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RESOLUTION # OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS TO EXECUTE A LEASE TO THE WHITE RIVER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR USE IN CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPING A FIREFIGHTING FACILITY. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas , seeks to improve the fire insurance rating of the City of Batesville and promote and encourage fire protection for its citizens, which include the proper training of its firemen and those firemen of the surrounding communities , and WHEREAS, a non-profit corporation consisting of members of the Batesville Fire Department and members of surrounding fire departments has been formed for the purpose of improving fire insurance ratings in this area and increasing fire protection, and WHEREAS, one goal of said non-profit corporation, namely the White River Fire- fighters Association, is to construct and equip a firefighting training facil- ity, and WHEREAS, said firefighting training facility is needed for the City of Bates- ville and if not for the White River Firefighters Association the expense of said training facility would fall solely upon the City of Batesville, Arkansas , and, WHEREAS, the White River Firefighters Association desires to lease property from the city and the city desires to lease to the White River Firefighters Association certain real property described more fully below for the purpose of said training facility, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, has determined it to be in the best interest of the City of Batesville and its citizens to lease said property to the White River Firefighters Association for said purpose. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, hereby author- izes the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, to execute a lease leasing certain real property to a non-profit corporation, namely the White River Firefighters Association, said real property being more fully de- scribed as: A tract of land being part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty-one in Township Thirteen North, Range Six West of the Fifth Principal Meridian (Pt. NW4 NE4 Sec. 21, T13N, R6W, (W 5th P.M. ) in the City of Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of said NW4 NE4; thence run East a distance of 117.8 feet; thence run South 01 degree 00 minutes West a distance of 815.0 feet to the left bank of the White River; thence run South 70 degrees 00 minutes East along said left bank a distance of 235.4 feet to the Point of Beginning (POB) ; thence run South 70 degrees 00 minutes East along said left bank a distance of 359.6 feet to the West line of the US Reservation; thence run North 37 degrees 15 minutes East along said West Line a distance of 157.0 feet; thence run North 25 degrees 00 minutes West a distance of 130.0 feet; thence run North 37 degrees 15 minutes East a distance of 70.0 feet to the Southwest Right of Way Line of a City Street; thence run North 25 degrees 00 minutes West along said City Street a distance of 25.0 feet; thence run North 36 dearees 20 minutes West along said City Street a distance of 215.0 feet-; thence run South 37 degrees 15 minutes West a distance of 466.6 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 2.63 acres, more or less. 2. That a copy of said lease by and between the City of Batesville, Arkansas ,