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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A CERTAIN
TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD
TITLE OWNER AND CITING ANY OTHER PARTIES WHO MAY
HAVE INTEREST OF RECORD, SAID CONDEMNATION BEING
NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL 58, BLOCK 71,
BAYFRONT SCIENCE PARK AREA PROJECT; DIRECTING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE OWNER, MARY YOUNG WESTERGREN AND THE
ESTATE OF SAM A. WESTERGREN, SR., DECEASED, TO CARRY
OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
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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 No. 58
Lot Two (2), Block Seventy -One (71), BEACH PORTION
of the City of Corpus Christi. Nueces County, Texas,
according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in
Volume "A", Page 3, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas;
and
WHEREAS, the said Bayfront Science Park Area Project 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 or tract appears to
be in the following: Mary Young Westergren and the Estate of Sam A. Westergren,
Sr., Deceased; 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 tract 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 tract 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 insti-
tuted 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
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Bayfront Science Park 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.
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
Project and for other municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. The public importance and necessity for the City to
gain immediate possession and title of the aforesaid parcel or tract of land
hereinabove described for the Bayfront Science Park Area Project, and for other
public 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 but 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, 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 April, 1979.
ATTEST:
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AP/OVED:
DAY OF APRIL, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
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Assistant c/jttorney
MAYOR
THE CI
S CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Texas
151 day of Q � � 19 `1
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 suspension 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 ordinance
finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City
Council.
The Charter rule was
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
Respectfully,
MA OR
THE CITY OF
suspended by the following vote:
The above ordinance was
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt '
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
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passed by the following vote:
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