Agenda Item # 10 
       Columbus Consolidated Government       
 Council Meeting   
 07/12/2011       
 Agenda Report # 669       
 TO:	  Mayor and Council       
 SUBJECT:	 Street Acceptance - Lantern Court and that portion of Lantern    
 Lane    
 	located in Section One, Meadow Creek       
 INITIATED BY: Engineering Department               
 Recommendation:  Approval is requested for the acceptance of a deed to Lantern    
 Court and that portion of Lantern Lane located in Section One, Meadow Creek.       
 Background:  Lantern Court and that portion of Lantern Lane located in Section    
 One, Meadow Creek has (17) Seventeen residential lots. The streets have been    
 improved and meet the required specifications for acceptance by the City.       
 Analysis:  A deed has been conveyed to the City conveying Lantern Court and    
 that portion of Lantern Lane located in Section One, Meadow Creek. A    
 description of property is as follows:  All those lots, tracts and parcels of    
 land situate, lying and being in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia and being    
 known and designated as "Lantern Lane" and "Lantern Court", as said parcels are    
 shown upon a map or plat entitled "Section One, Meadow Creek Subdivision",    
 dated 22, June, 2011, made by Moon, Meeks, Mason & Vinson, Inc., civil    
 engineers, and recorded in Plat Book 163, page 71 in the Office of the Clerk of    
 the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia.        
 Financial Considerations:  No City funds are involved until maintenance is    
 assumed after the two-year warranty.       
 Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement:  No City funds are involved until    
 maintenance is assumed after the two-year warranty.       
 Legal Considerations:  In accordance with Section 18-3 of the Columbus Code,    
 all dedicated right-of-way must be accepted by Council.       
 Recommendations/ Actions:  Approve the Resolution accepting a deed to Lantern    
 Court and that portion of Lantern Lane located in Section One, Meadow Creek.                                       
 A RESOLUTION   
 NO.  _____   
 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A DEED TO LANTERN COURT AND THAT    
 PORTION OF LANTERN LANE LOCATED IN SECTION ONE, MEADOW CREEK ON BEHALF OF    
 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.   
 WHEREAS, Columbus, Georgia has been submitted a deed conveying Lantern Court    
 and that portion of Lantern Lane located in Section One, Meadow Creek, a full    
 description of property on said deed; and,   
 WHEREAS, said streets have been improved and meet the required specifications    
 for acceptance by City; and,   
 WHEREAS, the Engineering Department has inspected said streets and recommends    
 acceptance of same.   
 NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:    
 	That certain deed dated June 30, 2011, conveying Columbus, Georgia    
 Lantern Court and that portion of Lantern Lane located in Section One, Meadow    
 Creek be and the same is hereby accepted. The Clerk of Council is hereby    
 authorized to have said deed recorded in the Deed Records in the Office of the    
 Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia. A copy of deed is hereto attached    
 and by this reference made a part of this resolution.    
 ___________   
    Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held    
 the _________day of _____________, 2011 and adopted at said meeting by the    
 affirmative vote of    
 _______members of said Council.       
 Councilor Allen voting                               __________.               
 Councilor Henderson voting                      __________.   
 Councilor Huff voting                                __________.   
 Councilor McDaniel voting                        __________.   
 Councilor Turner Pugh voting                    __________.       
 Councilor Woodson voting                        __________.           
 ____________________________                          _________________________   
 Tiny Washington, Clerk of Council                             , Mayor             
        
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