ORD NO 28-1978 CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
ORDINANCE -1978
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING CERTAIN LAND IN THE CITY PARK SURPLUS, AND NEVER USED FOR
PARK PURPOSES, THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER OF JEWELL MORRISON, JR. AND ELIZABETH
MORRISON TO PURCHASE SAID LAND; THAT THE RESTRICTIONS SET OUT FOR PARKVIEW ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, SHALL?BE APPLICABLE TO THIS LAND AND BECOME PART
OF LOT TWENTY (20) PARKVIEW ADDITION TO THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, AND THAT
THE NET PROCEEDS OF SAID SALE TO GO TO THE VAN BUREN PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Van Buren Park and Recreation Commission has declared certain land
surplus for park purposes and has not been used for park purposes, and said land has
been granted to the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and
WHEREAS, the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, does not need the property for City
purposes, and
WHEREAS, Jewell Morrison, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Morrison, has offered Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for said property, and
WHEREAS, the needs of.the City will best be served by taking the proceeds and
giving them to the Van Buren Park and Recreation Commissioners for use in the park.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL• OF THE CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The following described real estate which has been deeded to the
City of Van Buren, Arkansas, by the Trustees (Van Buren Park and Recreation
Commission) is hereby declared surplus for City purposes, to wit:
Part of Section 19, Township 9 North, Range 31 West, described as follows,
to wit: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 20, Block "A" Parkview
Subdivision an addition to the City of Van Buren, Arkansas; thence North
18.0 feet to a point 25 :0 feet South of the City Park Drive; thence South-
easterly along a-line 25.0 feet South of said City Park Drive 161.8 feet to
a point 46.0 feet North -of the Northeast corner of Lot 20, Block "A
Parkview Subdivision; thence 46.0 feet South to the Northeast corner of
said Lot; thence West 158.5 feet to the point of beginning.
Section 2. That the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, hereby accepts the offer of
Jewell Morrison, Jr: and Mary Elizabeth Morrison, for the above described property
and the Mayor and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute in the
name of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas, a deed to the purchaser.
Section 3. That the deed mentioned in Section 2, hereof; shall contain a
clause that the property shall become a part of Lot 20, Parkview Addition, to the
City of Van Buren, Arkansas, and the restriction applying to these Lots shall apply
to the entire Lot.
Section 4. That the net proceeds from the sale of said Land shall go to the
Van Buren Park and Recreation Commission for park purposes.
Section 5. That this Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation
of the:,publiccpeace, health and safety, anremergency is declared to exist and this
Ordinance shall be and take effect and be in full force after :its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 21st day of August, 1978.
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CITY CLERK