HomeMy WebLinkAbout1920 RESOLUTION NO. 1920
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK TO BRING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
LAND OWNED BY THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD C OMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING SAID PROPERTY
FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE LITTLE RUCK MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT, DESCRIBING SAID LAND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS certain land is owned by the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad Company; and
WHEREAS said land is necessary for the use and benefit
of the Little Rock Municipal Airport : and
WHEREAS said Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Company refuses to sell said land to the Little Rock Municipal
Airport; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of acquiring said land, it
is necessary that the City exercise its power of eminent domain:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Attorney be authorized and
directed to proceed under the City's power of eminent domain to
condemn, for the purpose of acquisition by the Little Rock Municipal
Airport Commission, a sub-division under the government of the City
of Little Rock, certain lands now owned by the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Company, which said railroad company refuses to
sell to the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission, and which is
more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter (NE4)
of Section Thirteen ( 13 ) , Township One ( 1) North, Range Twelve (12)
West in Pulaski County, Arkansas ; thence South along the One-Half (2)
Section line of said Section, a distance of five hundred and seventeen
feet ( 517' ) to a point on the South right-of-way line of East Twenty-
Sixth Street; thence East along said right-of-way line, a distance of
thirteen hundred forty-seven and five-tenths feet ( 1347.5' ) to a point
of beginning; thence to the right at an angle of thirty-seven degrees
and fifty-two minutes (37° 52 ' ) a distance of one hundred eighty-nine
and fifty-one hundredths feet ( 169.51' ) to a point; thence to the right
at an angle of ninety-seven degrees and eighteen minutes (97° 18' ) , a
distance of one thousand fifty feet (1050' ) to a point; thence at an
angle of three hundred and twenty-six degrees and thirty-seven minutes
(326° 37 '4 to the left a distance of four hundred fifty-four and
twenty-six hundredths feet (451.4 .26' ) to a point; thence at an angle of
eleven degrees and forty-one minutes ( 11° 41' ) to the right, a distance
of one thousand ten and two-tenths feet ( 1010.2' ) to a point on the
West right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad; thence at an
angle of one hundred nineteen degrees and twenty-four minutes ( 119° 24' )
to the left a distance of eight hundred eighty-two and five-tenths feet
(882.5' ) along the said West right-of-way line to a point which is
common to said right-of-way line and the South right-of-way line of
East Twenty-Sixth. Street; thence at an angle of sixty degrees and fifty
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minutes ( 600 50' ) to the left a distance of four hundred thirty
and seventy-five hundredths feet (430. 75' ) along the South right-
of-way line of Last Twenty-Sixth Street to the point of beginning,
said parcel containing fourteen and three hundred and four
thousandths (14.304) acres, more or less .
SECTION 2. That the expense and cost of such condemna-
tion of the apove-described land, together with the cost of acquisi-
tion of said land, in accordance with the judgment found in the
condemnation suit, shall be paid for from the funds controlled by
the Little Rock Municipal Airport and, upon the completion of said
condemnation, said land shall be held and controlled by the Little
Rock Municipal Airport Commission for the use and benefit of the
Little Rock Municipal Airport.
ADOPTED: February 25, 1952.
AT TEST: APPROVED:
CITY CLERK
YOR