CITY
OF HOMER
HOMER,
ALASKA
City
Manager
ORDINANCE
10-30
AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING THE FY 2010 OPERATING
BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING $205,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE ACCOUNT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING THREE PARCELS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE HICKERSON
MEMORIAL CEMETERY TO PROVIDE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION.
WHEREAS, The Hickerson
Memorial Cemetery is running out of space and will soon need to be expanded;
and
WHEREAS, The Hickerson
Memorial Cemetery is owned and operated by the City, the regulations
governing its operation are contained in HCC 19.04, and the City Council wishes
to continue to provide this service to the community; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 18.06 of the Homer
Municipal Code entitled “Municipal Property Acquisition” provides that the City
may acquire marketable title to real property through contract or sale; and
WHEREAS, The
property to be acquired is the best available alternative for keeping the
cemetery open and available to the community for decades to come; and
WHEREAS, The
property to be acquired is described as Lot 11-A (1.682 acres), Lot 11-B (0.935
acres), and Lot 11-C (0.952 acres), Tice Acres Subdivision Replat
No. 1, located on Stacey St. and Diamond Ridge Road.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER
ORDAINS:
Section 1.
The Homer City Council finds that
acquiring these three parcels in is the public interest and hereby amends the
FY 2010 Budget as follows:
Expenditure:
Account
Number Description Amount
151-275
Purchase of three lots
$205,000
for future cemetery expansion
Section 2.
The City Manager is authorized to execute all appropriate documents including
but not limited to, a purchase agreement, title insurance, and contract of sale
and to take any additional steps necessary to close the transaction.
Section 3. This is a budget amendment ordinance, is
temporary in nature, and shall not be codified.
ENACTED BY THE HOMER CITY COUNCIL
this _______ day of _______, 2010.
CITY
OF HOMER
_____________________________
JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR
ATTEST:
______________________________
JO
JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK
YES:
NO:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
First
Public
Hearing:
Second
Effective
Date:
Reviewed
and approved as to form:
________________________ ____________________________
Walt
E. Wrede, City Manager Thomas
F. Klinkner, City Attorney
Date:
___________________ Date:
_______________________
Fiscal
Note: $205,000