RESOLUTION NO. ______, SERIES 2016
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A RESOLUTION DETERMINING TWO (2) PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF W. MUHAMMAD ALI BOULEVARD, 30TH STREET AND W. MARKET STREET AND OWNED BY LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT ("METRO GOVERNMENT") AS SURPLUS AND NOT NEEDED FOR A GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZING ITS TRANSFER.
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SPONSORED BY COUNCILWOMAN CHERI BRYANT HAMILTON
WHEREAS, according to KRS Chapter 67C 101, Metro Government may sell any real property belonging to Metro Government; and
WHEREAS, Section 1(A) of Executive Order No. 2, Series 2011 of the Mayor, which adopts Section 2(C) of Executive Order No. 3, Series 2007, provides that Metro Government may sell and convey surplus real estate upon declaration by the Legislative Council of Metro Government ("the Council") that such property is no longer needed for the governmental purposes of Metro Government; and
WHEREAS, Metro Government has entered into an Option Agreement dated September 15, 2014, with Seed Capital Kentucky, Inc, a Kentucky non-profit corporation to enable the construction of the West Louisville Food Hub, a multi-tenant, mixed-use development dedicated to the growing, aggregation, distribution, processing and storage of food to support the local and regional food system on the parcels that are the subject of this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, Metro Government has never dedicated by virtue of use, deed, ordinance or any other manner the real property which is the subject of this Resolution to a public or governmental purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Economic Development has declared and certified to the Council that the real property which is the subject of this Resolution is surplus to the needs of Metro Government,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section I: The Council hereby declares the real property described in Exhibit A hereto as "SURPLUS" and determines that it is not needed to ...
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