ORD NO 12-2026 CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE NO.19..�-2026
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,FOR THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS
AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF REAL
PROPERTY;DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, A.C.A. Section 14-54-304 permits cities to transfer properties to any political subdivision
of the State.
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren,Arkansas("City")owns certain real property located within the city
limits; and
WHEREAS, the Van Buren School District ("School District') has requested the transfer of said
property for educational and recreational purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the transfer of said property to the School District will promote
the public welfare and benefit the citizens of Van Buren;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF VAN BUREN,ARKANSAS,THAT:
SECTION 1: Authorization of Transfer
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute all necessary
documents to transfer,convey,and assign the following described real property,owned by
the City of Van Buren, Arkansas,to the Van Buren School District, for use in connection
with its educational mission and related purposes.
SECTION 2: Legal Description
The real property to be transferred is more particularly described in Exhibit"A" attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3: Terms and Conditions
The transfer of the subject property shall be without monetary consideration,but subject to
any restrictions, easements, or covenants of record and any conditions mutually agreed
upon by the City and the School District,as set forth in the transfer documents.
SECTION 4: Severability
If any section,clause,or provision of this ordinance is found to be invalid or unenforceable,
such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions, which shall
continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: Emergency Clause
It is hereby found and determined that there is an immediate need for the transfer of the
above-described real property to the Van Buren School District in order to promote the
public welfare and ensure the timely advancement of educational purposes within the City
of Van Buren. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist, and this ordinance being
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,health, and safety shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the 6i of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council did pass,
approve,and adopt,by vote of for and. against,the foregoing Ordinance at its regular meeting held
on the 9t`day of February 2026.
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ATTESTED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Shawnna Reynold Jacob Howell
City Clerk/Treasurer City Attorney
EXHIBIT A
SURVEYED PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and part of the
Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all in Section 14, Township 9
North, Range 32 West, Crawford County, Arkansas being more particularly
described as follows:
Commencing at an existing iron pin marking the Southwest Corner of the
Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 9
North, Range 32 West. Thence along the South line of the Southeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15 and the Southwest Quarter
of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, South 86 degrees 35 minutes 09
seconds East, 1, 638 .43 feet to the Point of Beginning. Thence leaving
said South line, North 12 degrees 29 minutes 06 seconds West, 71.42 feet.
Thence North 66 degrees 07 minutes 17 seconds East, 46.35 feet. Thence
North 78 degrees 00 minutes 16 seconds East, 438 .73 feet. Thence South
15 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds East, 183.92 feet. Thence around a
curve to the right, having a radius of 309.10 feet, and subtended by a
chord bearing and distance of South 17 degrees 29 minutes 15 seconds
West, 336.06 feet. Thence South 50 degrees 25 minutes 02 seconds West,
53.00 feet. Thence around a curve to the right, having a radius of
321.22 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 83
degrees 59 minutes 21 seconds West, 355.26 feet. Thence North 62 degrees
26 minutes 21 seconds West, 200.01 feet. Thence North 68 degrees 04
minutes 02 seconds West, 4 .16 feet. Thence North 21 degrees 55 minutes
58 seconds East, 21.15 feet. Thence North 52 degrees 13 minutes 34
seconds East, 42.52 feet. Thence North 69 degrees 15 minutes 31 seconds
East, 161.21 feet. Thence North 51 degrees 12 minutes 59 seconds East,
17. 65 feet. Thence North 05 degrees 35 minutes 12 seconds East, 74 .16
feet. Thence North 30 degrees 27 minutes 45 seconds West, 78.01 feet.
Thence North 12 degrees 00 minutes 59 seconds West, 28.68 feet. Thence
North 77 degrees 03 minutes 19 seconds East, 6.05 feet. Thence North 12
degrees 29 minutes 06 seconds West, 10.99 feet to the Point of Beginning,
containing 6.12 acres and subject to any Easements of Record.
Also having rights to a Access Easement No. 1 being part of the Northwest
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and part of the Southwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter, Section 14 and part of the South Half of the Northeast
Quarter and the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, all in Township 9 North,
Range 32 West, Crawford County, Arkansas being more particularly
described as follows
Commencing at an existing iron pin marking the Southwest Corner of the
Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 9
North, Range 32 West. Thence along the West line of said Forty, North 03
degrees 17 minutes 09 seconds East, 213.49 feet to the Point of
Beginning. Thence leaving said West line, South 61 degrees 57 minutes 05
seconds West, 655.29 feet. Thence South 75 degrees 39 minutes 36 seconds
West, 133.13 feet. Thence South 20 degrees 31 minutes 55 seconds West,
394.40 feet. Thence South 09 degrees 27 minutes 19 seconds West, 194 .16
feet. Thence South 27 degrees 22 minutes 17 seconds West, 143.73 feet.
Thence South 51 degrees 14 minutes 02 seconds West, 204 .36 feet. Thence
South 37 degrees 03 minutes 00 seconds West, 131.73 feet. Thence South
18 degrees 13 minutes 04 seconds West, 229.27 feet. Thence South 76
degrees 09 minutes 47 seconds West, 66.79 feet to a point on the South
Right of Way line of Interstate 40. Thence along said South Right of Way
line, North 01 degrees 54 minutes 54 seconds East, 51. 95 feet. Thence
leaving said South Right of Way line, North 76 degrees 09 minutes 47
seconds East, 25.00 feet. Thence North 18 degrees 13 minutes 04 seconds
East, 209.88 feet. Thence North 37 degrees 03 minutes 00 seconds East,
146.24 feet to an existing Right of Way Marker on the South Right of Way
line of Interstate 40. Thence along said South Right of Way line the
following bearings and distances: North 51 degrees 14 minutes 02 seconds
East, 200.02 feet to an existing Right of Way Marker. North 27 degrees
22 minutes 17 seconds East, 125.29 feet. North 09 degrees 27 minutes 19
seconds East, 191 .13 feet. North 20 degrees 31 minutes 55 seconds East,
425.35 feet to an existing Right of Way Marker. North 75 degrees 39
minutes 36 seconds East, 153.22 feet. North 61 degrees 57 minutes 05
seconds East, 679.72 feet to an existing rebar on the West line of the
Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15. Thence leaving
said West line, North 62 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds East, 144. 91 feet
to an existing rebar. Thence North 62 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds
East, 63.82 feet to an existing rebar. Thence leaving said South Right
of Way line and continuing, North 62 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds East,
61.09 feet. Thence North 43 degrees 13 minutes 52 seconds East, 194.70
feet. Thence North 46 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds East, 129.25 feet.
Thence South 67 degrees 49 minutes 28 seconds East, 4.47 feet. Thence
North 49 degrees 47 minutes 57 seconds East, 35.00 feet. Thence South 68
degrees 50 minutes 41 seconds East, 18.02 feet. Thence around a curve to
the left, having a radius of 45.99 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing
and distance of South 03 degrees 10 minutes 33 seconds East, 55. 66 feet.
Thence South 49 degrees 48 minutes 19 seconds East, 302.72 feet. Thence
around a curve to the right, having a radius of 161.84 feet, and
subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 44 degrees 36 minutes
37 seconds East, 47.40 feet. Thence South 27 degrees 12 minutes 03
seconds East, 115.97 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a
radius of 40.47 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
South 69 degrees 56 minutes 04 seconds East, 44.41 feet. Thence North 70
degrees 14 minutes 08 seconds East, 61.24 feet. Thence North 13 degrees
26 minutes 19 seconds West, 19.55 feet. Thence North 70 degrees 23
minutes 56 seconds East, 62.23 feet. Thence around a curve to the left,
having a radius of 288.51 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and
distance of North 58 degrees 01 minutes 50 seconds East, 79.82 feet.
Thence North 44 degrees 06 minutes 21 seconds East, 197.63 feet. Thence
around a curve to the left, having a radius of 190.85 feet, and subtended
by a chord bearing and distance of North 33 degrees 25 minutes 50 seconds
East, 63.57 feet. Thence North 84 degrees 16 minutes 42 seconds East,
38 .74 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 281.64
feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 35 degrees
07 minutes 08 seconds East, 121.99 feet. Thence around a curve to the
left, having a radius of 51.14 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and
distance of South 71 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds East, 29.52 feet.
Thence North 78 degrees 25 minutes 28 seconds East, 194.80 feet. Thence
South 13 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East, 49.03 feet. Thence around a
curve to the left, having a radius of 19.05 feet, and subtended by a
chord bearing and distance of South 55 degrees 01 minutes 17 seconds
East, 18.56 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of
53.86 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 81
degrees 43 minutes 53 seconds East, 37.15 feet. Thence North 62 degrees
43 minutes 28 seconds East, 45.05 feet. Thence around a curve to the
right, having a radius of 900.50 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing
and distance of North 74 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds East, 197 .80 feet.
Thence around a curve to the right, having a radius of 225. 97 feet, and
subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 83 degrees 40 minutes
23 seconds East, 129.21 feet. Thence around a curve to the right, having
a radius of 262.25 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
South 43 degrees 57 minutes 05 seconds East, 215.88 feet. Thence around
a curve to the right, having a radius of 2,293.53 feet, and subtended by
a chord bearing and distance of South 18 degrees 27 minutes 15 seconds
East, 143.49 feet. Thence South 15 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds East,
46.14 feet. Thence South 78 degrees 00 minutes 16 seconds West, 18 .46
feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 162.03 feet,
and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 02 degrees 10
minutes 33 seconds West, 30.94 feet. Thence around a curve to the left,
having a radius of 1, 420.11 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and
distance of North 18 degrees 04 minutes 46 seconds West, 160.52 feet.
Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 246.87 feet, and
subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 40 degrees 43 minutes
49 seconds West, 175.98 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having
a radius of 223.35 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
North 79 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds West, 146.92 feet. Thence around
a curve to the left havinga radius of 806. 64 feet and subtended b a
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chord bearing and distance of South 74 degrees 35 minutes 21 seconds
West, 200.86 feet. Thence South 63 degrees 00 minutes 46 seconds West,
60.83 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 26.31
feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 14 degrees
49 minutes 50 seconds West, 20.27 feet. Thence around a curve to the
right, having a radius of 548 .41 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing
and distance of South 27 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds East, 238. 61 feet.
Thence South 13 degrees 17 minutes 28 seconds East, 127. 91 feet. Thence
South 66 degrees 07 minutes 17 seconds West, 9.46 feet. Thence North 13
degrees 28 minutes 42 seconds West, 136.55 feet. Thence around a curve
to the left, having a radius of 513.09 feet, and subtended by a chord
bearing and distance of North 28 degrees 23 minutes 53 seconds West,
225.58 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of
115.47 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 58
degrees 27 minutes 48 seconds West, 78.46 feet. Thence South 77 degrees
03 minutes 31 seconds West, 277 .49 feet. Thence South 75 degrees 47
minutes 11 seconds West, 98.02 feet. Thence South 72 degrees 41 minutes
35 seconds West, 86.61 feet. Thence South 56 degrees 01 minutes 07
seconds West, 27.99 feet. Thence South 67 degrees 22 minutes 34 seconds
West, 62.46 feet. Thence South 68 degrees 58 minutes 48 seconds West,
141.61 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 21. 67
feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 15 degrees
37 minutes 26 seconds West, 28 .79 feet. Thence South 20 degrees 58
minutes 36 seconds East, 22.89 feet. Thence around a curve to the left,
having a radius of 236.21 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and
distance of South 33 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds East, 137.76 feet,
Thence South 48 degrees 56 minutes 23 seconds East, 91.07 feet. Thence
South 52 degrees 18 minutes 13 seconds East, 174 .44 feet. Thence around
a curve to the left, having a radius of 654.24 feet, and subtended by a
chord bearing and distance of South 60 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds
East, 203.23 feet. Thence South 69 degrees 03 minutes 29 seconds East,
227.27 feet. Thence South 64 degrees 21 minutes 37 seconds East, 27.86
feet. Thence South 21 degrees 55 minutes 58 seconds West, 21.15 feet.
Thence North 68 degrees 04 minutes 02 seconds West, 24 .45 feet. Thence
North 69 degrees 46 minutes 56 seconds West, 219.65 feet. Thence around
a curve to the right, having a radius of 678.52 feet, and subtended by a
chord bearing and distance of North 60 degrees 55 minutes 24 seconds
West, 208 .99 feet. Thence North 52 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds West,
168.53 feet. Thence North 50 degrees 16 minutes 04 seconds West, 104 .12
feet. Thence around a curve to the right, having a radius of 289.22
feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 34 degrees
01 minutes 30 seconds West, 159.98 feet. Thence North 20 degrees 46
minutes 27 seconds West, 90.47 feet. Thence around a curve to the left,
having a radius of 176.04 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and
distance of North 26 degrees 42 minutes 56 seconds West, 36.44 feet.
Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 165. 89 feet, and
subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 38 degrees 57 minutes
48 seconds West, 36.44 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a
radius of 9.23 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
South 89 degrees 42 minutes 07 seconds West, 14.39 feet. Thence South 48
degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds West, 52.77 feet. Thence around a curve to
the right, having a radius of 17,374. 68 feet, and subtended by a chord
bearing and distance of North 49 degrees 05 minutes 33 seconds West,
329.14 feet. Thence North 35 degrees 09 minutes 35 seconds East, 67.55
feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 16.25 feet,
and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 11 degrees 16
minutes 58 seconds West, 23.34 feet. Thence North 55 degrees 07 minutes
22 seconds West, 12. 65 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a
radius of 65.80 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
South 78 degrees 22 minutes 25 seconds West, 78.12 feet. Thence South 43
degrees 39 minutes 02 seconds West, 70.80 feet. Thence South 43 degrees
27 minutes 45 seconds West, 247.05 feet. Thence South 62 degrees 10
minutes 02 seconds West, 104 .60 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Also having rights to an Access Easement No. 2 being part of the
Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and part of the Southwest
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 14, Township 9 North, Range 32
West, Crawford County, Arkansas being more particularly described as
follows:
Commencing at an existing iron pin marking the Southwest Corner of the
Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 9
North, Range 32 West. Thence along the South line of the Southeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15 and the Southwest Quarter
of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, South 86 degrees 35 minutes 09
seconds East, 1, 638.43 feet. Thence leaving said South line, South 12
degrees 29 minutes 06 seconds East, 10.99 feet. Thence South 77 degrees
03 minutes 19 seconds West, 6.05 feet. Thence South 12 degrees 00
minutes 59 seconds East, 28.68 feet. Thence South 30 degrees 27 minutes
45 seconds East, 78.01 feet. Thence South 05 degrees 35 minutes 12
seconds West, 74 .16 feet to the Point of Beginning. Thence South 78
degrees 01 minutes 22 seconds East, 10.28 feet. Thence around a curve to
the left, having a radius of 175. 66 feet, and subtended by a chord
bearing and distance of South 00 degrees 28 minutes 02 seconds East,
49.47 feet. Thence South 10 degrees 43 minutes 07 seconds East, 105.37
feet. Thence South 66 degrees 46 minutes 29 seconds West, 45.68 feet.
Thence North 59 degrees 55 minutes 41 seconds West, 153. 61 feet. Thence
around a curve to the left, having a radius of 15.00 feet, and subtended
by a chord bearing and distance of South 25 degrees 37 minutes 31 seconds
West, 29.99 feet. Thence South 61 degrees 44 minutes 03 seconds East,
123.13 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of
307.53 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 75
degrees 44 minutes 02 seconds East, 154 .46 feet. Thence North 87 degrees
56 minutes 30 seconds East, 67.94 feet. Thence around a curve to the
left, having a radius of 280.53 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing
and distance of North 69 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East, 180.96 feet.
Thence around a curve to the left, having a radius of 446. 61 feet, and
subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 40 degrees 37 minutes
00 seconds East, 145.99 feet. Thence around a curve to the left, having
a radius of 227.93 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
North 14 degrees 06 minutes 49 seconds East, 87.98 feet. Thence around a
curve to the left, having a radius of 403.30 feet, and subtended by a
chord bearing and distance of North 04 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds
West, 141.89 feet. Thence North 12 degrees 43 minutes 46 seconds West,
176.75 feet. Thence North 78 degrees 00 minutes 16 seconds East, 18.46
feet. Thence South 15 degrees 26 minutes 32 seconds East, 183.92 feet.
Thence around a curve to the right, having a radius of 309.10 feet, and
subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 15 degrees 17 minutes
04 seconds West, 315.86 feet. Thence South 35 degrees 23 minutes 59
seconds East, 90.40 feet. Thence around a curve to the right, having a
radius of 115.89 feet, and subtended by a chord bearing and distance of
South 51 degrees 30 minutes 51 seconds West, 89.29 feet. Thence North 44
degrees 11 minutes 13 seconds West, 88. 90 feet. Thence around a curve to
the right, having a radius of 321.22 feet, and subtended by a chord
bearing and distance of South 86 degrees 20 minutes 01 seconds West,
333.07 feet. Thence North 62 degrees 26 minutes 21 seconds West, 200.01
feet. Thence North 68 degrees 04 minutes 02 seconds West, 4.16 feet.
Thence North 21 degrees 55 minutes 58 seconds East, 21.15 feet. Thence
North 52 degrees 13 minutes 34 seconds East, 42.52 feet. Thence North 69
degrees 15 minutes 31 seconds East, 161 .21 feet. Thence North 51 degrees
12 minutes 59 seconds East, 17 .65 feet to the Point of Beginning.