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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-1727 CONDEMNATION & ACQUISITION OF INTERSECTION OF WEST LINCOLN AVENUE & PIERCE AVENUE. ORDINANCE NO. /Z:27 AN ORDINANCE authorizing and directing the City Attorney of the City of Yakima to institute and prosecute legal pro- ceedings for the condemnation and acquisition of real property for the widening and improving of the intersection of West Lincoln Avenue and Pierce Ave- 1110 nue and for the installation of curbs, gutters, side- • walks, drainage facilities and public utility facili- ties related thereto; providing for the condemnation and taking of such real property and declaring the condemnation and taking thereof to be necessary for a public use required by the public interests; and directing that the compensation for such taking be paid from the Urban Arterial Fund of the City of Yakima; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKEAA: Section 1. The City Attorney of the City of Yakima is hereby authorized and directed to institute and prosecute an action in the Superior Court of the State of Washington, in and for Yakima County, for the condemnation and acquisition of the hereinafter described real property for the widening and improving of the II/ intersection of West Lincoln Avenue and Pierce Avenue in the City of Yakima, Washington, and for the installation of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, .drainage facilities and public utility facilities related thereto, all in accordance with plans for such improvement project as depicted on a drawing prepared by the office of the Yakima City Engineer, a copy of which drawing is attached to this ordinance and by reference made a part hereof, said real property being situated in the City of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, and being legally described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Block 2 of TENNANT & MILES MODERN ADDITION to North Yakima (now Yakima), recorded in Volume "A" of Plats, page 98, records of Yakima County, Washington; thence Westerly along the North line of said Block 2 a distance of 48.5 feet; thence Southerly parallel with the East line of said Block 2 a distance of 1 foot; thence Easterly and Southerly along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 44.5 feet to a point that is 45.5 feet Southerly of the North line and 4 feet Westerly of the East line of said Block 2; thence Easterly parallel with the West line of said Block 2 a distance of 4 feet; thence Northerly along the East line of said Block 2 a distance of 45.5 feet to the point of beginning. Section 2. The acquisition of said real property for the pur- poses herein mentioned is required for the interests of the public and of the City of Yakima, and the uses and purposes herein mentioned do constitute a public use of said property, and said real property • is necessary for the use and purposes mentioned herein. Section 3. The compensation for said real property to be taken shall be payable from the Urban Arterial Fund of the City of Yakima. Section 4. In conducting said condemnation proceedings, the City Attorney is hereby authorized to stipulate to any matters for the purpose of minimizing damages. Section 5. This ,ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel- fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by • law and by the City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved thisZ day 1974. 46 44 Mayor ATTEST: (— Acting Cityfcerk -2-