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1565ORDINANCE NO. .1565 (#1 — 201 T) AN ORDINANCE VACATING AND CLOSING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES A PORTION OF SHARP STREET, JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS (GENERAL 10 CA TION. THA T PORTION OF SHARP STREET FROM WEST MAIN STREET TO SCHOOL DRIVE, ,JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS); AND, FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, the Jacksonville City Council hosted a Public Hearing regarding the closure for public transportation purposes over Eleven Hundred Forty-two Feet {1,142'} of Sharp Street on March 16, 2017, 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 THF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS. - SECTION ONE,- The real property, more particularly described as follows is: Part of the Northwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 3 North, Range 10 West, City of Jacksonville, Pulaski County, Arkansas, being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Block 11, Crestview Addition, City of Jacksonville, Arkansas: thence East 60 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 1, Block 12, of said Crestview Addition; thence South 1142 feet to a point; thence West 60 feet to the North Right of Way line of School Drive; thence North 1142 feet to the Northeast corner of Block 11 of the Crestview Addition and the Point of Beginning, containing 1.57 acres more or less. (General Location: THAT PORTION OF SHARP STREET FROM WEST MAIN STREET TO SCHOOL. DRIVE, 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 the Jacksonville North Pulaski School District can utilize said property for educational purposes and as otherwise needed. ORDINANCE NO. 1565 (#Y - 2017) 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 .16TH DA Y OF MARCH, 2017 CITY OFJAC' NVILLE; ARKANSAS A TTEST SUSAN DA VI77; CITY CLERfC