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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS TO CONDEMN FEE
TITLE TO CERTAIN PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY AS
BEING LOT 22, BLOCK 2, EL REY ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, SAID CONDEMNATION
BEING NECESSARY FOR THE EXPANSION OF ELGIN PARK,
PROJECT NO. 291 -6$ -4; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE OWNERS,
EVARISTA AGRUELLEZ, ET AL; 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:
PARCEL N0. 7
LOT 22, BLOCK 2, EL REY ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS SHOWN BY MAP OR PLAT
THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME H, PAGE 52, MAP RECORDS OF
NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
AND
WHEREAS, THE SAID EXPANSION OF ELGIN PARK, BEING PROJECT NO.
291 -64 -4, 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: EVARISTA ARGUELLEZ, JOSE ARGUELLEZ AND GENOVEVA
ARGUELLEZ GONZALEZ;
AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 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 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 PUR-
POSE:
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
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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 EXPANSION OF ELGIN PARK AND FOR 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
15 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 IN
THE EXPANSION OF ELGIN PARK 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 EXPANSION OF ELGIN PARK AND FOR OTHER
MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AS ABOVE 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 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 THE SUSPENSION OF SUCH 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 .1,6 �GAY OF MAY, 1970.
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CITY SE R TAR MA R
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
DAY OF MAY, 1970:
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CITY AT ORIEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
117Om day of 19 ,7.0
TO THE MENBERS 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.
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Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the
following vote:
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
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V. A. "DicO Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts
Ronnie Sizemore
The above ordinance was passed by the
fol /ling
Jack R. Blackmon
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr.
Eduardo E. de Ases
Ken McDaniel
W. J. ',Wrangler" Roberts
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Ronnie Sizemore
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