09/12/2000 Resolutions 2000-276
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2000-276
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island and a committee comprised of public and law
enforcement agencies have been attempting to acquire Tracts 59 and 63 on the former Comhusker
Army Ammunition Plant for use as a recreational sports facility and for use as a network of hike /bike
trails; and
WHEREAS, acquisition of the property for use as a recreational sports facility is
required by the Environmental Impact Statement for the South Locust/I-80 Interchange project to
relocate the existing Grand Island Skeet and Sporting Clays Club and Grand Island Modelers Club
from the city well field; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on September 12, 2000, for the purpose of
discussing the proposed acquisition of Tracts 59 and 63; such property is described as follows:
A tract of land comprising all of the Southwest Quarter (SW~), part of the
Southeast Quarter (SE~), part of the Northeast quarter (NE~), and all of the
Northwest quarter (NW~), all being in Section Twenty Nine (29), Township
Eleven (11) North, Range Ten (10) West of the 6th P.M., Hall County, Nebraska,
and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of said Southwest Quarter (SW ~),
thence running easterly, along and upon the south line of said Southwest quarter
(SW ~), a distance of Two Thousand Six Hundred Forty Six and Fourteen
Hundredths (2,646.14) feet to the southwest corner of said Southeast Quarter (SE
~); thence deflecting right 00006'15" and running easterly, along and upon the
south line of said Southeast quarter (SE ~), a distance of Eight Hundred Twenty
one and Sixty Five Hundredths (821.65) feet to a point which is Fifteen 915.00)
feet west of (measured perpendicular to) the centerline of an existing railroad track;
thence deflecting left 90006'48" and running northerly, parallel with and Fifteen
915.0) feet west of (measured perpendicular to) said existing railroad track
centerline, a distance of Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Six and Twenty eight
Hundredths (5,296.28) feet to a point on the north line of said Northeast Quarter
(NE ~); thence deflecting left 90003'45" and running westerly, along and upon the
north line of said Northeast Quarter (NE ~), a distance of Eight Hundred Eleven
and Four Tenths (811.40) feet to the northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter
(NW ~); thence deflecting left 00005'00" and running westerly, along and upon
the north line of said Northwest Quarter (NW ~), a distance of Two Thousand Six
Hundred forty Two and Sixty One Hundredths (2,642.61) feet to the northwest
corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW ~); thence deflecting left 89050'04: and
running southerly, along and upon the west line of said Northwest Quarter (NW
~), a distance of Two Thousand Six Hundred Forty Eight (2,648.0) feet to the
northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter (SW ~); thence deflecting right
00016'05: and running southerly, along and upon the west line of said Southwest
Quarter (SW ~), a distance of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Nine and Nine
Approved as to Form T ~
September 7, 2000 .to. City Attorney
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Hundredths (2,639.09) feet to the point of beginning and containing 420.050 acres,
more or less.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the City of Grand Island be, and hereby is,
authorized to acquire Tracts 59 and 63 located at the former Comhusker Army Ammunition Plant
as described above, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on the above-described tract ofland.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, September 12,2000.
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form T ~
September 7,2000 ... CItY A:rney