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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2011-1501CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER BERRY COUNCIL BILL NO. 30 ORDINANCE NO. 1501 Series 2011 TITLE: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF YE OLDE FIREHOUSE LOCATED AT 3232 DEPEW STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO TO THE SENIORS' RESOURCE CENTER, INC., 3227 CHASE STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado ("City") owns certain real property within the City referred to as Ye Olde Firehouse, located at 3232 Depew Street; and WHEREAS, a portion of said property is adjacent to property owned by the Seniors' Resource Center upon which a non-profit senior citizen service agency is currently located; and WHEREAS, the City is no longer in need of the building for any uses; and WHEREAS, the Seniors' Resource Center uses the building a majority of the time it is available for programs offered by the Center; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of both of these goals, the City and the Seniors' Resource Center are in agreement that the ownership, and responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the building should be that of the Seniors' Resource Center; and WHEREAS, the property the City proposes to convey to the Seniors' Resource Center is real property owned by the City but is not designated park land; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Wheat Ridge City Charter Section 16.5, the three fourths approval of the entire City Council, by ordinance, is necessary to transfer the ownership of Ye Olde Firehouse, located at 3232 Depew Street Wheat Ridge, Colorado to the Seniors' Resource Center, Inc., 3227 Chase Street, Wheat Ridge, Colorado; and WHEREAS, the City Council therefore desires to approve the transfer of real property, NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. Transfer of Real of Property Approved. Pursuant to Charter Section 16.5, the City Council hereby approves the transfer of certain City-owned property more particularly described in Exhibit 1, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute such instruments as are approved by the City Attorney to affect this transfer. The instrument of conveyance shall include a reservation of a right of use by the public substantially the same as in the past, and a right of reverter if such public use is terminated for any reason. Section 2. Severabilitv. Conflicting Ordinances Repealed. If any section, subsection or clause of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect 15 days upon adoption and signature by the Mayor, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by the unanimous approval of three-fourths of the entire membership of the City Council this 26th day of September, 2011, ordered it published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge with Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for October 10, 2011 at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 291h Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado. READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by the unanimous approval of the entire membership of the City Council this 1Oth day of October , 2011. ATTEST: First Publication: September 29, 2011 Second Publication: October 13, 2011 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: October 28, 2011 (15 days after final publication) EXHIBIT 1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE WEST 1/2 OF LOTS 13 AND 14, BLOCK 1, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO. EXHIBIT 2 GENERAL WARRANTY DEED GRANTOR , Mayor ATIEST: STATE OF COLORADO ) ) 55. County of JEFFERSON ) The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this Jlt' day of Od:obex , 20 JL by 0e :cry 'D; Tu II ; 6 as Mayor of the City of Wheat Ridge and by Bvu c.e_ 'Roome.. as City Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge.