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RESOLUTION NO. 26
SERIES OF 1999
TITLE: A RESOLUTION REQUESTING JEFFERSON COUNTY OPEN SPACE
TO REIMBURSE THE CITY O'F WHEAT RIDGE THE COSTS OF A
SURVEY, APPRAISAL, PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT,
TITLE COMMITMENT, AND PURCHASE COST FOR THE
ACQUISITION OF 5.3 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF PROPERTY
INCLUDING WATER RIGHTS LOCATED AT 3705 JAY STREET AND
ALL COSTS OF ACQUISITION BE PAID 100'Yo FROi\I THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHARE OF THE OPEN SPACE FUND, SAID
PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES.
WHEREAS The CIty of Wheat Ridge Master Plan has Identified the need for additIOnal park
land In the area of 35th and Jay Street and the property located at 3705 Jay Street
Will meet the Parks and RecreatIOn need for park land In thiS area of \\11eat Ridge,
and
WHEREAS The use ofthe property shall be for Parks and RecreatIOn purposes which may
Include, but not be limited to, anyone or more of the follOWing' picnic shelters.
athletiC fields, turf playfield/passlve areas, restrooms, walking paths, playgrounds,
tree and shrub plantings, and natural areas With the final use determined by a series
of public neighborhood meetings, and
WHEREAS. The City of Wheat Ridge deSlfes to purchase the land and any associated water
nghts, and
WHEREAS The City of Wheat Ridge does not have suffiCient funding to purchase all the
current Parks and RecreatIOn land needs in the City, and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE CITY
COUNCIL THAT
I) THE CITY OF WI-lEA T RIDGE REQUESTS THE JEFFERSON COUNTY
OPEN SPACE DEPARTMENT REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COST Of
A SURVEY, APPRAISAL, PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT,
TITLE COMMITMENT, AND PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF 5.3 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OF PROPERTY INCLUDING WATER
RIGHTS LOCATED at 3705 JAY STREET SAID PROPERTY TO BE USED
FOR PARKS AND RECREATION PURPOSES
2) THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE STAFF WILL NEGOTIATE FOR THE
ACQUISITION
3) ALL COSTS OF ACQUISITION BE PAID 100% FROM THE JEFFERSON
COUNTY SHARE OF THE OPEN SPACE FUND
DONE AND RESOLVED THIS 10th DA Y OF May , 1999
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