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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO CERTAIN
PARCELS OR TRACTS OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS; DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE
RECORD TITLE OWNERfALAM CITING L=ENHOLDIRS OF RECORD,
SAID CONDEMNATION SS= FOR THE ACQUISITION
OF PARCELS N0. 5 ANf B YFROSCIENCE PARK AREA
EXPANSION APPLICAB "NE.'123 GENERAL REVENUE
SHARING FUND, ACTI TY 4181, CODE 5011 DIRECTING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE RECORD OWNERS, J. B. TRIMBLE AND FIRST
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TO CARRY OUT
THE INTENTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for and on behalf of the City of
Corpus Christi, certain parcels or tracts of land described as follows:
and
PARCEL NO. 5
Lot 10, Block 90, Beach Portion of the City of Corpus
Christi, Nueces County, Texas, as shown by the map or
plat thereof, recorded in Volume "A ", page 3, Map
Records, Nueces County, Texas;
PARCEL NO. 6
Lots 11 and 12, Block 90, Beach Portion, of the City of
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, as shown by the map
or plat thereof, recorded in Volume "A ", page 3, Map
Records, Nueces County, Texas.
WHEREAS, the necessity for the completion of Bayfront Science Park
Area Expansion, and other municipal purposes, requires the acquisition of the
aforesaid parcels of land; and
WHEREAS, record title to the aforesaid parcels appears to be in the
following: J. B. Trimble and First Savings Association of Corpus Christi; 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
parcels, and damages for the taking thereof by the City; it is, therefore,
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:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
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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 Bayfront Science Park Area
Expansion, Applicable to the No. 123 General Revenue Sharing Fund, Activity
4181, Code 501, 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 Bayfront Science Park Area
Expansion, 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 Bayfront Science Park Area Expansion and for
other municipal purposes, 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 ordfrnce or resolution shall be read
at three several meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared
that such emergency and necessity 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 ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the day of t ,
1973.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
_DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1973:
Ci y A orney
Corpus Christi, Texas
day of dx�n , 1973
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-
a ion 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,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark t J
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Jason Luby
James T. Acuff
Rev. Harold T. Branch
Thomas V. Gonzales
Ricardo Gonzalez
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
J. Howard Stark