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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN LOT OR
PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, DESCRIB-
ING SAID PROPERTY AS BEING A PORTION OUT OF THE
� ACRES OF LOT 7 AND LOT SECTION "D" PAISLEY SUBDIVI-
SION OF THE HOFFMAN TRACT, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE
OWNER AS A. L. RANKIN, SAID CONDEMNATION BEING NECESSARY
FOR PUBLIC STREET PURPOSES AS A PART OF THE CROSSTOWN
EXPRESSWAY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF
IMIS ORDINANCE: AND DECLARING AN NER
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND WHICH IS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED HEREIN AS A PART OF THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY STREET IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
WHEREAS, SAID CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY, KNOWN AS PROJECT No. 220 -56 -24.3,
REQUIRES THE ACQUISITION OF THE FEE TITLE IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING PARCEL IN
THE THIRD SECTION OF THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY:
BEGINNING 0.026 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, OUT OF THE
SOUTH 5 ACRES OF LOT 7, AND 1.208 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR
LESS, OUT OF THE SOUTH 5 ACRES OF LOT 8, SECTION "O" PAISLEY S
SUBDIVISION OF THE HOFFMAN TRACT, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO PLAT RECORDED IN
VOLUME A, PAGE 28, MAP RECORDS, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS CON-
VEYED TO A. L. RANKIN BY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 14, 1944,
RECORDED IN VOLUME 302, PAGE 614, DEED RECORDS OF NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH 1.234 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IS
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF PRESCO H. PARK
UNIT NUMBER VI AS SHOWN BY PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 15,
PAGE 23 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, WHICH
CORNER BEING A POINT IN THE PROPOSED WEST RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE
OF STATE HIGHWAY 286 (RELOCATED);
THENCE S. 61° 571 25" E., 343.59 FEET ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY
OF SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE PROPOSED EAST RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE
OF STATE HIGHWAY 286 (RELOCATED), BEING N. 61° 57' 25" Wj
166.41 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST LINE OF
DILLON LANE;
THENCE S. 27° 56, 52" w., 85.80 FEET ALONG SAID PROPOSED
EAST RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE;
THENCE S. 17° 05' 46" E., 56.70 FEET ALONG SAID PROPOSED LINE;
THENCE S. 530 181 06" E., 127.53 FEET ALONG SAID PROPOSED
EAST RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE TO THE NORTH CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION
OF DILLON LANE AND GOLLIHAR ROAD;
180v Al.
THENCE N. 61° 57' 25° W,, 600.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH
LINE OF GOLLIHAR ROAD TO THE PROPOSED WEST RIGHT -OF -WAY
LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 286 (RELOCATED);
THENCE S. 760 30' 28° E., 76.38 FEET ALONG SAID PROPOSED
WEST RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE;
THENCE N. 73° 30' IV' l., 22.58 FEET ALONG SAID PROPOSED
RIGHT -OF -WAY LINE;
THENCE N. 280 02' 35° E., 110.00 FEET ALONG SAID PROPOSED
WEST RIGHT -OF -WAY LIKE -TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING,
WHICH PARCEL IS NEEDED FOR RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE SAID PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, RECORD TITLE OF SAID LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND APPEARS TO
BE IN THE FOLLOWING PERSON:
PARCEL N0. 466: A. L. RANKIN;
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; TEXAS, HAS BEEN UNABLE TO
ACQUIRE THE AFORESAID PARCEL OF LAND BY NEGOTIATION) THEREFORE, IT 15
NECESSARY THAT THE SAID PROPERTY BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF ITS 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
THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, DOES
HEREBY ORDER, DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE THAT EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BE
INSTITUTED IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED
ABOVE, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THERE IS EXCLUDED FROM SAID ESTATE TO BE CONDEMNED
ALL OF THE OIL, GAS AND SULPHUR WHICH CAN BE REMOVED FROM BENEATH THE SAID
LAND WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATEVER REMAINING TO THE OWNER OF SUCH OIL, GAS
AND SULPHUR OF INGRESS OR EGRESS, TO OR FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND FOR
THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING, DEVELOPING, DRILLING OR MINING OF THE SAME.
SECTION 2. THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS
HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE SAID
PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, IF ANY, AND ALL PERSONS APPEARING TO
HAVE AN INTEREST THEREIN, AND TO PROCEED WITH SAID CONDEMNATION SUIT TO
ITS CONCLUSION, AND TO OBTAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE TO THE SAID PROPERTY
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FOR ROAD RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES SO THAT SAID CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY STREET
IMPROVEMENT, PROJECT ND. 220 -56- 211.2, MAY BE FURTHERED.
SECTION 3. THE [PUBLIC IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE CITY TO
GAIN IMMEDIATE POSSESSION AND TITLE FOR ROAD RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES TO THE
ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY HEREINBEFORE SET OUT CREATES A PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION 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 SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST,
AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDI-
NANCE 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 D4 1� DAY OF JUNE, 1966.
ATTEST:
CITY EC E•ZOILEGAL MAY R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED AS FO IS
A 1 DAY OF JUNE, 1966:
CITY ATTftNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL it
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
COUNCILS 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
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
DR. MCIVER FURMAN ✓
.TACK BLACKMON
d
PATRICK DONNE
DR. P. DI ME NE Zy JR.
KEN MCDANIEL C //(
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
DR. MCIVER FURMAN ✓
JACK BLACKMON k
PATRICK J. DUNNE
DR. P. JIMENEZ, JR. v
KEN MCDANIEL
RONNIE SIZEMORE
WM. H. WALLACE