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92-14 v i • RESOLUTION NO. 92- 14 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, AUTHORIZING ALAN C. JENSEN, CITY ATTORNEY, TO INITIATE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH CERTAIN PROPERTY NEEDED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 158 of the Charter of the City of Atlantic Beach requires the City Attorney to prosecute for and in behalf of the City, all civil complaints, suits and controversies in which the City is a party, when authorized by resolution of the City Commission, and WHEREAS, the City is currently engaged in a project known as the 16th Street Access, which project consists of a walkway installed over an existing easement and requires the extension said walkway from the end of said easement to 16th Street and Beach Avenue, and WHEREAS, certain property which may be privately owned located immediately west of the existing easement at 16th Street and Beach Avenue must be acquired in order to complete the beach access walk- way, which the City finds to be a legitimate public purpose, and WHEREAS, the property described below is reasonably necessary for the public purpose of the construction and installation of said beach access walkway, and WHEREAS, there is no performance or occurrence of any condi- tion precedent necessary for the City to proceed with this action, NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach as follows: SECTION 1. The City Attorney, Alan C. Jensen, is hereby directed and authorized to initiate eminent domain proceedings to acquire in the name of the City of Atlantic Beach fee simple title to that certain real property located at 16th Street and Beach Avenue, Atlantic Beach, Duval County, Florida, or any portion thereof which the City deems necessary for the stated purpose as set forth above, which property is more particularly described as follows: SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT "A" SECTION 2 . Other offices, department heads, and employees of the City are hereby directed to cooperate with the City Attorney to the fullest extent to minimize the costs to the City of Atlantic Beach in acquiring the aforesaid interest in the described property so as to insure pleasing, innovative design to maintain the integrity and security of surrounding residential areas, thereby minimizing any adverse impact. SECTION 3 . This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its final passage and adoption. PASSED by the City Commission of Atlantic Beach, Florida, this 26th day of May, 1992 . Attest: Ofi -- 10 ---____— MAUREEN XING, C :y Cl(rk WILLIAM I . GULLIFOmI Mayor, Presiding 0 App7/ed as to •rm and correctness: Af N C. J N, ESQUIRE City Atte, ey • 84' ' • Pn ceL _ Part of Government Lo-t 7,, Fractional Section 9, - _ - _ _ Township 2 South, Range 29 East, Duval County; Florida,-more particularly described as follows: Begin at ,the .Southwest corner of Lot A, North Atlantic Beach, Unit No. 1, R-C-B-S Corporation, - according to the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 10 of the current public records of said county; thence Southerly along the Southerly- production of the West line 'cif said Lo-t A, 18 feet, more or less, to the North edge of the existing asphalt pavement (as of October 22, 1986, and as shown on map prepared by Ellis, Curtis & Kooker, Inc. and dated October 22, 1986) known as 16th Street; thence Easterly along the Northerly edge of said pavement (as of October 22, 1986) , 50 feet, more or less, to a point of curvature of an undefined curve; thence Easterly and Southeasterly, along the edge of said asphalt, 37 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the Westerly production of the North line of Lot 12, Block 62, as shown on the plat of Atlantic Beach, as recorded in • • Plat Book 6, Page 1 of the current public records of said county; thence Easterly, along the production Westerly of the North line of said Lot 12, 14.5 feet, more or less , to the Northwest corner of said Lot 12; thence Northerly, 40. 0 feet, more or lass, to the Southeast corner of said Lot A; thence Westerly along the Southerly line of said Lot A; 95. 95 feat, more or less, to its Southwest corner and the point of beginning. Less and except the easterly ten feet therefrom. • • • • • EXHIBIT "A"