HomeMy WebLinkAbout03562 ORD - 10/14/1953AN ORDINANCE NO. 3562
APPROPRIATING FROM NO. 291 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1952 CONSTRUCTION
FUND ,(PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION) THE SUM OF $2,046.20
TO BE PAID AS THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER
OF LOT 2 OF THE WOODLAWN BLOCK 2 ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SAID $2,046.20 BEING
A PART OF THE DESIGNATION OF *302000.00 FROM THE ABOVE NAMED
FUND FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A SITE FOR THE WESTSIDE RECREATION
CENTER, SAME BEING PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON
DECEMBER 23, 1952 AND BEING ORDINANCE NO. 3375; SAID SUM OF
$2,046.20 BEING COMPOSED OF $2,000.00 TO BE PAID FOR SUCH
TRACT AND $46.20 FOR CLOSING COSTS AND TITLE POLICY; AUTHOR-
IZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY TO ACQUIRE SAID PROPERTY BY GENERAL WARRANTY DEED FROM
ETHEL NELSON, A WIDOW; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL INSTRUMENTS AND TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY
AND REQUISITE TO SUCH PURCHASE, iEXPRESSLY REPEALING THAT PORTION
OF ORDINANCE NO. 3513 IN CONFL.rC T HEREWITH, SAID ORDINANCE
HAVING BEEN PASSED AND APPROVED THE 15TH DAY OF JULY} 1953,
OF RECORD IN VOLUME 21, PAGE 189 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESO-
LUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AS REFLECTED BY THE MINUTES THEREOF, THAT
NEGOTIATIONS BE MADE TO ACQUIRE THE MOST,IEASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 2 OF THE WOOOLAWN
BLOCK 2 ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ACCORDING
TO PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 4, PAGE 5 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS,
SAME BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN BY A COPY OF DEED FROM ETHEL NELSON,
A WIDOW, DATED THE 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1953, CONVEYING SAID PROPERTY TO THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, A COPY OF WHICH DEED IS ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF FOR ALL PERTINENT PURPOSES; AND
WHEREAS, ETHEL NELSON, A WIDOW, IS THE OWNER OF SAID LAND AND HAS
INDICATED THAT SHE IS WILLING TO CONVEY SAME TO THE CITY FOR THE SUM OF $21000.00,
AND THE CITY DESIRES TO ACQUIRE SAME AND TO PAY THE SUM OF $46.20 AS PAYMENT FOR
CLOSING COSTS AND TITLE P- OLICY; AND
WHEREAS, IT IS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI THAT THE PURCHASE OF SAME IS PROPER AND DESIRABLE:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM N0. 291 IMPROVE-
MENT BONDS 1952 CONSTRUCTION FUND (PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION) THE SUM
OF $2,046.20 TO BE PAID AS THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY,
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OF WHICH SUM $2,000.00 IS TO BE PAID AS THE PURCHASE PRICE AND $46.20 TO COVER
PAYMENT FOR CLOSING COSTS AND TITLE POLICY, SAID SUM OF $2,06.20 BEING A PART
OF A DESIGNATION OF $30,000.00 FROM N0. 291 .IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1952 CONSTRUCTION
FUND (PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION) FOR ACQUISITION OF A S17E FOR A PARK
AND RECREATION CENTER, KNOWN AS THE WEST SIDE RECREATION CENTER, SAME BEING
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON till ECEMBER 23, 1952, AND BEING ORDI-
NANCE N0. 3375•
SECTION 2. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE 15 HEREBY, AUTHORIZED
AND DIRECTED FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS., TO ACQUIRE
AS A PORTION OF THE TRACT TO BE ACQUIRED AND DEVELOPED AS A SITE FOR THE WEST
SIDE RECREATION CENTER, THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 2 OF THE WOODLAWN BLOCK
2 ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO
PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 4, PAGE 5 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS,
SAME BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY A COPY OF THE DEED ATTACHED HERETO;
AND TO DELIVER TO SAID ETHEL NELSON, A WIDOW, UPON HER CONVEYANCE OF SAME,
THE SUM OF $2,000.00 AS HERETOFORE APPROPRIATED TO BE PAID FOR THAT PURPOSE
IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, AND TO PAY TO STEWART TITLE COMPANY THE SUM OF $$6.20 IN
PAYMENT FOR CLOSING COSTS AND TITLE POLICY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION
OF SAID PROPERTY.
SECTION13. THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
DIRECTED TO EXECUTE ALL INSTRUMENTS AND TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND REQUISITE
TO SUCH ACQUISITION.
SECTION 4. THAT THERE IS HEREBY REPEALED THAT PORTION OF ORDINANCE
ND. 3513, PASSED AND APPROVED JHE 15TH DAY OF JULY, 1953, OF RECORD IN VOLUME
21, PAGE 189 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND ONLY THAT PORTION IN CONFLICT HEREWITH BEING
REPEALED BY THIS ORDINANCE.
SECTION 5. THAT THE NECESSITY FOR ENLARGING THE PARK SYSTEM OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, BY THE AFORESAID ACQUISITION AS A PART OF THE
PERMANENT PARK IMPROVEMENTS OF SAID CITY IMMEDIATELY, AND IN CONFORMITY WITH
THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN
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IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY, REQUt RING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT
NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FIN -ALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRO-
DUCTION AND 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, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID 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 PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE AY OF OCTOBER, 1953-
ATTEST:.
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CITY SECRE AZILEGAL
APPROVED AS FORM V
CITY ATTORNEY
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THE Cjq' OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS }
COUNTY OF NUECES
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
THAT 1, ETHEL NELSOM,--1I WIDOW, OF - NUECES COUNTY, TEARS, IN CONSIDERA-
TION OF THE SUM Or TEN AND 96/100 DOLLARS (00.00) CASH, AND OTHER GOOD AMC
VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, TO SAID GRANTOR IN HAND PAID BY YHE ORANT[E HEREINAFTER
NAMED, THE RECEIPT OF WHICH IS HERESY ACKNOWLEUGED, HAVE GRANTED, SOLD AND
CONVEYED, AND BY THESE PRESENTS DD GRANT, SELL AND CONVEY uMTO CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, ALL THAT
CERTAIN PROPERTY SITUATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TOPWIT:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER DF LOT 2 Or THE WOODLAWN BLOCK
2 ADDITON TO TILE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS SHOWN OV MAP Or RECORD
IN VGL. L, PAGE 5 OF THE MAP RECORDS Or NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, FOR THE
EAST CORNER OF THIS TRAcrj THENCE SOUTH 30* 00' WEST WITH THE SOOT% -
EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID Loy 2, A DISTANCE OF 212.06 FT. TO A
POINT FOR THE SOUTH CORNER Of THIS TRACT; THEME NORTH 58° 05' WEST
A DISTANCE Of 97.6 FT. TO A POINT IN THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE
OF SAID LOT 2FOR THE WEST CORNER OF TMIS TRACT] THENCE NORTH 30`
00' EAST WITH THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY LINE Or SAID LOT 2, A DISTANCE
Or 212.06 FT. TO A POINT, BEING THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER Or SAID
LOT 2 FOR THE NORTH CORNER OF THIS TRACT) THENCE SOUTH 58° 05'
LAST WITH THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY LINE Of smo LOT 2, A DISTANCE Of
97.6 FT. TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; CONTAIMdHO 0.475 ACRES OF LAND.
THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO ART AND ALL RESTRICTIONS, COVENANTS,
CONDITIONS, EASEMENTS, AND RESERVATIONS, it ANY, RELATING TO THE HEREINABOVE
DESCRIBED PROPERTY, BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE STILL IN EFFECT,
sHOWN Or RECORD IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND TO AL ZOMIMG LAWS, REGULATIONS,
AND ORDINANCES OF MUNICIPAL AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES, IF ANY, BUT
ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE STILL IN EFFECT, RELATING TO THE HCNEINASOVE
DESCRIBED PROPERTY.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAID PREMISES, TOGETHER WITH ALL *IBM?$,
11611E01TAMENTS AND APPURTENANCES THERETO BELONGING, UNTO THE SAID GRANTEE
ABOVE NAMED, ITS SUCCESSORS AMD ASSIGNS rOREVER- AND 1 00 MERESY 81ND MYSELF,
MY HEIRS, EXECUTORS AMID ADMINISTRATORS, TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND THE
TITLE TO SAID PROPERTY UNTO THE SAID GRANTEE ABOVE NAMED, ITS SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS, AGAINST EVERY PERSON WHOMSOEVER LAWFULLY CLAIMING OR TO CLAIM THE
SAME, OR ANY PART THEREOF.
EXECUTED THIS 9TM DAY Or OCTOBER, 1953•
ETHEL NELSON, A WIDOW
THE STATE OF TEXAS +
COUNTY OF NIECES
BEFORE ME, T►lE UND[11111aN(O AUTHORITY, ON THIS DAY PERSONALLY
APPEARED ETHEL MELBON, A WIDOW, KNOWM TO NC TO BE THE PERSON WHOSE MANE
IS SUBSCRIBED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT, AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO HE THAT
SHE EXECUTED THE SAME FOR THE PURPOSES AND CONSIDERATION THEREIN EXPRESSED.
GIVEN UNDER NY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, THIS DAY OF
OCTOBER, 1953.
:NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR MUMS
COUNTY, TEUAS
OCTOBER 14. 195
I CERTIFY TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE MONEY REQUIRED FOR
THE CONTRACT' AGREEMENT? OBLIGATION, OR EXPENDITURE CONTEMPLATED IN
THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING ORDINANCE 15 IN THE TREASURY OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO THE CREDIT OF NO, 291 IMPROVEMENT BONDS 1952 CON-
. STRUCTION FUND (PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION)
FUND FROM WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO BE DRAWN, AND SUCH MONEY IS NOT
APPROPRIATED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
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APPROVED / ,
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
CITY CONTROLLER
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
, 1953
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
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, HEREBY REQUEST
THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRE5ENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULL
C I TY OF'
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY v ,
JAMES.. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. Li CHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C: CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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