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1521fRDINANCE No. 1s21(#1 .I Troll, • TO CENTER STREET, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS); AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, the Jacksonville City Council hosted a Public Hearing regarding the closure for public transportation purposes over Three Hundred Feet (300') of Short Street on January 15, 2015, with notice duly published as required by law. At said Public Hearing, written notice had also been forwarded to all adjacent property owners and utilities companies regarding the closure for public transportation purposes of said described area, subject to reservation of public easement rights and public and private utilities. BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS: SECTION RAANSAS.- SECT70N ONE.- The real property, more particularly described as follows is: Beginning at the NE corner of Lot 1, Block 24 of the Original Town of Jacksonville; thence Southwest, 300 feet to the East Right of Way line of Arkansas Highway 161; thence Southeast perpendicular to the Southeast line of said Block 24, 50 feet to the Northwest Right of Way line of Union Pacific Rail Road; thence Northeast along said Rail Road Right of Way, 300 feet to the Southwest Right of Way line of Center Street; thence Northwest, along the Center Street Right of Way line, 50 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing .34 acres more or less. (General Location: THAT PORTION OF SHORT STREET FROM NORTH FIRST STREET TO CENTER STREET, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS) Said Street Right of Way is hereby closed and vacated under the powers granted to Cities of the First Class in the State of Arkansas, with reservation of said described property for public purposes other than public transportation Rights of Way and to reserve easement rights and privileges for private and public utility companies. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby duly authorized and directed to execute all necessary documentation to accomplish such and make public record of the change in nature of said real property as described above. Said documentation shall close said public transportation Right of Way, and said real property shall be converted to a public purpose so that Parks & Recreation can utilize said property for public park purposes and as otherwise needed. 0001.13 ORDINANCE NO. 1521 (#1 - 2015) Page Two SECTION TWO: A copy of this Ordinance, duly certified by the City Clerk, shall be filed in the Office of the Recorder of the County and recorded in the Deed Records of the County, hereby amending the plat recorded on November 1, 1920, in the Pulaski County Circuit Clerk Records. SECTION THREE: All Ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict. SECTION FOUR: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication, as provided by and subject to the requirements of applicable law. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 15& DAY OFJANUARY,2015. CITY OFJACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS A TTE-';T'