HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2619 Auth. trade of portion of E. Graf Park for portion of Sourdough Trail on ballot: 8-18-86
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RESOLUTION NO. 2619
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AUTHORIZING THE TRADE OF
A PORTION OF THE PARK KNOWN AS EAST GRAF PARK FOR
PARK LAND KNOWN AS A PORTION OF THE SOURDOUGH
TRAIL AND PLACING THE TRADE ON THE BALLOT FOR
APPROVAL BY THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN.
WHEREAS, East Graf Park is an undeveloped municipal
park approximately 14.26 acres in size located east of
Colter Avenue and west of the south portion of the Valley
View golf course; and
WHEREAS, Sourdough Trail meanders to the south of East
Graf Park for more than one mile to Goldenstein Lane and has
been open to and used by the public and maintained by the
Bozeman Rotary Club the past nine years; and
WHEREAS, the City now has the opportunity to trade a
strip of East Graf Park 96 feet wide and 1,124 feet long
located along the eastern boundary of the park for a portion
of the Sourdough Trail extending approximately 3/5 of a mile
from a point parallel to Graf Street to the southern
boundary of the city limits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA:
Section 1
Subject to ratification by a majority of the City's
electors, the City Commission hereby approves the exchange
of the following portion of East Graf Park:
Two tracts of land located in the S 1/2, NW 1/4,
Section 19, T2S, R6E, MPM and further described in
Certificate of Survey No. 62 filed in 1974 and
Certificate of Survey No. 264 filed in 1976, as
filed and on record in the office of the Clerk and
Recorder of Gallatin County, Montana.
Said tracts containing a total of 2.475 acres more
or less.
to the Estate of Eugene Graf, Jr., in return for the deed to
the following portion of the Sourdough Trail:
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A tract of land being a portion of Graf's Fourth
Addition to the City of Bozeman, situated in the
S.W. 1/4 of Section 19, T.2S., R.6E., P.M.M., City
of Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, and being
further described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is the S. 1/4 corner of
Section 19, T.2S., R.6E., P.M.M., as located and
described by Charlie Swart on Film 16, page 482;
thence from said point of beginning along the
south line of said Section 19 N89016'00"W a
distance of 19.92 feet to a point on the westerly
line of Sourdough Creek Trail as it is now
located; thence along said line N21025'36W a
distance of 223.87 feet, N03056'15"W a distance of
339.85 feet, N71010'06"E a distance of 119.36
feet, N00006'55"E a distance of 733.88 feet,
N27001'32"Wa distance of 44.19 feet; NOOOOO'12"E
a distance of 598.74 feet, N10025'39"W a distance
of 178.57 feet, N59042'29"W a distance of 239.85
feet, N10025'44"W a distance of 197.93 feet,
N88026'24"Wa distane of 81.08 feet and
N42048'29"Wa distance of 181.12 feet; thence
N89012'08"Wa distance of 796.22 feet; thence
N00028'04"E a distance of 15.00 feet to a point on
the southerly line of Certificate of Survey No.
819A; thence along said line S89012'08"E a
distance of 815.09 feet to a point on the
southerly line of Certificate of Survey No. 803;
thence along said line 5 43049'01"E a distance of
161.23 feet and S89010'13"E a distance of 383.89
feet to a point on the North-South mid-section
line of said Section 19 as described in Book 177,
page 302, Gallatin County Records; thence along
said line SOOOOO'28"W a distance of 2537.27 feet
to the point of beginning. Said parcel being
4.8156 acres along with and subject to any
existing easements.
and a deed to a small tract located along the southeast
portion of East Graf Park:
A tract of land being a portion of C.O.S. No.
819A, situated in the NW 1/4 of Section 19, T2S,
R6E, P.M.M., City of Bozeman, Gallatin County,
Montana, and being further described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the westerly line of said
C.O.5. No. 819A, said point being N76027'33"E a
distance of 782.86 feet from the West 1/4 corner
of said Section 19. Thence along said westerly
line of said C.O.S. No. 819A, N01055'10"W a
distance of 15.00 feet; Thence S88039'22"E a
distance of 199.93 feet; Thence S 0I001'58"W a
distance of 15.00 feet; Thence N88038'22"W a
distance of 200.16 feet to the point of beginning.
Said tract of land being 0.0689 acres, along with
and subject to any existing easements.
Said deeds shall be to the City of Bozeman with the
additional provision that the land shall be held in trust
for park land use by the public.
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Section 2
The exchange as stated herein shall be placed before
the qualified electors of the City of Bozeman at the general
election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 1986, and the
wording of the proposal shall be substantially as follows:
FOR:
AGAINST:
Approval of the City's exchange of the 96-
foot easterly strip of undeveloped East Graf
Park, consisting of 2.5 acres (about 1/5 of
the whole park which is located east of
Colter Avenue) in return for the City and the
public receiving ownership of approximately
3/5 mile of the Sourdough Trail, consisting
of 4.8 acres extending south from a point
parallel with Graf Street to the south
boundary of the City limits.
Approval of the City's exchange of the 96-
foot easterly strip of undeveloped East Graf
Park, consisting of 2.5 acres (about 1/5 of
the whole park which is located east of
Colter Avenue) in return for the City and the
public receiving ownership of approximately
3/5 mile of the Sourdough Trail, consisting
of 4.8 acres extending south from a point
parallel with Graf Street to the south
boundary of the City limits.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City
of Bozeman, Montana, at a regular session held thereof on
the
18th
day of
August
, 1986.
ATTEST:
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Mayorl)
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Clerk of the City Commission
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