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RESOLUTION
FINDING A PORTION OF ELLIS STREET AS HAVING
CEASED TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND FOR
ABANDONMENT OF SAME
WHEREAS, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission resolved by
Resolution dated October 3,2002, that the following street in Richmond County, Georgia,
has ceased to be used by the public to the extent that no substantial public purpose is
served by it: a portion of Ellis Street, beginning at its intersection with 14th Street and
running approximately 400 feet long and containing approximately 0.725 acres, as shown
on the attached plat;
WHEREAS, the adjoining property owners to the property described above
have been notified of the October 3, 2002, Resolution; notice of the proposed
abandonment has been published in the Augusta Chronicle once a week for a period of
two weeks; and a public hearing on the proposed abandonment has been conducted on
November 25, 2002, with no objections being raised as to the abandonment of the street
described above-;
WHEREAS, by virtue of the events set forth above, the property identified
as a portion of Ellis Street, beginning at its intersection with 14th Street and running
approximately 400 feet long and containing approximately 0.725 acres, as shown on the
attached plat, is deemed abandoned and no longer a part of the Richmond County road
system;
WHEREAS, notice has been given to the owners of abutting land holding
title through the owners from whom Augusta, Georgia acquired the property of said
owners' right to acquire the land described above; and
WHEREAS, the adjoining property owners have communicated their desire
to exercise their right to acquire the above describ~d property;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved as follows:
1. It is hereby determined that all requirements of Georgia law for the
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abandonment of a county roadway have been met and that the street referred to in the
Augusta-Richmond County Commission's October 3, 2002 Resolution, and described as
a portion of Ellis Street, beginning at its intersection with 14th Street and running
approximately 400 feet long and containing approximately 0.725 acres, as shown on the
attached plat, is no longer a part of the Richmond County road system.
2. The adjoining property owners, Curtis Baptist Church, Christian Vision,
Inc., Dennis Byrd, Harold Trent and David Edens have properly exercised their rights to
acquire the properties described above.
3. It is further determined that the Mayor of the Augusta, Georgia shall
execute a Quit-Claim Deed and such other documentation as may reasonably be required,
in forms approved by the County Attorney, conveying all of Augusta's interest in the
property, which interest is subject to all easements of record for utilities, to the adjoining
property owners.
This Resolution shall be recorded in the Minutes of the Augusta-Richmond
County Commission, accompanied by the exhibits referred to herein.
Duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, this /7 --u.
day of 0 .IJ.e,~lu(.A 2002.
Augusta-Richmond County Commission
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ATTEST:
(Seal)
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