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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 63,
BLOCK 71, BAYFRONT SCIENCE PARK AREA PROJECT; DIRECTING
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE OWNERS, CHARLES KAFFIE AND HARRIS ALLEN
KAFFIE, ET AL, 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, certain parcel or tract of land described as follows:
Parcel No. 63
All of Lot Eight (8), Block Seventy -One (71), BEACH
PORTION of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown
by the plan of said city, 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: Harold Charles Kaffie and Harris Allen Kaffie, et al;
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 instituted
for the purpose of acquiring the fee simple title of the above described land
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and premises, excluding mineral interest, for use by the City for the Bayfront
Science Park Area 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 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 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
15 day of April, 1979.
ATTEST:
ty S cre ary
APPROVED:
n DAY OF APRIL, 1979:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CO
HRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Texas
15? day of Q,pt,J¢, , 19r1Q
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 suspended by the following vote:
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample OJ no.
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley t
David Diaz Cif
Ruth Gill Q . pl)
Joe Holt �" 7�
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample'
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