Res 04-89 RESOLUTION NO. 4-89
A RESOLUTION OF ~ CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, DECLARING ACQUISITION OF LAND
FOR USE AS A %~LI, ~ND~ WATER ~.~MPING STATION IN
CI~""f OF DE~_~AY BEAC~ IN P~J~M BEACH COL%qTY, FLORIDA,
TO BE A PUBLIC NECESSITY; AL~I~OR!ZINGTHE EMPLOYMENT
OF APPRAISERS; AND AUTHORIZING ~"6E FILING OF EMINENT
DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.
'WMEREAS, the City's Public Utilities Director has recommended
the acquisition of land upon which a fresh water well may be operated to
supply the City and its residents with potable water; and.
WHEREAS, funds are available for the acquisition of this
needed land; and,
WHEREAS, the specific property required and needed for the
above-described well purpose is described on Exhibit 1 attached hereto
and by reference incorporated herein; and,
'WHEREAS, this Board finds that the acquisition of needed land
upon which a fresh water well may be operated by the City of Delray
Beach and the acquisition of the specific property described on Exhibit
i attached heret~ are a public necessity, and t~he same are necessary and
essential.to the best interests of the City of Delray Beach, and that
the acquisition of the needed land, as described on the attached ~xhibit
1. in fee simple, for the purpose of supplying potable water to the City
and its residents is also a public necessity; and,
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish the acT=isition of this needed
land, it is necessary for the Director of ~ab~c Utilities and City
Attorney =o ~ake legal action and employ real estate appraisers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DE~/AkY BEA-CH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. ~"~is Board adopts and ratifies those matters set
forth in the foregoing recitals.
Section 1. The Director of ~blic Utilities is authorized and
directed =o employ real estate appraisers for the purpose of securing
appraisals of the value of the property described on Exhibit ~ for the
purpose of acquiring said property.
Section 3. The City Attorney is hereby authorized and
directed to proceed to take the necessar~ steps-for the- City of Delray
Beach to acquire in its own r~ame by donation, purchase cr Eminent Domain
proceedings the land described on Exhibit 1, in fee simple, and to have
prepared in the name of the City of Delra~ Beach all papers, pleadings
and other instruments required for that purpose, an~ to see that all
Eminent Domain proceedings are prosecuted to judgment.
Section 4. The City Attorney and the Director of Public
Utilities are hereby authorized and directed to take such further
ac=ions as are reasonably required to fully accomplish the purposes
herei~above directed.
PASSE~ AN~ AIX~PTED in regular session on this 24th day of
January 1989.
M A Y ~ R
A?UEST:
Cit¥~flerk
LEthAL DESCRIPTION
Lot 21, Block 49, Subdivision of the South 1/2 of
Blocks 49 and 57, exceDting the North 250 ft. of the
East 1/2 of the South 1/2 of Block 57, Delray Beach,
Palm Beach County, Florida, as recorded in Plat Book
12, Page 86 of the Public Records of Palm Beach
County, Florida.
EXHIBIT "1"
RESO. NO. 4-89