RES NO 12-01-2011 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. a 1 2011
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE CI-TY OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED:
A RESOLUTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR
ABANDONING A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT IN LEGACY
VALLEY, PHASE I, INSIDE THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, CRAWFORD
COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, Clements Hones, Inc. and GGL Development, Inc. have petitioned the City Council of
Van Buren, Arkansas, on behalf of the owners and adjacent owners of Lots 13 through 21
of Legacy Valley Phase I, to vacate and abandon the public utility easement along said
lots more particularly described as follows:
Description of Existing 10.00 Foot Public Utility Easement
The East 10' of Lots 13 through 21 of Legacy Valley Phase I, to the City of Van Buren,
Arkansas, Crawford County, Arkansas, as recorded December 28, 2010 as Plat 2010 -27,
less and except the North 15' of the East 10' of said Lot 21 and the South 10' of the East
10' of said Lot 13;
and
WHEREAS, all of the property owners and adjacent property owners being affected by this public
utility easement abandonment have consented by signed petition; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Van Buren, acting under the authority of A.C.A. 14- 199 -103 and
A.C.A. 14 -301 -302, has the authority to vacate public utility easements or segments
thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: A Public Hearing is set for January 23, 2012, at 7:00 P.M. in the Van Buren City Council
Room, at which time said Petition shall be presented to the City Council and the Council
will determine at that time if such portion of said public utility easement should be
vacated and that all affected property owners and other persons directly interested have
consented to such vacating.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk of Van Buren, Arkansas, is hereby directed to give notice by publication
once a week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper, published in Crawford
County, advising the property owners and others affected, of said date and time the
Council will hear said Petition.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by its City Council, did pass,
approve, and adopt, by a vote of (-7 for and 0 against, the foregoing Resolution at its regular meeting
held on the 19` day of December, 2011.
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Robert D. Freeman
Mayor
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Barbie Curtis Candice A. Settle
City Clerk /Treasurer City Attorney