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HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-93 RESOLUTION• • RESOLUTION NO. 85-93 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A SETTLEMENT OFFER IN RE• GILBRECH V. HAVENS AND CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, E93-356, A QUIET TITLE ACTION FILED IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY CHANCERY COURT. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVII.1Y, ARKANSAS: Sestio> i. That the Council hereby accepts the settlement offer In Re: Gilbrech v. Havens and City of Fayetteville, E93-356, a quiet title action filed in the Washington County Chancery Court. A copy of the Consent Decree authorized is attached hereto marked Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof. PASSED AND APPROVED this lat. day of August , 1993. ATTEST: By: APPROVED: By: �/ lL Hanna, Mayor • • • • • IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS 9.09 RAYMOND GILBRECH, JR. and CAROLYN GILBRECH, Husband and Wife PLAINTIFFS VS. NO. E. 93-356 JERRY HAVENS and VICKI HAVENS, Husband and Wife CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE CONSENT DECREE DEFENDANTS Now on this 17th day of A„gugt , 1993, comes on for hearing the complaint of the plaintiffs seeking to quiet title; . the parties having announced ready; the plaintiffs represented b' Charles L. Harwell of CYPERT, CROUCH, CLARK & HARWELL, the defendants, Havens, being represented by David Horne of KINCAID, HORNE & TRUMBO; the defendant, City of Fayetteville, being represented by Assistant City Attorney, LaGayle McCarty; the parties having stipulated to the salient facts and agreeing to the following terms, which terms are approved by the 1. The Court has jurisdiction over the subject the parties. 2. The City of Fayetteville has an alleyway between the properties of the plaintiffs and the defendants, Havens, and the legal description of that segment of the alleyway which adjoins the properties of the plaintiffs and defendants, Havens, is as follows: An Alley located in Rodgers Place, a Subdivision to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, per the plat of said Subdivision Court: matter and • • • • • on file in the Office of Circuit Clerk and Ex -Officio Recorder of Washington County, Arkansas, said alley being located between Lots Numbered 1 and 2 in Block Numbered 3 and Lots Numbered 1 and 2 in Block Numbered 1 of said Rodgers Place Subdivision. 3. The parties agree that the width of the City of Fayetteville's alley is approximately 20 feet more or less and the City of Fayetteville agrees to vacate said alleyway pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 5 hereinafter. 4. Pursuant to state law, the property of the vacated alleyway shall revert one-half each to the adjacent property owners. The parties agree that the boundary line between Gilbrech and Havens, following the vacation of the alleyway, shall be as follows: A boundary line between Lots 1 and 2 in Block 1 and Lots 1 and 2 in Block 3 shall be a line 10 feet south of and parallel with a stone wall that is located on Lots 1 and 2 Block 1 and being also described as beginning at a point which is south 0 degrees 07' 13" West 10.0 from an existing stone wall at the Southwest Corner of said Block 1, thence South 89 degrees 54' 50" East 100.0 to the Point of Ending. 5. Although there are no utilities with existing facilities in the portion of the alleyway vacated herein, as a condition of the City's vacation of the alleyway, a reservation of a utility easement is necessary. The parties agree that a utility easement shall be reserved upon the plaintiffs' property, the legal description of which easement shall be as follows: An easement twenty feet in width across the northernmost portion of the property described in paragraph 6 herein. The easement shall be for ingress and egress for public utilities -2- • • • for the purpose of laying, repairing, inspecting, maintaining, removing or replacing said utilities' lines and facilities. 6. Titled is hereby confirmed in the Gilbrechs in the following property, subject to easement provided above: Lots 1 and 2, Block 3, in Rodgers Place, a subdivision to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, per the plat of said Subdivision on file in the Office of Circuit Clerk and Ex - Officio Recorder of Washington County, Arkansas, and also a tract being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 1 Block 3; thence North 0°07'13" East 14.24 feet along the West Boundary of said Subdivision; thence North 89°54'50 West 100.0 feet; thence south 0°07'13" West 12.98 feet to the Northeast corner of Lot 2 in block 3,; thence along the North boundary of Block 3 South 89°22'05" West 100.0 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 7. Titled is hereby confirmed in the Havens in the following property: Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, in Rodgers Place, a subdivision to the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, per the plat of said Subdivision on file in the Office of Circuit Clerk and Ex - Officio Recorder of Washington County, Arkansas, and also part of a vacated alley, said vacated alley being located between Lots Numbered 1 and 2 in Block Numbered 3 and Lots Numbered 1 and 2 in Block Numbered 1 of said Rodgers Place Subdivision, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at an existing stone wall at the Southwest corner of said Block 1; thence along said wall South 89°54'50" East 100.0 feet; thence leaving said stone wall South 0°07'13" West 10.0 feet; thence North 89°54'50" West 100.0 feet to the West line of said Rodgers Place Subdivision; thence North 0°07'13" East 10.0 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 7. Any other issues of the complaint of the plaintiffs, not specifically addressed herein, are dismissed with prejudice. IT IS, THEREFORE, BY THE COURT CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the title to the lands described in paragraph 6 -3- 6 • • • be quieted and confirmed in the plaintiffs, as against the defendants herein specifically named, their spouses, unknown heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, if as well as against all other persons, firms and corporations whatsoever. IT IS FURTHER CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the title to the lands described in paragraph 7 be quieted and confirmed in the defendants, Havens, as against the plaintiffs any, herein specifically named, executors, administrators, their spouses, successors and unknown heirs, assigns, if any, as well as against all other persons, firms and corporations whatsoever. IT IS FURTHER CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that a utility easement shall be reserved upon the plaintiffs' property, the legal description of which easement shall be as follows: An easement twenty feet in width across the northernmost portion of the property described in paragraph 6 herein. and that the purposes of said easement shall be for ingress and egress for public utilities for the purpose of laying, repairing, inspecting, maintaining, removing or replacing said utilities' lines and facilities. IT IS THE FURTHER ORDER OF THIS COURT that the plaintiff pay the costs of this action and that all parties bear their own attorneys fees. t 9.07 • • • IT IS SO ORDERED. APP-OVED: • • Chancellor arles arwell, Attorney r ntiffs Davi• • ne, Attorney for Defendants, Havens LaGayle McCarty, Attorney for Defendants, City of Fayetteville • -5-