized Commissioners of MAUMELLE SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 500 on this y2a( day of $ j , 2007. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS For the Use an Benefit of The Lit a R04/Sanitary Sewer, Cbmmitt BY: dm / Ma odola, Mayor ATTEST: 8 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 Nan Wood, City Clerk Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 APPROVED: Tom Carpenter, City ttorney LRSSC Ch it e-4- IL; LRW .E.0. MAUMELLE SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT Commissioner ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF P4 �I ON THIS THE �" day of .- , 2007, before me, a Notary Public, personally , appeaAdO Mark Stodola, who acknowledged himself to be the Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Nancy Wood, who acknowledged herself to be the City Clerk of Little Rock, Arkansas, and that they, as such Mayor and City Clerk, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the consideration and purposes therein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, seal. MyComm//isF /.sip /() /n Expires: (SEAL) --- - ----------------- CHERYLE.DODSON A;� rt Pulaski County My Commission Expires October 24, 2012 I hereunto set my hand and official 4 Notary lublic 10 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATE OF ARKANSAS ) COUNTY OF Pik ) 4ul /,,)e/L ON THIS THE day of fuGt46 2007, before me, a N tary,Public, personally ap red _ and ' dz��il2s � %' � who acknow e g d themselves to be t Commi sinners of the Maumelle Suburban Improvement District Number 500 and that they, as such Commissioners, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the consideration and purposes therein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, seal. My Commission Expires: raj /' �.// (SEAL) OFFICIAL SEAL TAVINA MARIE RICHARDSON NOTARY PUBLIC, FAULKNER CO., AR. MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 1, 2011 I hereunto set my hand and official Notary Publ'c 11 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07 EXHIBIT "A" %" Rebar w /Cap Reference Survay Stone f Rebar w)Cap Reference survcy for CDM Assoc. Val' Dated: 8.31/05 Northcast �Nortbwnst Cornor SW Y SE Y4 by NTB B Assoc. Dated: 8/31/05 Northcast Ser -10, T- 2- N,R -14-YV Comer SW Y SE y Sec.10. T- 2- N.R -I4 -W Corder SE Y4 SE Y4 Sec. 10. T- 2- N,R -14 -W S 88" 55 32'E 75 _ S 88" 26 42' E. 307.95 _S88'S5';l2 "E, 108!.43 `i50' EASEMENT i' 1 .i�� -'- SF8 ? 72'E POD (j N71 "05'55 "E, . CE S 88'55l 32" E, 25 �.. -'.' 222.27' 904.15 25' 1 �N01599'45 "W. W. z. Or N 71" 05'55" E, 80.10', - -��� �mant and i;kg 3! I Is oFOR < m N 88' 55'32" W. 1081.49 88'T6 42' W. 30 .95 J N W E 0 60 120 S 11 ?.. �•11I I,I Exhibit "A" To CLR /LRSSC TO /FROM MAUMELLE SUBURBAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 500, EASEMENT EXCHANGE, being a drawing showing the "New Easement," (which is shaded) the "Existing Easement" per Sturgis, et ux deed dated 6/24/42 (Book 287, page 500, Pulaski County Circuit Clerk Document No. 63757), and the existing water line having a diameter of 1611, more or less, all situated in Pulaski County, AR, as described in the exchange of easements agreement consisting of 10 pages with this Exhibit "A" attached, numbered Page 12 Approved by Maumelle Distc. 500 Comm. on 1/16/07