HomeMy WebLinkAbout09477 ORD - 09/03/1969AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN
PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE
RECORD TITLE OWNERS, SAID CONDEMNATION BEING NECESSARY
FOR THE OCEAN DRIVE - CRAIG TO ALAMEDA PROJECT, NO.
22o- 67 -97, AND FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, AND
BEING WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF:THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST NORMAN
RANSLEBEN AND LESLIE FELDSER, ET AL, TO CARRYOUT
THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING 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 N0. 27, OCEAN DRIVE — CRAIG TO ALAMEDA PROJECT, WHICH PARCEL OF 4
LAND IS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED HEREINAFTER AND WHICK PARCEL OF LAND IS
NEEDED IN CONNECTION WITH SAID, AFOREMENTIONED PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, THE SAID OCEAN DRIVE — CRAIG TO ALAMEDA PROJECT
REQUIRES THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING
PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND:
LOTS 10 AND 11, BLOCK 4, EDGEWATER TERRACE, AN
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, OF RECORD
IN VOLUME 7, PAGES 38 AND 39, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS,
MAP RECORDS;
AND
WHEREAS, RECORD TITLE OF THE AFORESAID PARCEL APPEARS TO BE
IN THE FOLLOWING:
NORMAN RANSLEBEN AND LESLIE FELDSER; 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 BY THE CITY
COUNCIL THAT IT 15 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:
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9477
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 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 OCEAN DRIVE - CRAIG TO ALAMEDA PROJECT, SAID PROJECT
BEING FOR PUBLIC STREET, 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 CON-
CLUSION AND TO OBTAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE TO SAID PROPERTY FOR USE
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IN THE SAID OCEAN DRIVE — CRAIG TO ALAMEDA 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
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OF LAND HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED FOR THE OCEAN DRIVE - CRAIG TO ALAMEDA
PROJECT, SAID PROJECT BEING FOR PUBLIC STREET AND OTHER MUNICIPAL
PURPOSES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED AND PROVIDED
CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDI-
NANCE 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
TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE ':3,L DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1969.
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY AY
APPROVED: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF SEPT MBER, 1969:
CITY ATTORNE
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Corpus Christi, as
day of 196
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing
ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen-
sion 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,
request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass. this ordi-
nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the
City Council.
Respectfully,
,lam
/ THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick"Bradley, Jr. r,'
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts r
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon /
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley,
Eduardo E. de Ases ICJ
Ken McDaniel /
W. J. 'Wrangler" Roberts, //'
Ronnie Sizemore �/