03/23/2004 Resolutions 2004-63
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2004-63
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island owns approximately 27.3 acres ofland along
South Locust Street which was leased to the Grand Island Skeet Club for skeet and sporting clay
recreational activities; and
WHEREAS, such land was dedicated for public recreational use, and was provided
grant funding based on its exclusive as public recreational purposes; and
WHEREAS, with the construction ofthe Interstate 80 interchange and the expansion
of South Locust Street, it was necessary to relocate the Grand Island Skeet Club; and
WHEREAS, on September 12,2000, by Resolution 2000-276, the City Council of the
City of Grand Island authorized the acquisition of the following property located at the former
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant site for use as a recreational sports facility, and for the
relocation ofthe Grand Island Skeet and Sporting Clays Club and Grand Island Modelers Club from
the city well field:
A tract ofland comprising all of the Southwest Quarter (SW'i4), part of the Southeast
Quarter (SE'i4), part of the Northeast quarter (NE'i4), and all of the Northwest quarter
(NW'i4), 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 'i4), thence
running easterly, along and upon the south line of said Southwest quarter (SW 'i4), 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 'i4); thence
deflecting right 00006' 15" and running easterly, along and upon the south line of said
Southeast quarter (SE 'i4), 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 'i4); thence deflecting left
90003' 45" and running westerly, along and upon the north line of said Northeast
Quarter (NE 'i4), a distance of Eight Hundred Eleven and Four Tenths (811.40) feet to
the northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter (NW 'i4); thence deflecting left
00005'00" and running westerly, along and upon the north line of said Northwest
Quarter (NW 'i4), 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
'i4); thence deflecting left 89050'04: and running southerly, along and upon the west
line of said Northwest Quarter (NW 'i4), a distance of Two Thousand Six Hundred
Forty Eight (2,648.0) feet to the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter (SW 'i4);
thence deflecting right 00016'05: and running southerly, along .
Approved as to Form
March 18, 2004
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of said Southwest Quarter (SW ~), a distance of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty
Nine and Nine Hundredths (2,639.09) feet to the point of beginning and containing
420.050 acres, more or less.
WHEREAS, in order to continue grant funding, it is necessary to obtain approval
pursuant to Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, to
officially designate the replacement land for recreational purposes; and
WHEREAS, it is recommended that the northeast portion of the above described
property, a section ofland comprising an area of approximately 3,000 feet by 2, 1 00 feet as shown on
Exhibit "A" attached hereto, be dedicated for public recreational purposes, and in particular for a
skeet and sporting clay facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the City of Grand Island does hereby dedicate
the northeast portion of the above described real property, a section of land comprising an area of
approximately 3,000 feet by 2,100 feet, for the purposes of a public park and public outdoor
recreational purposes in accordance with Section 6(f)(3) ofthe Land and Water Conservation Fund
Act of 1965, as amended.
Adopted by the City Council ofthe City of Grand Island, Nebraska, March 23, 2004.
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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