RES NO 11-01-1977 11 -1 -14
RESOLUTION NO. 7
0 A. RESOLUTION DISCLAIMING INTEREST OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN IN
STREET SHOWN IN PLAT OF HOPKINS PLACE, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, FILED May 11, 1964.
WHEREAS, on the llth day of May, 1964, Mrs. J. A. Hopkins,
then the record owner, filed a plat and attempted to dedicate
for public use certain streets in a subdivision in Van Buren,
Crawford County, Arkansas, particularly described as follows:
A Subdivision in Crawford County, Arkansas, and being
part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
of Section 20, Township 9 North,' Range 31 West and
described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast Corner
of said Northeast Quarter Northwest Quarter, thence South
1062.0 feet (call 970.0 feet) to right of way of Old
Highway 64 -71, thence Southwesterly along said right of
way 317.0 feet (call'832.0 feet), thence North 1457.0
feet (call 1444.0 feet) to Section line, thence due
East 710.0 feet to point of beginning; and,
WHEREAS, Section 19 -3802 Ark. Stat. 1947 Ann., 1968 Replace-
ment Volume 2B, provides that no street or alley which shall
hereafter be dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground
in any city, shall be deemed a public street or alley, or be under
the care of control of the City Council, unless the dedication
shall be accepted and confirmed by an ordinance specially passed
for that purpose; and,
WHEREAS, said streets in said subdivision were never accepted
and confirmed by the city and no ordinance was passed for that
purpose, no streets therein were opened and no improvements were
made thereon, but shortly after the dedication thereof, a large
part of said Hopkins Place Addition was taken for right of way
of Interstate I540, a limited access highway, and the balance
Q remaining was not accessible to said highway or to other streets
roads or thoroughfares of the City of County; and,
WHEREAS, it has been made to appear to the City Council of
the City of Van Buren, Arkansas by the affidavit of N. D. Edwards,
proprietor and manager of Edwards Abstract Company of Van Buren,
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Arkansas, that no sales of any lots within said area were made
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and that Doyle Hopkins is the sole owner 'o all the property
lying outside the right of 'way of said highway and within said
subdivision, and he desires to sell all the land remaining in
said subdibision,including the platted streets and alleys, to
the adjoining property owner.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF :VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. That the City Council now finds and declares
that Hopkins Place, a subdivision of- certain lands in Van Buren,
Crawford County, Arkansas, as hereinabove described and as des-
cr-ibed in the plat, thereof filed for record on the llthday of
May, 1964, was never accepted and confirmed by an ordinance of
the City Council passed for that purpose, no streets or alleys
were opened therein and no improvements have been made and no
sales of lots have been made with reference to said plat, and
that the City Council of the City of Van Buren,'Arkansas should
and does hereby disclaim any interest in the streets as platted
in said Hopkins Place.
Section 2. Be it further resolved that a copy of this
Resolution certified by. the City. Clerk of the, City of Van Buren,
be furnished for recording in the office of the Recorder of
Crawford County, Arkansas.
Section 3. Be further resolved that all laws and parts;.
of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 4. It is ascertained and declared that there is
immediate need that the City disclaim any interest in the platted
streets in said subdivision, an emergency is .found to exist, and
this resolution shall take effect and be in force without delay.
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PASSED this day of November, 1977.
ATTEST APPROVED:
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