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ORDINANCE NO. 1639 <br />SERIES 2013 <br />AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF AN <br />APPROXIMATELY 1.069 -ACRE PARCEL OF LAND OWNED BY THE CITY AND <br />REFERRED TO AS THE LOUISVILLE GRAIN ELEVATOR PROPERTY LOCATED <br />AT 540 AND 544 FRONT STREET <br />WHEREAS, the City of Louisville ( "City ") is the owner of that certain real property <br />totaling 1.069 acres, more or less, commonly referred to as the downtown Louisville Grain <br />Elevator site located at 540 and 544 Front Street, which property is legally described on Exhibit <br />A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the "Property "); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 44 Series 2013, the City approved a Purchase <br />and Sale Agreement ( "Agreement ") between the City and Louisville Mill Site, LLC, ( "LMS ") <br />for the City to sell and LMS to buy the Property; and <br />WHEREAS, the terms, conditions and considerations set forth in the Agreement for the <br />sale of the Property include that (i) LMS pay a purchase price of $200,000; (ii) prior to transfer <br />of the northern portion of the Property, LMS complete stabilization of the Louisville Grain <br />Elevator structure in accordance with a mutually acceptable Scope of Work; (iii) the City <br />contribute up to $500,000 in Historic Preservation Fund_ (HPF) monies for stabilization of the <br />structure; (iv) the Grain Elevator be landmarked and subject to a conservation easement for the <br />preservation of historic resources; (v) the parties process a plat and PUD for the Property and <br />adjoining property prior to closing; (vi) the City provide certain rebates and other incentives in <br />connection the rehabilitation of the Louisville Grain Elevator structure and redevelopment of the <br />Property and adjacent land; (vii) the City and LMS enter into a master lease enabling portions of <br />the Property to be leased prior to closing; and (viii) the parties perform other obligations as <br />further provided in the Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to sell the Property upon the terms and conditions <br />of the Agreement and finds that such Agreement with further the City's interest in preservation, <br />stabilization, restoration and rehabilitation of the historic Louisville Grain Elevator; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1622, Series 2012, the Property was not <br />acquired for park, open space or governmental purposes, but as a general asset of the City and for <br />potential rehabilitation of the historic Louisville Grain Elevator located on the Property, and such <br />Ordinance 1622 provides that all or portions of the Property, and any interests, licenses, rights or <br />privileges therein, may be sold, leased, conveyed or disposed of, in whole or part, as determined by <br />appropriate action of City Council, without necessity of election, pursuant to the home rule charter <br />of the City; provided, however, that all or portions of the Property sold may be subject to <br />landmarking and/or the granting of a conservation easement for the protection of historic resources; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council by this Ordinance desire to approve the sale and transfer <br />of the Property as required by Section 4 -8(b) of the home rule charter; and <br />Ordinance 1639, Series 2013 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />