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Cabot City Council - Work Session Meeting Veterans’ Event Center July 6, 2020 @ 6:30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE – CHAIRMAN, ED LONG 1. 1100 West Elm Street, Cabot – Old Crown Metal Building 2. Waste Collection Services 3. Municipal Services Community Input BUDGET & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE – CHAIRMAN, DOUG WARNER 1. Budget & Personnel Community Input POLICE & FIRE COMMITTEE – CHAIRMAN, DAMON BIVIN 1. Refurbishment of Engine No. 1 2. Police & Fire Community Input COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – CHAIRMAN, KEVIN DAVIS 1. Community Development Input MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – CHAIRMAN, RON WAYMACK 1. Military Affairs Input GENERAL COMMUNITY INPUT ADJOURNMENT This Page left Blank Municipal Services This Page left Blank  RESOLUTION NO. __ OF 2020 A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 1100 WEST ELM STREET IN THE CITY OF CABOT TO CONSTITUTE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND CONDEMNING SAID STRUCTURES; PROVIDING A PERIOD OF TIME FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO ABATE SAID NUISANCE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS, the buildings and structures whose location is set forth herein are vacant and have become run down, dilapidated, unsightly, dangerous, obnoxious, unsafe, not fit for human habitation and detrimental to the public welfare of citizens and residents; and WHEREAS, the condition of such property constitutes a serious fire and health hazard to the City of Cabot, and unless immediate actions are taken to remedy this situation by removing, razing and abating said nuisance, there is a great likelihood that the surrounding property may be destroyed by fire originating from such unsafe and hazardous structures, and also that since structures are without proper sanitary facilities and as such are unsafe and hazardous and a breeding place for rats, rodents and other dangerous germ carriers of diseases, such buildings constitute a serious hazard to the health and safety of the citizens of Cabot, and they should be moved or razed for the purpose of eliminating such hazards. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CABOT ARKANSAS: SECTION 1: That the City Council hereby declares the buildings, houses and other structures located at the property identified in Section 2 below to be vacant and run down, dilapidated, unsafe, unsightly, dangerous, obnoxious, unsanitary, a fire hazard, a menace to abutting properties, with the current condition of said structures not being fit for human habitation; and because of such conditions, the City Council declares the same to be condemned as a public nuisance and is ordered abated, removed or razed by the owners thereof. SECTION 2: That the owners of record of 1100 West Elm Street, Cabot Arkansas, 72023 are hereby directed to raze the same or otherwise abate the said nuisance within thirty (30) days after the posting of a true copy of this Resolution at a conspicuous place upon the structure constituting the nuisance. SECTION 3: If the aforementioned structures have not been razed and/or removed within thirty (30) days after posting a true copy of this Resolution at a conspicuous place upon the structures constituting the nuisance, or the nuisance otherwise abated, the structures shall be torn down and/or removed by the Mayor or his duly designated representative. Each day after the aforesaid thirty (30) days in which said nuisance is not abated may be punishable by a fine or sanction provided by law. SECTION 4: That the provisions of this Resolution are hereby declared to be severable and if any section, phrase or provision shall be declared or held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of the sections, phrases or provisions. SECTION 5: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. SPONSOR: ADOPTED: Ken Kincade, Mayor DATE: APPROVED BY: _____________________________ Ken Kincade, Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST: ________________________________ _____________________________ Ben Hooper, City Attorney Tammy Yocom, City Clerk~Treasurer This Page left Blank Police & Fire Services