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MfriPtre, RESOLUTION NO. 6948 A RESOLUTION declaring the sale and transfer of City owned property in the 1800 block of Chestnut to be in the best interest of the City and authorizing its sale and conveyance. WHEREAS, review of that certain City owned real property as described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, has been completed by all City Departments and has received approval of the Mayor; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett did hold a public hearing on February 10 , 2016, regarding the proposed sale and conveyance of the City owned property; and WHEREAS, the Everett City Council finds and determines that the real property described in Exhibit A, which is generally located in the 1800 block of Chestnut Street, is not needed for City purposes other than for possible underground utility purposes, however is too narrow for such purposes; and WHEREAS, Haack Brothers Inc. owns the abutting property, which is described in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein, and proposes to grant to the City an easement for underground utility purposes across said Haack Brothers Inc. property in exchange for the fee simple ownership interest of the owned City property described in Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, city staff has conducted an evaluation of the transfer of the fee ownership interest (subject to reservation of a utilities easement) of the five foot wide city owned property described in Exhibit A, in exchange for a five foot wide easement for utility purposes across the Haack Brothers Inc. property described in Exhibit B, and determined each to be of equal value and an even exchange; and WHEREAS, the Everett City Council finds that the City is acting in compliance with the City Charter and the requirements of Ordinance No. 2935-06 establishing the process for the sale and transfer of City owned real property; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERETT as follows: Section 1: The sale and conveyance of the fee simple interest in the City owned real property described in Exhibit A, in exchange for an easement for utility purposes across the real property owned by Haack Brothers Inc. described in Exhibit B, to be in the best interest of the City and of equal value.