HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-R-33 RESOLUTION NO. 90-R-~
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE COMMON COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN
PURCHASING CERTAIN REAL pROpERTY
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville
is aware that the Jeffersonville Board of Public Works and
Safety has for some time been studying options to relocate the
existing Jeffersonville Wastewater Treatment Plant to an
alternate location within the City and is soliciting the aid[ of
the Indiana Department of Environmental Management with regards
to receiving a portion of the remaining grant funding through
that agency; and,
WHEREAS, the Common Council has been adequately advised
that such grant application must be submitted on or before July
15, 1990, and that as a part of that grant application the City
must
and,
demonstrate its ability to control the subject property;
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36-1-10.5-5 requires a resolution of
the fiscal body of a
interest in purchasing
such purchase.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
the City of
interest in
political subdivision indicating its
specified land or structures prior to
IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of
Jeffersonville that it hereby indicates its
making a purchase of the following described real
property:
Thac portion of Block Number'One Hundred Fourteen
(ll4) in ~he Cl~o£ Se££arsonv~llo, bounded as follows:
Beeluning In the vest side o£ Broadway. One Hundred
Sevency S~x (176) £eeC eouChverdly fTmn the northeast
corner o~.ee~d Block and running thence along seid so,eec
~qu..r.:~va~azy_zo~Cy (40) bec; thence ac righc angXes wesc-
var~ty ~ne ~una~d _Twuncy (120) feec~ thence ac riihc
~ns[es nozcnvar~y ~orcy (40) feoc~ Chence ac rishc
.a~Lee ~a?vardLy One Hundred TmmCy (120) feec co che
BE IT.FURTHER RESOLVED that:
Pursuant to the provisions of Indiana Code 36-1-10.5-3,
the jeffersonville Board of Public Works shall serve as
the ,'purchasing agent" for these purposes, said board
being the board of the City of jeffersonville, Indiana,
with the power to purchase land or structures for the
benefit of the Jeffersonville sewage utility.
The jeffersonville Board of Public Works has previously
caused the above-described property to be appraised by
Baird Realty Consultants and Carl M. Leffert, SRA, which
firms qualify under the provisions of Indiana Code 25-34.1
as appraisers and licensed real estate brokers, and the
Common Council hereby acknowledges that copies of said
appraisals have been filed with the Clerk-Treasurer of the
City of Jeffersonville as of the date of this resolution.
Said appraisals shall be kept on file for a minimum period
of five (5) years by the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
The Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana,
therefore concludes that the relocation of the
Jeffersonville Wastewater Treatment Plant is a positive
step for the economic development and well-being of this
community, and therefore indicates its interest and
approves the Jeffersonville Board of Public Works and
Safety purchase of said property pursuant to the
provisions of Indiana Code 36-1-10.5 et seq.
That in the event said property cannot be voluntarily
acquired through negotiation, the Common Council further
authorizes the institution and settlement of eminent
domain proceedings at the discretion of the Jeffersonville
Board of Public Works.
Passed and adopted this
1990, by the Common Council
of the City of jeffersonville,
Clark County,
Indiana.
ATTEST:
C. R~CHARD SPENC/ER, JR.
CLERK-TREASURER
Presented by me as
City of jeffersonville,
, 199o.
Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of the
Indiana, this /0~ day of
Approved
and signed
, 1990.
C. RICHARD SPENCER, JR.
CLERK-TREASURER
by me this /0~-~ day of