Ordinance 1336ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS* WASHINGTON
PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION FOR PUBLIC PARK
PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF PROPERTY; PROVID-
ING FOR THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
INITIATE PROCEEDINGS FOR CONDEMNATION, APPROPRIA-
TION.,0 TAKING AND DAMAGING OF LAND AND OTHER PROPERTY
NECESSARY THEREFOR; AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDSz WASHINGTON
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health., safety necessity and
convenience demand that the following described lands be
acquired and used for public park purposes:
Parcel 1:
Lot 1, Block 1, Lake Ballinger Homesites,
according to plat thereof recorded in volume
14 of plats, page 99, records of Snohomish
County, Washington.
Parcel 2:
From the following described property, all situate
in Snohomish County, Washington,
All that portion of Tracts 8 and 9, McAleer
Five Acre Tracts, described as follows:
Beginning at a point 375' N. of SE cor.
of sd Tr. 9; the N 15' ; the W to W In of Tr 9;
the N alg sd W In of Tr 91 1401; th W to E In
of R/W of Seattle -Everett Interurban RR; th
SWly alg sd R/W to W In of Tr 8; th S alg sd W
In of Tr 8 to pt W of POB; th E to POB, except
county road on the east side,
a tract of land described as follows:
All that portion of Tracts 8 and 9, Lake McAleer
Five Acre Tracts, according to plat thereof recorded
in volume 5 of plats, page 48, records of Snohomish
County, Washington, described as follows:
Beginning at a point 375 feet North of the
Southeast corner of said Tract 9; thence North
15 feet; thence West to West line of Tract 9;
thence North along said West line of Tract 9,
140 feet; thence West to East line of right of
way of Seattle -Everett Interurban Railway; thence
Southwesterly along said right of way to West line
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of Tract 8; thence South along said West line
of Tract 8 to a point West of point of beginning;
thence East to point of beginning; EXCEPT that
portion conveyed to Snohomish County for road
under auditor's file No. 823624.
Section 2. All lands, rights, privileges and other
property within the limits of the lots, blocks and tracts
of land described hereinabove are hereby condemned, appro-
priated, taken and damaged fcr public use and necessity for
public park purposes; and all such lands, rights, privileges
and other property are to be taken, damaged and appropriated
only after just compensation has been made or paid into court
for the owners thereof in the manner provided by law.
Section 3. The entire cost of the improvement provided
for herein shall be paid by the City of Edmonds from the Park
Site Acquisition Fund or, if the monies in said fund are in-
sufficient, from any other general funds of the City avail-
able thereto.
Section 4. The City Attorney is hereby authorized and
directed to begin and prosecute the proceeding provided by
law to condemn, take, appropriate and damage the ]azd, rights,
privileges and other property necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this Ordinance, and is further authorized in con-
ducting said proceedings and for the purpose of minimizing
damages to stipulate as to the use of the property h eby au-
thorized to be condemned and appropriated and as to the reser-
vation of any right of use to any owner, provided that such
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reservation does not interfere with the use of said property
by the City as provided by this Ordinance.
APPROVED:
H. H. HARR`CSONa,, MAYOR
ATTEST:
IRENE VARNEY MORAE, CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: November Z4z,1967
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: November Z14z 1967
PUBLISHED: November Z%, 1967
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