File #: ORD-20:015    Version: 1 Name: VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN: THAT PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MADISON STREET WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLLEGE AVE. (60.0 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY), LYING IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 14 NOR
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/5/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 7/7/2020
Title: AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN: THAT PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MADISON STREET WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLLEGE AVE. (60.0 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY), LYING IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BY TRALAN ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF JONESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Indexes: Abandonment
Attachments: 1. Petition_signed, 2. Plat, 3. ROW Abandonment - Tralan - Madison Street -, 4. Altice Signed Abandonment Letter, 5. AT&T Signed Abandonment Letter, 6. Centerpoint Signed Abandonment Letter, 7. CWL Abandonment for S. Madison ROW, 8. CWL Signed Abandonment Letter, 9. Ritter Signed Abandonment Letter
Related files: RES-20:055, ABAN-373

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AN ORDINANCE VACATING AN UNDEVELOPED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED IN: THAT PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MADISON STREET WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLLEGE AVE. (60.0 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY), LYING IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BY TRALAN ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF JONESBORO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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THAT PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MADISON STREET WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COLLEGE AVE. (60.0 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY), LYING IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 14 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

 

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK “D”, ACCORDING TO THE RECORD PLAT OF CULBERHOUSE 1ST ADDITION, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 11, PAGE 436, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, AT JONESBORO, ARKANSAS; THENCE LEAVING THE EAST LINE OF SAID BLOCK “D” RUN EAST ACROSS THE SOUTH LINE OF MADISON STREET RIGHT OF WAY AS PLATTED ON SAID CULBERHOUSE 1ST ADDITION A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK “E” OF CULBERHOUSE 1ST ADDITION, THENCE RUN ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK “E” A DISTANCE OF 332.59 FEET TO A POINT WHERE THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK “E” INTERSECTS WITH THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF COLLEGE AVENUE, THENCE RUN WEST ALONG THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF COLLEGE AVENUE A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK “D” IN SAID CULBERHOUSE 1ST ADDITION, THENCE RUN SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK “D” IN SAID ADDITION A DISTANCE OF 332.59 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING IN ALL 19,955 SQ. FT. OR 0.45 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

 

WHEREAS, the City Council at its regular meeting on June 2, 2020 at 5:20 p.m., pursuant to Ark. Stats. Section 14-301-302 through 14-301-304 heard the request of Jonesboro Public Schools to vacate a developed street right-of-way; and

 

WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing and heard all persons desiring to be heard in connection with this matter; and

 

WHEREAS, the respective utilities have consented to said abandonment; and

 

WHEREAS, the abandonment of said portion of a developed street will not adversely affect the City of Jonesboro, and would be in the best interest of all parties concerned.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, that;

 

SECTION 1:                      The City of Jonesboro, Arkansas hereby vacates and abandons all of its rights together with the right of the public generally, in and to the undeveloped street right-of-way described above.

 

SECTION 2:                     A copy of this Ordinance duly certified by the City Clerk shall be filed in the office of the Recorder of Craighead County of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and recorded in the Deed Records of Craighead County, Arkansas.

 

SECTION 3.                     The vacating and abandonment by the City of its rights and the rights of the public generally in the above described developed street are in the public interest and will promote the public peace and welfare.

 

PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY 2020.