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AN ORDINANCE '
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN
LOTS OR PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS; DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE
RECORD TITLE OWNERS, SAID CONDEMNATION BEING NECES-
SARY FOR THE MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE FOR PUBLIC
STREET PURPOSES AND BEING WITHIN THEJCORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO
CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, A CERTAIN PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND DESIGNATED AS
PARCEL NO. 25, MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE PROJECT, WHICH PARCEL OF LAND IS
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER AND WHICH PARCEL OF LAND IS NEEDED IN
CONNECTION WITH SAID AFOREMENTIONED PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, THE SAID MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE PROJECT REQUIRED THE
ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING PARCEL OR TRACT OF
LAND:
ALL OF LOTS ONE (1 ), SIX (6) AND SEVEN (7), AND AN
UNNUMBERED FRACTIONAL LOT SOUTH OF LOT ONE (7),
BLOCK THREE (3), SOUTH BLUFF PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY'S SUBDIVISION IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORD-
ING TO MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME "A",
PAGE 15, MAP RECORDS, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1 ON
THE WEST SIDE OF BROADWAY FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THIS TRACT;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID
LOT 7 PASS ITS NORTHWEST CORNER AND CONTINUE ALONG
THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO THE EASTERN
BOUNDARY LINE OF CARANCAHUA STREET;
THENCE SOUTH WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF LOTS 6
AND 7 IN SAID BLOCK 3 AND THE EASTERN BOUNDARY LINE
OF CARANCAHUA STREET 52.29 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF LOT 7 AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 3
FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THIS TRACT;
THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE SOUTHERN
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 3 TO ITS SOUTHEAST CORNER
ON THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF BROADWAY FOR THE SOUTH-
EAST CORNER OF THIS TRACT;
AND
WHEREAS, RECORD TITLE OF THE AFORESAID PARCEL APPEARS TO BE IN i
THE FOLLOWING:
.JOHN W. HENNESSEY, AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE
OF M. F. HENNESSEY, DECEASED AND NEVADA HENNESSEY, A WIDOW;
A
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AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, IS UNABLE TO ARRIVE
AT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SAID OWNERS AND CLAIMANTS AS TO THE PRICE AND
VALUE OF SAID LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND, AND DAMAGES FOR THE TAKING THEREOF
BY THE CITY; IT IS, THEREFORE, DETERMINED BYTTHE CITY COUNCIL THAT IT IS
NECESSARY THAT THE SAID LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED BE ACQUIRED BY THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND THAT SAID TITLE BE ACQUIRED IN FEE TITLE THROUGH
THE EXERCISE OF THE CITY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR SAID PUBLIC PURPOSE:
NOVI, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER AND THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS DOES
HEREBY ORDER, DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE THAT EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BE INSTI -
TUTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING THE FEE SIMPLE TITLE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED
LAND AND PREMISES, EXCLUDING MINERAL INTEREST, FOR USE BY THE CITY FOR THE
MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE AND OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
AND TO CONDEMN THE FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO THE AFORESAID PARCEL OR TRACT OF
LAND EXCLUDING MINERAL INTEREST.
SECTION 2. THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS
HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE SAID
PROPERTY, AND AGAINST ALL PERSONS WHO APPEAR TO HAVE AN INTEREST THEREIN,
AND TO PROCEED WITH SAID CONDEMNATION SUIT TO ITS FINAL CONCLUSION AND TO
OBTAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE TO SAID PROPERTY FOR USE IN THE MIDTOWN TRAFFIC
EXCHANGE PROJECT AND FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.
SECTION 3. THE PUBLIC IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE CITY TO
GAIN IMMEDIATE POSSESSION AND TITLE TO THE AFORESAID TRACT OR PARCEL OF
LAND HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED FOR THE MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE PROJECT AND
OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS HEREIN -
ABOVE DESCRIBED AND PROVIDED CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE
PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS
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OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY AND
NECESSITY EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THAT SUCH CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED, AND
THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND
TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT
IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE pt A AY OF DECEMBER, 1965.
ATTEST:
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ZIT SECRE AR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
IDAY OF DECEMBER, 1965:
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO-
DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR RL vL
+° THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN / //.c. a
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JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDAN I EL
RONNIE SIZEMORE i! 1_1
WM. H. WALLACE
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THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MOVER FURMAN ( /a..GirQ
JACK BLACKMON
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDAN 1 EL
RONNIE SIZEMORE (t..'" 0
WM. H. WALLACE
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