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RESOLUTION NO. 1451
TITLE:
A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE INTENT OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE TO ACQUIRE AN INTEREST IN A PORTION OF THE REAL
PROPERTY AT 9551 WEST 38TH AVENUE, WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, IN FEE SIMPLE FROM THE PRESENT OWNER(S)
THEREOF FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF COMPLETING THE WEST
38TH AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT CONTEMPLATED BY THE
CITY, FURTHER CONTINUANCE OF GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS TO
ACQUIRE SAID PROPERTY, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
INITIATION OF AN ACTION IN EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE
SAID PROPERTY IN THE EVENT GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS DO
NOT RESULT IN AN AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE SAID PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, The City of Wheat Ridge is involved in the design
of a street construction, reconstruction and improvement regard-
ing the RECONSTRUCTION OF WEST 38TH AVENUE within the City of
Wheat Ridge, County of Jefferson, State of Coloradoi
WHEREAS, Completion of said 1994 LOCAL STREETS IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT is undertaken for the public purpose of improving said
public street(s) in furtherance of the health, safety and welfare
of the public population of the City of Wheat Ridge and all those
who use said public street(s);
WHEREAS,
property whose
which property
the completion
MARGARET ANN EHGE is the fee owner of certain
address is 9551 WEST 38TH AVENUE, Wheat Ridge, Co,
is situate within the right of way necessary for
of the WEST 38TH AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTi
WHEREAS,
cessful;
said negotiations have, to this point, been unsuc-
WHEREAS, the city has determined that it is required to
acquire in fee simple a portion of the property located at 9551
WEST 38TH AVENUE, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and that, in the event
that good faith negotiations do not result in voluntary sale of
said interest in said real property to the city, it is necessary
that the City acquire said interest in said real property through
the use of the ci ty I S powers of eminent doma in as reserved to
the City in Section 16.4 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and in Article II, Section 15 of the
Constitution of the State of Colorado and in C.R.S. 38-1-101, et
~ and 38-6-101, et sea.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Wheat Ridge, that
1. The City Council does hereby declare its intent to
acquire a fee simple interest in a portion of the real property
situate at 9551 WEST 38TH AVENUE, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, from its
present owners and all others having an interest therein. Said
interest described as follows:
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A tract of land lying
Township 3 South, Range
Meridian, city of Wheat
state of Colorado, described
in the
69 West
Ridge,
as:
SW 1/4 of
of the
county
section 22,
6th Principal
of Jefferson,
THE SOUTH 7.5 FEET OF THE WEST 40 FEET AND THE SOUTH 15
FEET OF THE EAST 35 FEET OF THAT PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY
DESCRIBED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE COUNTY OF
JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO AT RECEPTION NUMBER
92064862.
Said tract contains 825 square feet more or less.
2. The property to be acquired, as described above, is
necessary for the public purpose of completion of the roadway and
related improvements, to be completed as part of the WEST 38TH
AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, which public works project has as
its public purposes the improvement of the street, drainage and
pedestrian access of the public street known as WEST 38TH AVENUE
FROM KIPLING STREET TO CODY STREET, within the City of Wheat
Ridge.
3. The property at 9551 WEST 38TH AVENUE is necessary for
the completion of said WEST 38TH AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT as
designed.
4. The City Council specifically authorizes that negotia-
tions between the City and Owners of the property continue in
good faith, but in the event such negotiations are unsuccessful,
acquisition of the property described above from the record
owners thereof and all other owners having an interest therein,
through use of the powers of eminent domain based upon the City's
powers of eminent domain granted by the Constitution of the State
of Colorado, the City's Home Rule Charter, and the Statutes of
the State of Colorado, is hereby authorized.
5. A copy of the Resolution shall be forwarded to the
record owner(s) of the property at 9551 WEST 38TH AVENUE.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 12th day of December, 1994.
~.lJ.Jd.,
DAN WILDE, ... MAYOR
ATTEST:
WANDA SANG, CITY CLERK