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ORDINANCE NO. 6619
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 6612 and 6613 OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK
TO EXECUTE A LEASE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, LEASING
CERTAIN LANDS IN FAIR PARK IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
TO THE ARKANSAS LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION; I,ENTIONING CERTAIN PRO-
VISIONS TO E INCORPORATED IN SAID LEASE; DECLARINr AN EMERGENCY;
AND FOR OTH R PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUI?CIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. Ordinance No. 6612 of the Ordinances of the City
of Little Rock is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 6613 of the Ordinances of the City
of Little Rock is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 3. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized
to execute on behalf of the City of Little Rock a Lase to the
Arkansas Livestock Association covering the following lands in
Fair Park in the City of Little Aock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
more particularly described as follows:
Starting at the intersection of ,Nest Markham
Street and Fair Park Boulevard in the City of
Little Rock, Arkansas, running west 900 feet;
thence south 195.5 feet; thence east 100 feet;
thence south 22 degrees east 1310 feet to an
asphalt street; thence southeast parallel with
said street g distance of 430 feet to a point
from which the north end of the arc in Fair
Park begins; following an asphalt street cre-
ating the are in the meandering direction to
the property line of the State Hospital; thence
north to the point of beginning.
All the rest of Fair Park property except that
part being used by the Municipal Zoo, the
Municipal Swimming Pool, the Little Rock Base-
ball Club, the Fair Park Golf Course and any
other portions of Fair Park now leased by the
City to any person or persons.
SECTION 4. Said lease shall be for a term of one year with
an option in the Arkansas Livestock ,Association to renew said lease
for a period of one additional year after the expiration of the
first year.
SECTION 5. The lease authorized in Section 3 of this ordinance
shall be subject to all existing leases covering any lands embraced
in whole or in part in the premises described in Section 3 of this
ordinance; and the City shall expressly reserve the right to renew
or remake with the same or different lessees any leases covering
those lands embraced in whole or in part in the description set out
in Section 3 of this ordinance.
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SECTION 6. The City shall agree that, during the period of
the stock show conducted by the Arkansas Livestock Association within
the lease period but not to exceed ten (10) days in any calendar
year, the Arkansas Livestock Association shall occupy the status of
lessor so far as the premises now le ased to T. A. Fuzzell are con-
cerned; and that _ during said
period as described above not to exceed ten (10) days in any calendar
year, the Arkansas Livestock Association shall receive the revenue
to which the lessor shall be entitled from the operation of those
concessions now covered in a lease made by the City of Little Rock
with T. A. Fuzzell.
SECTION 7. The lease anticipated in the foregoing sections
shall hot be subleased or assigned in whole or in part without the
consent of the City of Little Rock; and said lease shall also provide
that, in the event that the Arkansas Livestock Association fails to
conduct a livestock show on the lease premises during the period
of this le ase, the Arkansas Livestock Association shall forfeit and
lose the right to a renewal of said lease.
SECTION 8. The consideration to be paid by the Arkansas Live-
stock Association to the City of Little Rock shall be one dollar
(61.00) and the benefits to accrue to the City of Little Rock from
the expenditure by the Arkansas Livestock Association of funds in
the promotion and holding of a stock show.
SECTION 9. ,hereas, the Arkansas Livestock Association is in
need of a site on which to hold a state -wide livestock show; and
whereas, the furtherance of livestock in the State of Arkansas is
vital to the best interests of the State and of the City; and whereas,
the City of Little Rock and the citizens thereof will benefit greatly
from the holding of a stock show on the premises described in the
foregoing ordinance, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and
this ordinance, being necessary f or the preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage.
PASSED: February 21, 194-4
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