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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINE19T DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A CERTAIN PARCEL
OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE
OWNERS AND CITING LIERHOLDERS OF RECORD, SAID CONDEM-
NATION BEING NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO.
15, HORNE ROAD - NAPLES TO COLUMBIA, PROJECT NO. 220 -70 -111;
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE RECORD OWNERS, WILLIAM P.
RIDDICA, ET AL, TO CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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«FOG, 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:
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PARCEL NO. 15
Being the southwest 20.0 feet of Lot 4, Block 1,
Roseland Place, as shown by may of record thereof,
in Volume 13, page 54, Map Records, Nueces County,
Texas; containing 1086.8 square feet of land more
or less;
WHEREAS, the necessity for the completion of Horn Road - Naples to
Columbia Improvements, 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: William P. Riddick and Thomas R. Riddick; 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, 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:
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 Horne Road - Naples to
Columbia, Project No. 220 -70 -111, and for other municipal purposes, and to
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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 Horne Road - Naples
to Columbia Improvements, Project No. 220 -70 -111, 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 Horne Road - Naples to Columbia Improvements
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 role that no ordinance or resolution shall
be passed finally on the date of its introduction but 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 ACCORDIZGLY SO ORDAINED, this
the day of November, 1973.
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APPROVED:
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEAS
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Corpus Christi, Texas
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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,
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
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