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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT 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 LIENHOLDERS OF RECORD, SAID CONDEM-
NATION BEING NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL NO.
22 FOR THE POLICE STATION MANSION PROJECT; DIRECTING
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE RECORD OWNER, MRS. B. D. BERRYMAN, 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 parcel or tract of lend described as follows:
and
Situated in the County of Nueces, State of Texas, and
being Lot No. Twenty -five (25), Block No. Two (2),
HIDALGO ADDITION to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas,
as shown by the map or plat thereof of record in Volume
3, page 47, Map Records of Nueces County, Texas;
WHEREAS, the said Police Station Expansion Project, 102 -3327 -502,
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: Mrs. B. D. Berryman; 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 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 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 fee simple title of the above described land
and premises, excluding mineral interest for use by the City for the Police
Station Expansion Project, 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.
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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 Police Station
Expansion Project 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 Police Station Expansion Project 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 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 ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this
the & ay of October, 1974.
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DAY OF OCTOBER, 1974:
EXEC, ASST kh�
City Attorney
MAYOR I
CITY OF CORPUS CHMSTI, TEXAS
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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,
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MAYO
CITY OF CORPUS CHRI I, 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