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RESOLUTION No. 7 r..4
A RESOLUTION CLOSING N.W. 4TH STREET FROM
2ND AVENUE TO 3RD AVENUE SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC
UTILITY EASEMENT, AS SET FORTH HEREIN, AND
WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 54,
SECTION 54-4, OF THE CITY CODE'.
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WHEREAS, on July 20, 1972, the City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 72-456 authorizing the filing of eminent domain
proceedings for the acquisition of land lying between N.W. 3rd
Street and N.W. 5th Street from 2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue for
the proposed Miami Police Headquarters and Crime Prevention
Facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City now has fee simple title to the afore-
mentioned property; and
WHEREAS, on October 19, 1973, the City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 73-853 authorizing the City Manager to enter into'
a contract with Pancoast Architects for professional consulting
services for the new, modern police headquarters building; and
WHEREAS, preliminary plans prepared by Pancoast Architects
indicate that the proposed building and ramps will encroach into
the dedicated right-of-way of N.W. 4th Street; and
WHEREAS, therefore, it is recommended by the Department of
Public Works that the dedicated right-of-way of the aforementioned
portion of N.W. 4th Street be abandoned subject to a public utility
easement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the portion of N.W. 4th Street lying between
2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, said portion being more particularly
described as follows:
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Beginning at the southwesterly corner of
Block 75N, A. L. KNOWLTON MAP OP MXAM2 as
recorded in Plat Book "8", at Page 41, of
the Public Records of Dade County, Plorida,
run eastwardly along the southerly boundary
of said Block 75N for a distance of 500.17
feet, more or less, to the southeast corner
of said Block 75N; thence run southwardly
along the southerly prolongation of the
easterly boundary of said Block 75N for a
distance of 50.00 feet to the northeasterly
corner of Block 88N of said A. L. KNOWLTON
MAP OF MIAMI; thence run westwardly along
the northerly boundary of said Block 88N
for a distance of 500.17 feet, more or less,
to the northwest corner•of said Block 88N;
thence run northwardly along the northerly
prolongation of the westerly boundary of
said Block 88N for a distance of 50.00 feet
to the Point of Beginning,
be, and the same is hereby, closed and abandoned as a public
right-of-way subject to a 20-foot wide public utility easement
whose center line is more particularly described as follows:
Commencing at the northwesterly corner of
Block 88N, A. L. KNOWLTON MAP OF MIAMI as
recorded in Plat Book "B", at Page 41, of
the Public Records of Dade County, Florida,
run northwardly along the northerly pro-
longation of the westerly boundary of said
Block 88N for a distance of 19.08 feet to
the point of intersection with a line 19.08
feet northerly of, and parallel with, the
northerly boundary of said Block 88N, said
point of intersection being the Point of
Beginning of the hereinafter described center
line; thence run eastwardly along a line
19.08 feet northerly of, and parallel with,
the northerly boundary of said Block 88N for
a distance of 500.17 feet, more or less, to
a point of intersection with the northerly
prolongation of the easterly boundary of said
Block 88N, said point being the easterly
terminus of the above described center line.
Section 2. That insofar as the closing of the afore-
mentioned portion of N.W. 4th Street is concerned, the require-
ments of Chapter 54, Section 54-4, of the City Code be, and the
same are hereby waived.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this //'_ ,. day of
1974.
PREPARED AND APPROVED BY
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Mikele Carter
Assistant City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ohn S. Lloyd
ity Attorney