A Resolution Authorizing CONSENTING TO COLUMBUS, GEORGIA'S CONDEMNATION OF LOT 26 RIVERSIDE SURVEY A/K/A
2607 RIVERSIDE AVENUE, COLUMBUS, MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GEORGIA TAX MAP
IDENTIFICATION NO. 007-011-005. whereas, it is necessary for the purposes of urban renewal and development that
Columbus, Georgia acquire and be vested with the fee simple title, state, or
interest in the following described property and/or property interests therein,
to-wit:
All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the State of
Georgia, County of Muscogee and City of Columbus, and being known and
designated as all of Lot Numbered TWENTY-SIX (26) of RIVERSIDE (DRIVE) SURVEY,
as shown by a map or plat of said Survey recorded in Deed Book 17, Folio 232,
in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia;
said Lot fronting 40 feet on the western line of Riverside Drive, and extending
back westerly therefrom, of equal width as front, to a depth of 150 feet, ? all
as shown by said map or plat above referred to. This is the same property that
the Estate of T.U. Butts conveyed to William Edgar Nichols by deed dated March
28, 1942, and recorded in Deed Book 178, Folio 555, in the Office of the
aforementioned Clerk. Located thereon is house #2607 Riverside Drive,
according to the present numbering of houses in Columbus, Georgia.
--together with and including all rights, members and appurtenances belonging
or in any manner appertaining to said lands (including without limitation any
rights and easements appurtenant to said lands that extend beyond the
boundaries thereof into adjacent or surrounding properties), all improvements,
trees and shrubbery thereon.
whereas,
That because of title issues which preclude the acquisition of such property
through normal closing procedures, there is a necessity of acquisition of said
property and/or property interests therein under the provisions of the Official
Code of Georgia Annotated ?22-2-100, et. seq.
2.
That the City Manager, or his desginee, is hereby authorized to issue
such orders and file such papers in the courts and enter into such agreements
as he deems necessary for the acquisition of said property and/or property
interests therein, by condemnation under the provisions of said Act, or
otherwise.
3.
That acquisition of such property and/or property interests therein is
needed for public purposes.
4.
That the Mayor, City Manager, and City Attorney, or their
representatives, are hereby authorized to take any and all lawful action that
they deem needful, necessary, advisable, or proper for acquisition of said
property and/or property interests therein pursuant to and in accordance with
the provisions of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated ?22-2-100 et. seq., or
otherwise.
5.
That it is desirable to have a judicial ascertainment and judicial
supervision of all questions and proceedings connected with the condemnation of
said property and/or property interests therein and the determination of the
just and adequate compensation to be paid to the condemnees for the acquisition
thereof.
6.
That Columbus, Georgia, through its properly constituted officers and
representatives, is willing to pay the true owners and persons having an
interest therein just and adequate compensation for said property and/or
property interests therein sought to be condemned and all damages to which the
respective owners are legally entitled.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held the _________ day of _____________ and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote of _____________ members of said Council.
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