HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 Resolution No. 050RESOWTION NO . $0
SERIES OF 1984--
A RESOWTION AUTHORIZI~ IBE l!URCHASE OF IBB FEE S!MPLE INTEREST IN
CERTA IN LAND IN IBE CITY OF EN'.iLlliOOO FOR IBE PURPOSE OF RF.ALIGNll'I:,
FLOYD AVENUE EAST OF BROArMA Y.
WHERF.AS , to protect the safet y and welfare of the citizens
of the Ci ty of EnglewoM, it is necessary that t he Ci t y o f
Englei.ood purchase a E-eel of land to carry out the Engle wood
Downtown Developnent Pla n; and
WHE RF.AS , the City Counc il f inds that a [>Jblic neel exists to
acqu ire the additional real proper ty to canplete the Eng l ewood
Downtown Developnent Plan;
N<J;i , IBEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVID BY 'llJE CITY CXJUOCI L OF IB E
C!'rY OF EN'.;LEWOOD , COLORADO, AS FOL~S :
Section 1. 'l'nat pursuant t o the prov isions of the Colorado
Constitution, Color ado Rev ised Statutes , the Englewood Han e Rule
0,arte r a nd the Englei.ood Downtown Redevelopnent Pla n, the City of
Englewood author i zes the purchase of 330 0-33 10 So uth Broadway.
Section 2 . 'l'ne fina l tern,s o f said purcha se a r e subject to
approval of the City Manager , .ho is a uthoriz"'1 t o negotiat e said
tern,s. Upon failure to agree upon the fair market val ue thereo f,
the City Attorne y is hereby authori zed and directed ~o camience an
action in aninent dan ai n to condann the above described parcels of
r eal property as author ized by law .
Sec:tion 3. The Director of Finance , ex officio City Cler k -
Tr e asurer is her eby a,Jthor i zed and directed to appr opriate , set
as ide , a nd hold for all necessary julgme nts and awa r ds sufficient
sums to be paid as just canpensation to the own e r of the property
if it is condemned.
Section 4 . Th e City Counci l directs the City Man ager to notify
the Englei.ood Housing Authority of the purchase so that the
Eng lewood Ho using Au thor ity ca n wo r k t o e va luate and mitigate the
im j)ilct of resulting street alignment upon the Simon Center parking
lot.
AOOPT!D AND APPROVED this 17th day of December , 1984.
Attest :
~~1 ~~~ ex~ C~erklTiea
L, ~c c = ~ ' E>Jge?L. Otis, Mayor
I, Gary R. Higbee , ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the
City of Engle wood, COlorado, here by certify that the above and
foregoing is a true, accurate and canplete copy of Resolution
No-.aQ_, Series of 1~84.
COUNCIL
PATE
IJ ecc,.h c r l 3 J 984
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
AGENDA ITEM
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Rcconune ndo t i on authorizing t h~
pu r chas e o f 3300-33 10 South Bron -
wa y f o r th e p u rpose of r cn lign ing Fl oyd A,.1 em. e
INITIA TED BY '1S c 1 st oat C1 ty Monag cr for Fconmdc Devel o pment
ACTION PROPOSE D_-'-'Ap~p~ruo~v~e_.,R~••~g~luu~t~i~on.-~A~,~•t~h~o~r~i~zi~n~g"--"P~u~r~cJ~,a~•ur'----------
BA CKGR OU:-.D:
Fo r ma ny yea r s , the City Cou nc il ilnd s taf f have r e cognized the n f'cd t o real it,•· Floyd
Avenue at Br oadway t o eliminate the jog in Floyd Av . nuc . 111e re have bee n nurrc:rous
tra ffic report s prepared in the pils t emphasizing the impo rta nce o f th is ir1ten,ec tion
i mp r 0vcm c nt t o im pr ov e the traffic cir culatio n through th e do\...•ntow n . Seve ral a lte r na-
tive designs ha\'e been su~gcsted , but the mo st fin.1ncia1l y feasi ble inv o l v es the re-
alignm en t o f Floyd Avenu e t o th e: east of So u th Br oadway .
ln o r der t o r ea lign t he road eas t of Br oadwa y , it i .s n ecess a r y t o acquin : 3300 -331 0
South Br oadwa y . which i s t he site of a bu i ld int, housing seve r a l r e tail u s e s . The prop-
e n i s owned hy Burt Pr oper t i es 1 1nc .
lt is recomme n ded that the City Coui'c il a p pr ove th e r esolution autho r i zing tl1~ s taff
t o nego tiate with Bur t l'ro p ertics , 1nc . f o r L e a ..:quisi~i c1 r. of this prc p eny . 1t ·s
fu rthe r r ecC'mmended tha t th e City Co un c il dir er t th C' s taf~ t o no tif y th e En&le,,:ood
Housi ng Au !.ho dty o f thi s dec i sion , and t c wo rk cl ose l y \dth t herr. t o :.idC r -:ss t he irrpa~t
o f th e r t!alig:,ment 0n t~1c S imon fcntc,r parki ne; )c,t .