1733RESOLUTION NO. I ~ 33
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN
TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, AND
MAKING SAME A PART OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS.
WHEREAS, a petition was filed with the County Clerk of Crittenden County,
Arkansas, by the majority of the real estate owners of the hereinafter described territory
praying that said territory be annexed to and made a part of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, on the 10th day of ,December, 2001, the County Court of Crittenden
County, Arkansas, found that the petition was signed by a majority of the real estate
owners in said territory; that said territory was contiguous to and adjoining the present
corporate limits of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas; that an accurate plat or map of
said territory had been filed with and made a part of said petition; that proper notice had
been given for the time and in the manner prescribed by law, and that said lands and
territory should be annexed to and made part of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas,
subject to the acceptance of same by the City Council of the City at the proper time, as
provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the time fixed by law for appealing from said Order if Annexation
made by the County Court has expired and no appeal has been taken from said Order.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The following described lands and territory contiguous to and
adjoining the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, be and the same is hereby accepted as
annexed to and made a part of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas:
16.45 acres lying in Spanish Grant 2290, T-7-N, R-9-E, Crittenden
County, Arkansas, and being more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the West line of Section 27
with the North line of Spanish Grant 2290, said point being on the existing
city limits of West Memphis, Arkansas as adopted by Resolution No.
1638, dated February 3, 2000, thence N85°23'14"E along the North line of
Spanish Grant 2290 and the existing city limits a distance of 1286.0 feet;
thence S07°28'35"E along the existing city limits a distance of 186.35 feet
to a point in the centerline of Military Road and the point of beginning;
thence N79 °42' 11 "E along the centerline of Military Road a distance of
370.0 feet to a point; thence S07°28'35"E a distance of 325.0 feet to a
point; thence N79°42'11 "E a distance of 300.0 feet to a point; thence
N07°28'35"W a distance of 325.0 feet to a point on the centerline of
Military Road; thence N79 °42'11 "E along the centerline of Military Road
a distance of 28.24 feet; thence N82 ° 15'34"E along the centerline of
Military Road a distance of 312.10 feet to a point; thence SO1 ° 12'38"W a
distance of 354.92 feet to a point; thence S68 °04'47"E a distance of 72.99
feet to a point on the land side right of way of the St. Francis Levee
District; thence S44°43'40"W along said right of way a distance of 235.59
feet to a point; thence N48°22'37"W along said right of way a distance of
21.81 feet to a point; thence S38 °24'41 "W along said right of way a
distance of 1140.75 feet to a point on the existing city limits; thence
N07°28'35"W along the existing city limits a distance of 1272.81 feet to
the point of beginning, containing 16.45 acres more or less.
ADOPTED this ~ day of ~E3Ru~-`/ , 2002.
WILLIAM H. JOHNSO ,Mayor
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