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RESOLUTION NO. 24
SERIES OF 1979
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION OF A FEE
SIMP LE INTEREST IN CERTAIN LANDS WITHIN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD,
COLO RADO, TO PROVIDE A SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION.
WHEREAS, to protect the health, safety, and welfare of
the citizens of the City of Englewood, it is necessar_y to construct
a new fire station adjacent to the aouthaaat corner of Layton Avenue
South Acoma Streat in the City of Englewood; and
WHEREAS, there is a public need to acquire additional real
property to construct the improvements; and
WHEREAS, negotiations for the purchase of the properties
herein necessary may be unsuccessful.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, as follows:
Section 1 •
That the City staff is hereby authorized and directed to
negotiate for the purchase of the following described parcel, and
should the City staff be unable to agree with the owner of the
parcel as to the fair market value, then the City Attorney is
authorized to co111Dence action in eminent domain to condemn the
following parcel of real property as authorized by law:
Section 2.
Part of the SW 1/4 of Section 10, Township 5
South, Range 68 West of the 6th Principal
Meridian, described as.thew 1/2 of the
following parcel: Beginning SO feet West
of centerline of South Broadway and 100 feet
South of centerline of West Layton Avenue;
thence West 266 feet; thence South 150 feet;
thence East 266 feet; thence North 150 feet
to point of beginning, containing approxi-
mately 19,950 square feet, in the County of
Arapahoe, State of Colorado.
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That the Director of Finance, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer,
is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate, set aside and hold
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o r al l nece ssary judqmcnts and awards sufficient sums to be paid
as j ust compensation to the owners of the properties to be taken.
That such appropriation not be less than the highest appraisal
v a lue for the parcel in question.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 4th day of June -------I 1979.
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Mayor
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I, William D. James, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of
C ity of Englewood, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above
foregoing is a true, accurate and complete copy of Resolution
21t , S e ries of J '>79.
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