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Home My WebLink About12337Y � . ORDINANCE NO. 12,337 AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS LOCATED IN CANSLER'S ADDITION, COX'S SUBDIVISION OF TAYLOR AND BODEMAN ADDITION, ALL BEING ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY PARK URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, PROJECT ARK R -51; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Resolution No. 3166, duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 6, 1964, the Urban Renewal Plan of the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, for the University Park Urban Renewal Project, Project No. ARK R -Sl, was formally approved; and WHEREAS, said Board of Directors in said Resolution found that in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of said Urban Renewal Plan, certain official action must be taken by the Board of Directors, including the vacation and removal of streets, alleys and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, changes in zoning, and the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, all as provided in said Plan; and WHEREAS, the objectives of said Plan have now been sufficiently attained to require that official action be taken to vacate, close and abandon the hereinafter described portions of certain streets and alleys in Cansler's Addition and Cox's Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman Addition, all being Additions to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and all located in Pulaski County, Arkansas; and WHEREAS, said portions of said streets and alleys are no longer needed for use as streets and alleys for travel by motor vehicle, pedestrian or other traffic, and for means of access to other lands, and are accordingly no longer needed for corporate purposes; and WHEREAS, under said Urban Renewal Plan provisions are made for other suitable, safe, adequate and convenient means of access to and egress from the area involved; and tl Page Two WHEREAS, in order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort and convenience of the general public, the inhabi- tants of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and the users of said streets and alleys, it is necessary to vacate, close and abandon those portions of streets and alleys hereinafter specifically described; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: Section 1. That it is hereby ascertained and declared that the use, as public streets and alleys, of those portions of the herein- after described streets and alleys located in Cansler's Addition and Cox's Subdivision of Taylor and Bodeman Addition, all being Additions to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, are no longer necessary and needed by adjoining landowners, the general public and for access to other lands in the vicinity; that other streets and routes are presently in existence or will be constructed pursuant to said Urban Renewal Plan which reasonably, safely and adequately serve the needs of those members of the public, traveling to and from areas now or previously served by said portions of the above mentioned streets and alleys; that said portions of said streets and alleys should accordingly be vacated, abandoned and closed, and all of the right, title and interest of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, in the said vacated portions of said streets and alleys should revertito the adjoining landowners. Section 2. That the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, under its powers as set forth in Arkansas Statutes (1947) Section 19 -2304, and Section 19 -3029, hereby vacates, abandons and closes the following described streets and alleys and relinquishes, grants and conveys unto the adjoining landowners all of the right, title and interest of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, of its inhabitants, and the public generally, in said streets and alleys, to -wit: i Page Three All of Shield Street, running generally north and south from the south right -of -way line of West Fourteenth Street to the Project Boundary of the University Park Urban Renewal Project ARK R -51. All of Coolidge. Street, running generally north and south from the north right -of -way line of West Fourteenth Street to the Project Boundary of the University Park Urban Renewal Project ARK R -51. All of West Fourteenth Street running generally east and west from the west right -of -way of Coolidge Street to the east right -of- way line of Clary Street. All of West Fifteenth Street running generally east and west from the west right -of -way line of Coolidge Street to the east right- of -way line of Clary Street. All of West Sixteenth Street running generally east and west from the west right -of -way line of Coolidge Street to the east right -of- way line of Clary Street and lying north of the project boundary of the University Park Urban Renewal Project ARK R -51. All of West Seventeenth Street running generally east and west from the West right -of -way line of University Avenue to the East right- of -way line of Cleveland Street. All of the alleys running generally north and south in Blocks 5 and 6 of Cansleris Addition. All of the alleys running generally east and west in Blocks 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Canslerts Addition. Section 3. The rights now held by any public utility company, under the laws of the State of Arkansas or under grants heretofore made by the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, to use the streets and alleys as described above in Section 1, for the location and opera- tion of lines and facilities for the furnishing of public utility services shall not be abrogated, diminished or changed by the enact- ment of this Ordinance, and utility easements now in effect are r, r t - y 41 Page Four specifically excepted from this closing. Section 4. A copy of this Ordinance, duly certified by the City Clerk, shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and recorded in the Deed Records of said County. Section 5. The redevelopment of the lands located within the Additions to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, described above, which are within the University Park Urban Renewal Project of the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, will be seriously delayed if said streets and alleys are not closed and vacated immediately. An emergency is therefore declared to exist, and this Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare, shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. Section 6. The Board of Directors finds that this Ordinance is enacted at the request of the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Lewis S. Rauton and Dr. B. E. Wilkins, as the sole owner of all lands adjoining and abutting upon the streets and alleys being closed hereby; and accordingly this Ordinance is enacted with the unanimous approval of the owners of all lands adjoining and abutting upon the streets and alleys being closed hereby. Section 7. 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