HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF ROBERT C DANIEL JR PARKWAY RESOLUTION OF THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY
COMMISSION TO ABANDON A PORTION OF ROBERT C. DANIEL,
JR. PARKWAY AS PART OF THE ROAD SYSTEM OF AUGUSTA-
RICHMOND COUNTY AND TO QUITCLAIM THE PROPERTY TO THE
ADJOINING LANDOWNER;
THIS RESOLUTION, adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia
Commission ("Commission"):
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that the Commission make a determination that a
portion of Robert C. Daniel, Jr. Parkway consisting of 0.058 acre (2,483 square feet), as shown
on the attached plat, has ceased to be used by the public to the extent that no substantial public
purpose is served by it or that its removal from the county road system is otherwise in the best
public interest and that the right-of-way should be abandoned as part of the Richmond County
Road System; and
WHEREAS, it has been Richmond County's policy, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 32-7-2, to
reduce the number of roads in Augusta, Georgia that are not utilized or useful to the public and
to abandon such roads; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held on March 3, 2011 at the Augusta-Richmond
County Municipal Building, Room 803, 530 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia; and
WHEREAS, notice of such Public Hearing was published in The Augusta Chronicle, the
newspaper in which Sheriffls advertisements for Richmond County are published, on February
24, 2011 and March 3, 201 l, and that the property owners located on said portion of Robert C.
Daniel, Jr. Parkway were given notice; and
WHEREAS, the results of the Public Hearing were reported to the Board of
Commissioners and considered thereby; and
WHEREAS, the Commission, at their meeting held March 15, 2011, approved the
proposed abandonment, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 32-7-2 and the requirements of said statute
having been met;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Commission and it is hereby resolved by the
authority of same as follows:
1. It is hereby determined that all requirements of O.C.G.A. § 32-7-2 have been met for the
abandonment and removal of the above-said Right-of-Way and such Right-of-Way no
longer serves a substantial public purpose or that its removal from the county road system
is otherwise in the best public interest and is hereby abandoned as part of the Richmond
County Road System;
2. The land formerly comprising the Right-of-Way upon its disposition shall be subject to
easements and restrictions deemed necessary by the Augusta Engineering and Utilities
Departments, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the documents necessary to
effectuate such transfer;
3. This Resolution shall be recorded in the Minutes of the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission, accompanied by the exhibits referred to herein;
4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
DULY ADOPTED by the Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia Commission this
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