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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-1979-0637 INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWMAN RESOLUTION NO. 637 Series of 1979 TITLE: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE CROWN HILL PROPERTY WHEREAS, the Cities of Wheat Ridge and Lakewood and County of Jefferson have jointly agreed to acquire the Crown Hill property for Parks and Open Space purposes to be purchased from the Jefferson County Open Space Fund with each jurisdiction paying an agreed upon share of the total price, and WHEREAS, sufficient funds are available in the Jefferson County Open Space Fund to complete this purchase, and WHEREAS, it may be necessary to file a proceeding in eminent domain to acquire the property, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson County authorized initiation of eminent domain action, and it is the desire of the City of Wheat Ridge to join in such action with the City of Lakewood and Jefferson County. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge, that eminent domain proceedings be authorized immediately for the acquisition of the Crwon Hill property, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Wheat Ridge reaffirms that its share of the total purchase price, as determined through eminent domain pro- ceedings, shall not exceed 25% of the total purchase price, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Joseph M. Montano, Attorney at Law, of the firm of Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker and Grover, is authorized to rep- resent the City of Wheat Ridge as special legal counsel in the eminent domain proceedings and that all costs and expenses of the proceeding be paid from the Jefferson County Open Space Fund in the same proportion as the purchase price. DONE AND RESOLVED this 9th day of April, A.D. 1979, by a vote of 6 to 0 ~t/~ f~ OLIVER V. PHILLIPS, MA~ ATTEST: c~:';~4~_~-i;(f~~')y /. i CAROL F. HAMPF, CITY CL~'