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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14871 ORD - 04/18/1979• vp:4/13/79:1st 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 OWNER AND CITING ANY OTHER PARTIES WHO MAY HAVE INTEREST OF RECORD, SAID CONDEMNATION BEING NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL 64, BLOCK 71, BAYFRONT SCIENCE PARK AREA PROJECT; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE OWNER, A.C.BROWN, SR., ET UX, 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. 64 Lots Nine (9), Ten (10), and Eleven (11), Block Seventy-one (71), BEACH PORTION of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown by 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: A. C. Brown, Sr., et ux; 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 MICROFILMED -Jul fl Q moo 14871 • • 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 effecte%from and' after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the � d' day of April, 1979. ATTEST: City Secretary APP, VED: DAY OF APRIL, 1979: J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY By Ass stant Cit f .7.rney • Corpus Christi, Texas 11 day of 19 ' Q TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUPNCIL 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; 1, 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, MAYOR THE CITY/OF CO' %J►r�■ 1ST% TEXAS 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 Qf Q t (C) passed by the following vote: al - if& f) QLiE) 14871