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DATE: December. 17, 1981 INTRODUCED BY:
PROPOSED BY:
RESOLUTION NO. 81 -60
Muenscher
Leonard Cowden
A RESOLUTION TO EXCHANGE CnUNTY REEL
PROPEPTY FOR PRIVATE REAL PROPERTY
OWNED BY LEONARD COWDEN AND DIANNE COWDEN
WHEREAS, Whatcom County is the owner of certain real
property, more particularly described as follows:
That portion of Government Lot 4 in Section 28,
Township 39 North, Range 4 East of W.M.,
described as follows:
Commencing at the Northwest corner of that certain
tract of land as described in Whatcom County Auditor' -s
File No. 759970 and Volume 391 of needs, page 86,
Records of Whatcom County, Washington; the Northwest
corner and North line being marked by the County
Engineer's Survey Crew and Leonard Cowden;
Thence east, along the north line of said certain
tract of land, for a distance of 87.00 feet to
the Point of Beginning;
Thence, continuing east 241.50 feet,.
Thence, south, at right angles, for a distance of
418.82 feet;
Thence south 72 °44'18" west 272.42 feet:
Thence north 38 107'35" west 270.85 feet;
Thence north 08120'15" west 45.07 feet;
Thence north 21 °08'43" east 60.13 feet:
Thence north 42 °33'33" east 252.40 feet to
the point of beginning.
Situate in Whatcom County, Washington, containing
3.82 acres.
WHEREAS, Leonard Cowden and Dianne Cowden, his wife, are
the owners of certain real property which they wish to exchange
for the aforesaid County property, and the Cowden property is
more particularly described as follows:
RESOLUTION - 1.
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Legal Description:
F strip of land 100 feet wide across the tract
of land in Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 28,
Township 39 North, Range 4 East of W.M., east
of Goshen in said county, described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly line
of Goshen Road, 1,200 feet Northwesterly from
the intersection of said line with the east
line of said Lot 4; thence south, parallel to
said lot line, to the southwesterly line of the
former right -of -way of the Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence
northwesterly along said right -of -way line, to
the east line of the west 1003 feet of said
Lot 3 produced south; thence north to the Goshen
Road; thence southeasterly to the point of
beginning;
Said 100 -foot strip having the.following described
center line:
Commencing at a point in the north line of said
Section 28, which is 65.5 feet north 89 021' east,
from the northwest corner thereof;'thence south
44 004' east approximately 1320 feet to the east
line of the west 1003 feet of said Lot 3, pro-
duced south, which is the true point of beginning;
thence continuing along said course, approximately
1130 .feet to the east line of above- described tract.
Situate in Whatcom County, Washington.
WHEREAS, RCW 36.34.330 authorizes the County legislative
authority to exchange County real property for privately -owned real
property of equal value. Provided, that it is determined
by a decree of the Superior Court that:
(1) The county real property proposed to be exchanged
is not necessary to the future foreseeable needs of such county;
(2) The real property to be acquired by such exchange
is necessary for the future foreseeable needs of such county;
(3) The value of the county real property to be ex-
changed is not more than the value of the real property to be
acquired by such exchange; and,
WHEREAS, based upon the recommendation of.the Whatcom
County Engineer and a professional appraisal of the properties
proposed for .exchange, the Whatcom County Council has determined
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that the County real property proposed to be exchanged is not neces•
sary to the future foreseeable needs of the County, and the real
property to be acquired by such exchange is necessary for the
future foreseeable needs of the County, and the value of the County
real property to be exchanged is not more than the value of the
real property to be acquired by such exchange;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, subject to the
approval of the Superior Court of Whatcom County, Washington, and
pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.34.330, the Whatcom County
Council hereby approves the exchange of the aforesaid County real
property for the real property owned by Leonard and Diane Cowden.
DATED this 17th day of December 1981.
WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHA TCOM COUNTY, [CIA SHINGTON
ATTEST: Joan Ogden,
County Auditor and
Ex- officio, Clerk of
the Council:
B • � C
Deputy
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BRUCE L. DISEND,
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
RESOLUTION - 3.
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SHIRLEY VAN ZA TEN ,
Chairperson