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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS TO CONDEMN FEE
TITLE TO A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS; DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING
THE RECORD TITLE OWNERS AND CITING ANY OTHER PARTIES
WHO MAY HAVE INTEREST OF RECORD, SAID CONDEMNATION
BEING NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO. 28,
FOR PROJECT NO. 220 -70 -107, SOUTH STAPLES -PADRE ISLAND
DRIVE TO SARATOGA; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE
CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE OWNERS, EDMOND M.
HUNT ET UX, TO CARRY OUT 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 described as follows:
PARCEL NO. 28
BEING a 20 foot wide by 90 foot long strip of land parallel to and abutting
South Staples Street (Dump Road) out of Lot 17, Sec. 12, Flour Bluff and Encinal
Farm and Garden Tracts as recorded in Vol. "A ", Pages 41, 42 & 43, Map Records
of Nueces County, Texas, more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the Southeast Right -of -Way line of South Staples Street
which bears S. 290 00' W. a distance of 120 feet then S. 610 00' 40' E. a distance
of 30 feet from the most Northerly corner of said Lot 17;
THENCE S. 610 00' 40" E. a distance of 20 feet to a point;
THENCE S. 290 00' W., parallel to'and 20 feet from said Staples Street Right -of-
Way line a distance of 90 feet to a point;
THENCE N. 610 00' 40" W. a distance of 20 feet to a point in said Staples Street
Right -of -Way line;
THENCE N. 290 00' E., along the Southeast Right -of -Way line of South Staples Street,
a distance of 90 feet to the place of beginning and containing 1800 square feet of .
land, more or less.
and
WHEREAS, the necessity for the completion of South-Staples Improve-
ments, and other municipal purposes, requires the acquisition of the aforesiad
parcels of land; and
WHEREAS, record title to the aforesiad parcels appears to be in
the following: Edmond M. Hunt and wife, Angela Hunt; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is unable to arrive
at an agreement with the said owners and'claimant as to the price and value
of said parcel, and damages for the taking thereof by the'City; it is, there-
fore, determined by the City Council that it is necessary that said lots or
parcels of land described be acquired through the exercise of the City's
power of eminent domain for said public purpose:
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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 aforesaid parcels of land and premises,
excluding mineral interests, for use by the City for South Staples Improvements,
Project No. 220 -70 -107, and for other municipal purposes, and to condemn the
fee simple title to the aforesaid parcels or tracts of land, excluding
mineral interests.
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 South Staples Improvements,
and for other municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. The public importance and necessity for the City to
gain immediate possession and title of the aforesaid parcels or tracts of
land hereinabove described for the South Staples Improvements and for other
municipal purposes, as hereinabove described and provided, creates a public
emergency and an imperative public necessity requiring thesuspension
of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally
on the date of its introduction and that such resolution and ordinance shall
be read at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having
declared that such public emergency and necessity exist, and 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
DAY OF MAY, 1973.
ATTEST:
City Secretary"
APPROVED:
3 ADAY OF MAY, 1973:
City At to rrneey-
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
.30,CL day of 19-2 15L
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,
. Lz� 'Z'�
MAYO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff R
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr. fit.
J. Howard Stark
Ttie above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff jC
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez _
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Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark Qt
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