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HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-39• ORDINANCE N0. 95-39 Closing A Portion of First Street SW Between Maple St. and Valley Street • ADOPTED: December 5, 1995 EFFECTIVE: December 5, 1995 286 • ORDINANCE 96-39 CLOSING A PORTION OF FIRST STREET, SW BETWEEN MAPLE STREET AND VALLEY STREET WHEREAS, after reviewing a request by Jefferson Mills to close a section of the First Street, SW between Maple Street and Valley Street; and WHEREAS, the Town Manager submitted the request to all department heads for any comments; and WHEREAS, the Public Operations Committee of the Town Council also reviewed the request to close this section of First Street, SW; and WHEREAS, the Town held a public hearing on December 5, 1995 on said request after advertisement in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, Town staff has analyzed the impact on traffic circulation and determined that the level of service will remain at an acceptable level. WHEREAS, Jefferson Mills submitted the request to facilitate a plant expansion that would connect their two existing buildings on either side of First Street, SW; and • WHEREAS, Jefferson Mills projects that this expansion would include $1 million in construction and $3 million in new machinery; and WHEREAS, As a result of this expansion, Jefferson Mills will retain 388 jobs and create 50 new jobs in the Town of Pulaski; and WHEREAS, the Town Council finds that it is in the best interest of the Town and its citizens to close and vacate the saidright-of--way; and NOW, THEREFORE be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, sitting in regular session on December 5, 1995, that the section of the First Street, SW between Maple Street and Valley Street is hereby abandoned, closed, and vacated with title thereto if any be vested in the Town, being hereby quitclaimed without warranty from the centerline to adjacent property owners on each respective side; This abandonment is also conditioned upon the following: 1. Jefferson Mills is required to construct the plant expansion in substantial conformity to the attached project description. 2. Jefferson Mills is responsible for negotiating with United Cities Gas Company regarding the terms and cost of relocating the existing 4-inch gas line; 3. Jefferson Mills is responsible for negotiating with APCO regarding the costs and • relocation of existing electrical lines and poles; ^~ ... , BI;U;.~c.'~~1 PAGE a~7 ,.~ -, ~ tlL~':.~~J~ ~i~~il °~Gf ~~ 4. Jefferson Mills is responsible for checking all other easements held by others and assume the responsibility for negotiating costs and relocation. 5. Jefferson Mills is responsible for the costs to relocate the existing 8-inch First Street water line and to grant any easement necessary to reroute this water line or other utility; 6. Jefferson Mills shall provide a project timetable that will allow sufficient time for the Town to plan the water line relocation. 7. The Town will not be responsible for removing the existing road, curb, gutter, electrical lines, poles, water lines or other infrastructure; 8. No road, curb, gutter, electrical lines, poles, water lines or other infrastructure will be removed, relocated, demolished or otherwise changed until a building permit for the plant expansion has been issued; and plant expansion construction has begun. 9. In order to keep the road open to traffic until construction begins, the effective date of the street closing will be 14 days after a building permit is issued; 10. This abandonment is null and void unless a building permit for the expansion is obtained within twelve months. This deadline could be extended by Town Council if Jefferson Mills demonstrates that the delay was due to unusual or . special circumstances. There are EXCLUDED from this abandonment and quitclaim and RESERVED by the Town, any and all utility or other easements that may exist in favor of the Town, its successors or assigns. This Ordinance is effective upon adoption and is adopted by recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, on this 5th day of December, 1995, as follows: John A. Johnston - Aye Roy H. D'Ardenne, Jr. - Aye John W. Stone - Absent W. Edgar Hale - Aye Bettye H. Steger - AYe _ Alma H. Holston - Aye W. H. Schrader, Jr. - y~ E. G. Black, Jr. _ Absent ~r i BY: '~ Andrew L. Graham, Jr. Mayor ATTEST: C.~r~c.~~ u • J~fayL~.~-~ • Ruth A. Harrell Clerk of Council a8:oriljml at i r ~' _..~---: ~u ~ u - _ ~ D -„' o [~ G, CJ q P pD STATE STREET .~. a a ~ d6 b DC~~] ~' ^ Da.. a ~ Q ~ 4] ~oQ~ ~ ° Q a .. o U a a ~~ o a a {~ ^ fl ~ ~ - = - ..n~...:. one °~ ~ •® _C~ c 4.':. - .:-. D ,Q.: ... • t i'Y .~: ,i'~. .... .. '[ > :'~ i 0 C1 `~ o ~ Q Q q-A `i7 ~~ l Li :If~~'~"t,~~ ~ "C ~ 0 ~d ~ i ~Q ~ °~ c o :, _ cs-~ ~ 6 V o ~°'~ ~ a d ~a~~ ~ 41 : Q ,_ CI o d'-"_ a -® ~--. flfl g~7 p. tLi o . _r .. ~ 1 E ~ i ~QE 8 1~ f E -; .f. '~ P AGE rte---- ~~ , ~~ ~7 1 ,~~;.~. ..~ ~T'~!E'! }~ .' . ,. ~, Q, 't .~ ~. .;s'ir`° ~ ~ ~~ ULi: •.~C.J ~J G.I ~ HJi Notary Page • • • The State of Virginia county of Pulaski The foregoing Ordinance was acknowledged before me this 6th day of December, 1995, by Andrew L. Graham, Mayor and Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia. Notary Pub c ¢~D f9'7 Commission expires ';~ I~:~~It~I~ Its T~iE ! ~LE~:I~:'•~ C~EFICE CtF I P~=:~ a I T E~;~tJPT OIV THE ;~tdI~ I1i~`i t~F It-~':,TRx fh1Et•~T #~5~=i~9k~~~i'1 l~l~~ PE~~EI'~ED wt~!I~ ':. iF'-"~~•~ C:E~:T I c I ~iiT I Ctfi~ lE ~tGf~:taQldLEDGEhlEP1T T~lEf?ETr~ i~~~t~E;.;EI~ s ~I=hs I TTEI! T~ ~EC.:~~:I~ . THE L' c ATE Ti~f~, I~1~`~ ~•`_'~E~ EY' ,:'EC• • ~L~. I-~0~ CEP ?'H£ ',`I~:s.~Itdlh 31rjI~E* N~~: REEt~ Pf~II7 Its ~'E:w;TE ; ~; . {~l..Ftdt~tJ~~~~~;I~ Li it?k.:i~~ I LL 3•:G_LER}~: ~.~F ~I~?i:LaIT s~a~ItFT ~~ -- I, Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 95-39 Closing a Portion of First Street SW Between Maple Street and Valley Street is a true and correct copy as adopted by recorded vote of the Town Council on December 5, 1995. ~~ ~- Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of Council • •