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. - I . Immediate dedication of valuable water rights and storage facilities in quantites exceeding any other appropriation, purchase or dedication in the City's history shall occur with this annexation with said water rights being vital to the City's continued development of it's water system. Said water rights and facilities may not otherwise be available to the City in the future even if adequate funding were available. Therefore, in order that such dedication be started and completed as soon as possible so that the citizens of the City of Louisville may receive the benefit of the increased public health, safety and welfare at the earliest reasonable time, it is the opinion of City Council that an emergency exists and that immediate effect of this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the pUblic peace, health and property. 2. Open space dedications, urban shaping and buffering which will be the result of this annexation will be greater than that which would be experienced by small, piecemeal annexations, as is evidenced by dedication of 38% of the land area for open space, as opposed to the l2% required by the City Subdivision Regulations. Therefore, in order that such open space dedications occur as soon as reasonably possible so that the citizens of the City of Louisville may receive the benefit of the increased public health, safety and welfare at the earliest reasonable time, it is the opinion of the City Council that an emergency exists and that immediate effect of this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and property. 3. The land to be dedicated for public use as a result of this annexation will provide the opportunity to construct much needed recreational facilities, including baseball fields for which the City already has received a federal grant, and a recreation center which is in the preliminary design phase and which the citizens of Louisville have declared to be important to community health, safety, and welfare. Therefore, so that the citizens of the City of Louisville may receive the benefit of increased recreation and facilities as soon as reasonably possible, it is the opinion of the City Council that an emergency exists and that immediate effect of this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and property. 4. The City has heretofore suffered from a lack of adequate sites for the construction of housing for senior citizens and those persons of low and moderate income. This annexation will provide such acceptable sites within the City limits and alleviate the urgent need for such sites. Therefore, it is declared that in the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists and that immediate effect of this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, property, and safety. 5. A real and imminent threat to block or prohibit this proposed annexation by various methods, some of which are a matter of public record, has been made by a neighboring municipality. Such threats and efforts could result in the City being involved in costly and meaningless litigation at great expense to the City's taxpayers. Therefore, in order to avoid such threats and efforts, in an attempt to avoid costly legal expenses for the citizens of the City of Louisville, it is the opinion of City Council that an emergency exists and that immediate effect of this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare. 6. Benefits of ad valorem taxes from the new commercial activities coupled with anticipated sales tax revenues will provide the funds necessary for the future operation of all City services and therefore in order that the citizens of the City of Louisville receive benefits from said revenues at the earliest possible time, it is declared by City Council that an emergency exists and that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, property and welfare. -4-