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AN 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
EXTENSION OF JOSEPHINE STREET TO WINNEBAGO STREET, AND
FOR OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, BEING PROJECT NO.
22o- 64 -64; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE OWNERS, EDWIN SCHROEDER
AND WIFE, MILDRED A. SCHROEDER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, CERTAIN PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS: O
BEING THE EAST 10.33 FEET OF LOT 8, BLOCK A, DIAZ
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS
SHOWN BY THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF OF RECORD IN VOLUME
A, PAGE 5, MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND
CONTAINING MORE OR LESS 896.24 SQUARE FEET OF LAND;
AND
WHEREAS, THE SAID JOSEPHINE STREET EXTENSION TO WINNEBAGO
STREET REQUIRES THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO THE
AFORESAID PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND; AND
WHEREAS, RECORD TITLE OF THE AFORESAID PARCEL APPEARS TO BE
IN THE FOLLOWING: EDWIN SCHROEDER AND WIFE, MILDRED A. SCHROEDER;
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, ANDOAMAGES 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
IN FEE TITLE THROUGH THE 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
THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, DOES
HEREBY ORDER, DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE THAT EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BE
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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 JOSEPHINE STREET EXTENSION TO WINNEBAGO STREET, SAID PROJECT
BEING FOR PUBLIC STREET, AND OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, WITHIN THE CITY
LIMITS, AND TO CONDEMN THE FEE 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 SAID JOSEPHINE
STREET EXTENSION TO WINNEBAGO STREET, 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 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 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
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ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE DAY OF DECEMBER, 1969.
ATTEST:
CI Y SECR TAR M R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED: Zj
DAY OF WCEMBER, 1969:
CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of 19
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,
lAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by th following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon u
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. °Wrangler" Roberts /
Ronnie Sizemore 0
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