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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN
LOTS OR PARCEG� OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, SAID PARCEL BEING IDENTIFIED AS:PARCEL NO. 21,
MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE PROJECT; DESCRIBING SAID
PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE OWNERS, SAID
CONDEMNATION BEING NECESSARY FOR THE MIDTOWN TRAFFIC
EXCHANGE FOR PUBLIC STREET PURPOSES AND.BEING WITHIN
THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI;
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS TO CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRIST=I, A CERTAIN PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND DESIGNATED AS
PARCEL NO. 21, 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
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WHEREAS, THE SAID MIDTOWN TRAFFIC EXCHANGE PROJECT REQUIRED THE
ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING PARCEL OR TRACT OF
LAND:
PARCEL NO. 21
LOTS ONE SS1), TWO (2), THREE (3), FOUR (4), FIVE
AND SIX (b ), BLOCK FOUR (4), BLUFF PORTION OF THE
CENTRAL WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY'S SUBDIVISION OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS SHOWN BY THE MAP
OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME "A ", PAGE 15, MAP
RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; SAVE AND EXCEPT, HOW-
EVER, THE WEST 67 FEET OF LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 4, OF SAID
SUBDIVISION;
AND
WHEREAS, RECORD TITLE OF THE AFORESAID PARCEL APPEARS TO BE IN
THE FOLLOWING:
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JANE HRISSIKOPOULOS MAYS, A FEME SOLE; r,
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WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS IS UNABLE TO ARRIVE
AT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SAID OWNER AND CLAIMANT 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 BY THE 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
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EXERCISE OF THE CITY'S POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR SAID PUBLIC PURPOSE;
NOW, 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
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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,
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
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TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT
IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE V DAY of JANUARY, 1966.
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APPROV D AS TO L L FORM THIS�4YOR
��j DFy- OFrJANUARY, 1966: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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CORPUS CHRISTI, ^nTEXAS
5 DAY OF
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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; 1, 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,
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
DR. MOVER FURMAN ", /C,0
JACK BLACKMON ✓ / pp
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. ✓ / y
KEN MCDAN I EL
RONN I E S I ZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE
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THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN
JACK BLACKMON ✓ p
1 'I PATRICK J. DUNNE f p
Y DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR.
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE / (�
WM. H. WALLACE
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