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RESO LUT ION NO . 28
SERIES CF 1983--
A RES OLUTION AUTH ORIZING T!l E PURCHASE OR CONDEMNI\TION CF T!l E FEE
S IMPLE INTEREST IN CERTAIN LAND IN T!l E CI'l'Y OF ENG LE:WOOD TO
PROVIDE FOR A CCM-IUNITY CENTER FOR T!lE CITIZENS OF T!lE CI TY OF
ENG LE:WOOD , SAID CCM-ll.lHTY CEN'l'ER BE I NG APPROVED BY T!lE WI'ERS CF
T!l E CITY CF ENG LE:WOOD .
WHEREAS , t o pr otect the health , safe t y and welfa r e of the
citizens of t he City of Engl ewood , it is necessa r y that a com -
muni ty center be built ; a nd
WHERE:AS , the City Coun c il fi nds that a p,1 blic need exists to
acqu i r e the additional r eal prope r ty to constr uct said commun ity
center ;
00', T!lEREFORE , BE IT RE SOLVED BY :'.IE CITY CCJU)IC IL OF T!lE
CI TY OF El>Jl;LE:WOOD , COLORADO , AS FOLLC/n'S :
Sec t i on 1. Tha t p,1 r s uant t o the provisions of the State
Cons ti t ut ion , State Statutes , and City Oiarter , the City of
Engle .ood shall acquire by p,1 r chase or condemnation the fee s i mpl e
t i tl e to the foll owi ng land s for the p,1r pose of con,;tcc•,o ti ng a
community center fo r the ci t i zens of Eng lewood :
A parcel o t ,nd in the Southeast QJarte r of 5',cti on 4,
T~""1sh i p 5 Souc. Rang e 68 West , desc ri bed as: Beg inn i ng
on the North line o f West Oxfo r d Ave nu e 1 ,158 .9 feet , more
or l ess , Ea st o f the Easte r ly l ine of the A.'!'. & S.F .
Ra ilroad right -of-way , said poi nt be i ng on the We s t line
of So uth Ka lamath St r eet as desc ri bed i n Book 17 35 at page
138 o f the Arapahoe Co unty r e co r ds ; t he nce No rth along
said West line of South Kalarnath Street 360 .0 feet ; thence
West and para llel to the North line of West Oxfo r d Av ?nue
395 .0 feet ; t hence So uth and paralle l with the West line
of So uth Kalamath Street 360 . 0 feet to a point on the
No rth l ine of \;est Oxfo r d Avenue ; thence East along sa i d
No rth line 395 .0 feet to the point of beginning . Sa i d
pa rcel conta ins 3 a 265 ac res , mo re or l ess .
Sect i on 2. That the City Man age r , o r hi s des ignee , be and he r eby
1s authori zed and di r ec t ed to negotia te the PJrchase with the own er
of said parcel of land, and upon fail ure to agree upon the fai r
market val ue the r eo f, the City Attorn~y is hereby a utho rized and
d irected t o commence an action in em inent domai n to co ndemn th e
above desc r ibed parcels of real prope r ty as authc ri zed by l a w.
Section 3. '!l>.at the Directllr of Finance, ex officio City Clerk-
Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate , set
aside, and ho ld for all necessary judgments and awards sufficient
SLUTIS to be paid as just compensation to the owner of the property
to be taken and such appropriation shall not be less than the
City 's highest appraisal value of the i:arcel in question .
APPROVED AND ADOPfED this 6th day of June, 1983 .
Attest:
Isl Euaene L, Otis
Eugene L. Otis Mayor
/s / Gary R. Higbee
ex off1c10 City Clerk-Treasurer
I, Gary R. Higbee , ex officio City Clerk-Treasure r of the
City of Engl e.ood , Colorado , h&reby certify that the above is a
true , accurate and complete copy of Resoluti ,n No. 28 , Series of
1983. --
/s / Gary R . Higbee
Gary R. Higbee