HomeMy WebLinkAbout01789 ORD - 04/10/1945t1' /Ca
AN 03DIRANCE
CLOSING TH&T PORTION CF TOPEKA STREET IN Tao,
CITY OF CORPUS C'rRISTI, T',AS, L7ING AND BEING
SITUATED BETWEEN RARRISON AND CTRTR RLAIN STREETS,
UPON TIC PERFORMRTTCE OF CERTAIN CCNDITICNS; AND DE-
CLARING .RT MBRGETOT.
'AMEBAS, notice of the closing of that portion of Topeka
Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, lying and being situated between Harrison
and Chamberlain Streets, Corpus Christi, has been given by publication
and by mail to the last known address of all owners abutting upon said
portion of Topeka Street and within our hundred fifty feet (450 )
thereof, and thereafter, pursuant to said notice, to-wit: On the 9th
day of April, 1945, a public hearing was held by the City Council of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6, Article 2, of the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas; and
WHEEAS, it has been duly determined by the City Council after
such public hearing that the hereinafter described portion of Topeka
Street should be closed upon the performance of the oonditions hereinafter •
set out, and that it will be advantageous to the public to have such
portion of Topeka Street closed, and that no owners of property adjacent
to said portion have appeared to sake objections to such closing.
NCB, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY TEE. CITY COUNCIL CF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IMAS:
SECTION 1e That the following described portion of Topeka
Street in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas., lying and being situated be-
tween garrison and Chamberlain Streets in said City, after the performance
of the hereinafter prescribed conditions, be closed to publio use, to -nit:
That portion of Topeka Street lying and being situated
between Blocks 809 and 709, Port Aransas Cliffs Addition,
Corpus Christi, Texas, batmen Harrison. and Chamberlain
Streets, and described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEING a rectangular tract of land 70 feet in width and
760 feet in length and more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the west boundary line of
Topeka Street, said point of begiroieg bears north
_31 06' west 20 feet from the southeast corner of
Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs;
TBENCE, north 31006' west with the west boundary
line of Topeka Street a distance of 760 feet to a
point in the west boundary line of Topeka Street,
said point being south 31006' at , a distance of
20 feet, from the northeast corner of said Block 809,
Fort Aransas Cliffs;
08520E, north 58054' east a distance of 70 feet
crossing Topeka Street to a point in the east
boundary line of Topeka Street, said point bears
south 31 °06' east 20 feet from the northwest corner
of Block 709, Fort Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, south 31006' east a distance of 760 feet
with the east boundary line of Topeka Street to a
point in said lino, said point bears north 31006,
west 20 feet from the scutinsest corner of Block 709,
Port Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, south 58054 west a distance of 70 feet
crossing Topeka Street to the place of beginning
SECTION 2. That the above portion of Topeka Street be, and
the sane is hereby, oancelled and that the portion thereof so cancel], d
be returned to the abutting property owners entitled to the same.
SECTION 3. That the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed
Sacrament, whose corporate title is "Convent Academy of the Incarnate
Word of Corpus Christi, Texas ", as owner cg said abutting property is
authorized to file an instrument in writing with the clerk of the County
Court of Nueces County, Texas, for recording in the Deed Records of
said county, cancelling the above described portion of Topeka Street,
which said instrument shall incorporate therein a certified copy of
this ordinance.
SECTION 14. That such closing of said portion of Topeka Street
ie conditioned upon the performance of the hereinafter prescribed con-
ditions and shall not be effective until said conditions are fully per-
formed, and after the said performance of said conditions said portion
of Topeka Street shall be closed as hereitbe£ ore provided. Said
conditions being as follows, to-mite
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(a) That the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed
Sacrament, whose corporate title is "Convent Academy of the Incarnate
Word cf Corpus Christi, Texas ", joined therein by the Most Reverend
Emmanuel B. Ldevina, as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus
Christi, Texas, shall execute and deliver to the City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, proper instruments, said instruments to be subject to the soprov-
al of the C;grldmsylif0eoity of Corpus Christi, conveying to said City the
following described tracts of lead for all street and utility purposes,
to „its
(1) A tract of land for the widening of Chaorberlein Street
in Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs, Corpus Christi, Texas:
BEING a treat of lend 250 feet in length and 20 feet in width
and consisting of the south 20 feet of Lots 1 and 64, Blook
809, Port Aransas Cliffs, and sore particularly described
as follows:
BEGINNING at the southwest corner of Block 809, Port Aransas
Cliffs, Corpus Christi, Texas;
THENCE, north 310060 west 20 feet with the southwest pro-
perty line of Lot 64, Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs, to a
point for corner in said property line;
THENCE, north 58 °54' east a distance of 250 feet with a line
that is 20 feet northwest of and parallel to the southeast
property line of Lota 1 and 64, Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs,
to a point for a corner in the northeast property line of Lot
1, Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, south 31 °06' east a distance of 20 feet with the north-
east property line of Lot 1, Block 809 Port Aransas Cliffs,
to the southeast corner of said Lot 1;
THENCE, south 58 °54' west a distance of 250 feet with the south-
east property line of Lots 1 and 64, Block 809, Port Aransas
Cliffs, to the place of beginning.
(2) A tract of land for the widerie1 of Harrison Street in
Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs, Corpus Christi, Texas;
BEING a strip of land 20 feet in width and 250 feet in length
and being the northwest 20 feet of Lots 32 and 33, Block 809,
Port Aransas Cliffs, and more particularly described es follows,
BEGINNING at the northwest corner of Lot 33, Block 809, Port
Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, north 58 °54' east a distance of 250 feet with the
northwest property lino of Lots 33 and 32, Block 809, Port
Aransas Cliffs, to the northeast corner of said Lot 32, Block
809;
THENCE, south 31 °06' east a distance of 20 feet with the north-
east property line of Lot 32, Block 809, to a point in the said
lire for a corner;
THENCE, south 58 °54' west a distance of 250 feet with a line
that is 20 feet southeast of and parallel to the northwest
property line of Lots 32 and 33, Block 809, Port Aransas Cliffs,
to the place of beginning.
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A tract of land for the widening of
(3) Chamberlain and for Harrison. and :. Austin Street,
Port Aransas Cliffs Addition, Corpus Christi, Texas,
and being described by metes end bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the southwest corner of Lot 64, Block 709, Port
Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, north 31006, west a distance of 20 feet with the south-
west property line of Lot 64, Block 709, Port Aransas Cliffs,
to a point for a corner;
THENCE, north 58°54, east a distance of 240 feet with a lino
that is 20 feet northwest of and parallel to the southeast
property line of Lots 1 and 64, Block 709, Port Aransas Cliffs,
to a point for a corner;
THENCE, north 31006, west a distance of 760 feet vrith a line
that is 10 feet southwest of and parallel to the northeast
property line of Block 709, Port Aransas Cliffs, to a point
for a corner; -
MENU', south 58054, west a distance of 240 feet with a line
that is 20 feet southeast of and parallel to the northwest .
property line of Lots 32 and 33, Block 709, Port Aransas Cliffs,
to a point for a corner in the southwest property line of Lot
33, Block 709, Port Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, north 31006, west a distance of 20 feet with the
southwest property line of Lot 33, Block 709, Port Aransas
Cliffs, to the northwest corner of said lot;
THENCE, north 53054, east a distance of 250 feet with the.
northwest property line of Lots 33 and 32, Block 709, Port
Aransas Cliffs, to the northeast corner of said Block 709;
THENCE, south 31006, east a distance of 800 feet with the
northeast property line of Block 709, Port Aransas Cliffs,
to. the southeast corner of said Block 709;
Ta YGL, south 56 °54, west a distance of 250 feet with the south-
east
property line of Lots 1 and-64, Block 709, Port Aransas
11120s, to the place of be6ir.:ing.
(b) That the Most Reverend Emanuel B. Nadine, as Bishop
of the Ronan Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, shay_ exeoule
and deliver to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a proper instrument,
said instrument to be subjeot to the approval of the City Attorney of
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, oonveying to said City the follodn5
desoribed tract of land for an extension of Breezoway Street through
Block 609, Port Aransas Cliffs, Corpus Christi, Texas, for all street
and utility purposes, to -wit:
„..- For the extension of Breezeway Street through Block 609,
Port Aransas Cliffs, Corpus Christi, Texas;
BEING s tract of land 125 feet by 100 feet and being all of
Lots 33, 34, 35, and -36, Block 609, Port Aransas Cliff *,
and more particularly described as follows:
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BEGINNLN1 at the northwest corner of Lot 33, Block 609,
Port Aransas Cliffs;
THENCE, north 55 °54, east a distance of 125 feat with the
northwest property line of Lot 33, Block 609, Port Aransas
Cliffs, to the northeast corner of Lot 33, Block 609, Port
Aransas Cli££a;
THENCE, south 31 °06. east a distance of 100 feet with the
northeast property line of Lots 33, 34, 35, and 36 to the
southeast corner of said Lot 36, Block 609, Port Aransas
Cliffs;
THENCE, south 56054, heat a dietanos of 125 feet with the
southeast property line of Lot 36, Block 609, to the south-
west corner of said Lot 36;
THENCE, north 31006 west a distance of 100 feet with the
southwest property line of Lots 36, 35, 34, and 33, Block
609, Port Aransas Cliffs, t° the place of beginning
SECTION 5. That said portion of Topeka Street hereinabove
described shall be closed upon the execution and.. delivery of the
instruments desoribed in Section Y hereof,
SECTION 6. The fact that public convenience and necessity
will be better served by the closing of the above described portion. of
Topeka Street and that such closing will materially reduce the traffic
hazards in the south portion of Carpus Christi creates a public emer-
gency sad imperative public necessity requiring the suspension of the
Charter rule or requirement that no Ordinance or Resolution shall be
jaassed finally on the date it is introduced, and that such Ordinance
or Resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council,
and the Mayor having declared in writing that such public emergency and
imperative necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule
be suspended, 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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this /m day of April, A. D., 1945.
NTT^ m,
City Secret
APPROVED AS TO L OHM:
City Att y
Mayor, City; 02 Corpus Christi., Texas
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Corpus Christi, Texas
April 10, 192+5
TO TUE MEMBERS OF TEE CITY CODECIL
OF TILE CITY OF CORPUS CiruISTI
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
for thx reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the
foregoing Ordinance, t public emergency and an 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 several meetings of the City Council; I, therefore, hereby
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.
Respectfully,
Mavrr, City of Corpus Christi,
T e x a s
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
A. C. McCaughan Qt -?._
Jos. Mireur
Ed. P. Williams
D. A. Segrost
B. G. Moffett
The above Ordinsnco.was passed by t r following vote:
A. C. McCaughan
Jas. Mdreur
Ed. 1'. Willis=
D. A. Segrest
B. G. Moffett
SATE O7±XAS,
i'i"'County of Nneces.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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On this the 5th day of
April personally appeared Anita Holstein,
known to me, who upon her oath says that
she is advertising manager of the Corpus
Christi Press, a newspaper of general cir-
cultatio p published in Corpus Christi,
Nueces County, Texas and entered as sec-
ond class mail matter at the Corpus
Christi postoffice, and who upon her oath
says that the attached citation was publ-
ished in Corpus Christi for one time ,
to -wit April 5th, 1945
Anita Holstein
Sworn to and subcribed before me a notary
public on this the 5th day of April 1946
Frank B. Harrison
Notary public in and for
Nueces County, Texas