HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 16-02RESOLUTION NO. 16-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA, APPROVING A FINAL PLAT AMENDMENT
OR A "RE -PLAT" OF THE "TRAILWAY APARTMENTS" FINAL
SUBDIVISION PLAT AND INCORPORATING SAID FORMER SUBDIVISION
INTO A NEW, ONE PARCEL FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT TO BE NAMED
"DOWNTOWN PARK" SUBDIVISION, IN CASE SD -1-15 BY THE CITY OF
APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA.
WHEREAS, the City of Apache Junction ("City"), on Decerrber 31, 2014,
acquired the property known as the "Trailway Apartnants"subdivision
containing nine subdivided lots and other common areas covering
approxinately 2.838 acres and developed with two double story dilapidated
apartment structures located at 180 N.& 184 N. Apache Trail, Apache
Junction, Arizona, as part of a land exchange agreement (Project NO.ED -14-
01) with WOG Partners,-LTC; and
WHEREAS, the City demolished the two dilapidated apartment structures
on the site and on September 2, 2015, the city council approved a city park
conceptual plan for develognant at that location; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to vacate and dissolve the final subdivision
plat (reooDJed in Book 12, Page 34, Pinal County Records) for the Trailway
Apartnents site which was recorded on July 21, 1966, at 2:20 p.m. and is
legally described as follows:
Lots 1 through 9,inclusive and Tract Pi,Trailway Ppartnents,
according to Book 12 of Maps, Page 34, records of Pinal County, Arizona; and
WHEREAS, on January 19, 2016, the city council held a public hearing
regarding the vacation of the Trailway Apartments final subdivision plat,
Case SD -1-15; and
WHEREAS, the mayor and city council find the re -plat of the existing
Trailway Apartments plat and the Downtown Park final subdivision plat are in
compliance with the Apache Junction City Code, Volume II, Land Development
Code, Chapter 1: Zoning Ordinance, and Chapter 2: Subdivision Regulations;
and
WHEREAS,the city ci_uncil finds that the Trailway Apartments final
subdivision plat is not desirable or conducive to the timely redevelopment
of the property for park purposes,and instead desires to vacate and
dissolve the Trailway Apartments final subdivision plat to rrake opportunity
for a new park developrent; and
RESOLUTION NO.16-02
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WHEREAS, approval of this resolution will effectively vacate the
Trailway Apartrents plat by dissolving the former lots and incori-urating
then into a new plat for a new downtown park.
Nar4 THEREFORE, F47 IT RESOLVED by the mayor and city council of the
City of Apache Junction, Arizona, that:
The Trailway Apartments final subdivision plat referenced above is
hereby dissolved and re -platted and that the Downtown Park final subdivision
plat, is approved subject to the following conditions:
1) The final subdivision plat map shall not be recorded until the
following items have been completed:
a) receipt of all revisions requested by other reviewing agencies and
utility ccrpanies who are signatories to the final plat drawing;
and
b) finalized and recorded extinguishment documents for all easements
no longer needed within the property boundaries; and
c) subdivision final plat mylar drawings incorporating all requested
revisions; and
2) Upon compliance with condition 1 above,City staff is directed
pursuant to A.R.S. Section 9-463.01(J) to record the original mylar of
the Downtown Park final subdivision plat which dissolves the nine lot
Trailway Apartrerrts final subdivision plat map including Tract Pi, by
erasing all property lines,road and alley rights -of -way and re-
describing the property as a single unsuhdivided parcel known as the
Downtown Park final subdivision plat and record said plat with the
Pinal COuntyRenorder.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION, ARIDI\A, THIS /glIF DAY OF JANUARY, 2016.
SIGNED AND ATTESIEDTO THIS /CP 74-DAY OF JANUARY, 2016.
RESOLUTION NO. 16-02
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ATTEST:
KATHLEEN CONNELLY U
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RICHARD J.STERN
City Attorney
RESOLUTION NO.16-02
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