Subject: 20875/Erlanger-Co/PropTransfr/FamPractCtr
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 12:32:10 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 20875
                 
                 
                  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
                  DEEDS AND OTHER CLOSING DOCUMENTS CONVEYING
                  CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE CHATTANOOGA HAMILTON
                  COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.
                 
                 
                                                    
                 
                 
       	    	 WHEREAS, Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga
       jointly own property located in the Third Street and Central
       Avenue area identified as State Tax Map Nos. 146A-M-006 and
       146A-M-007 which is currently used as unpaved parking for Engel
       Stadium; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the City and County also jointly own (through
       previous delinquent tax sales) two adjacent parcels of property
       identified as State Tax Map Nos. 146A-M-012 and 146A-M-004, one 
of
       which is currently leased to the Chattanooga Hamilton County
       Hospital Authority for parking and the other vacant; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, as an additional component of the UT Medical
       School Program, Erlanger Medical Center has been approved to
       establish a Family Practice Facility which will be used as a
       clinical site for patient care and training of medical residents; 

       and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the proposed Family Practice Center must be
       located on or near the Erlanger Medical Center campus and be
       easily accessible and open to the public; and
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       	    	 WHEREAS, the most desirable location for such a facility
       is on the property located at the southeast corner of Third 
Street
       and Central Avenue, some of which is currently owned by the
       Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority and by the City 
and
       County; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, Erlanger requests that the City and County
       transfer approximately .56 acre along with driveway easements to
       the Hospital Authority to add to the property at Third and 
Central
       currently owned by Erlanger to permit the construction of the
       Family Practice Center and to transfer to the Hospital Authority
       the back-tax lot currently leased by Erlanger; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, in return for the transfer of property Erlanger
       agrees to spend approximately $260,000 for improvements to the
       City- and County-owned property at Third and O'Neal Streets
       currently used by Engel Stadium, said improvements more
       particularly described on the Proposed Agreement of Cost for
       Property Improvements attached hereto and incorporated herein by
       reference; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of
       Chattanooga for a Family Practice Center to be constructed to
       serve the community;
       	    	 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
       THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the request by Erlanger
       for the property transfer be granted and that the Mayor is hereby 

       authorized to execute deeds and any other necessary documents to
       accomplish the transfer in return for the improvements to the
       City- and County-owned property as outlined in the Proposed
       Agreement of Cost for Property Improvements and shown on the site 

       plan for the Family Practice Center, copies of which are attached 

       hereto and incorporated herein by reference thereto as though
       completely copied verbatim herein.
      
       ADOPTED:	 January 23, 1996
      
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