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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY:AF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN CERTAIN REAL ESTATE IN NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS, AND IN SUCH CITY FOR THE WIDENING AND
EXPANSION OF A CERTAIN STREET WITHIN SAID CITY COMMONLY
KNOWN AS BALDWIN BOULEVARD AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
HEREIN; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE PRO-
CEEDINGS TO CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AND DECLARING AN ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTENDS TO WIDEN AND EXPAND
ONE OF ITS STREETS COMMONLY KNOWN AS BALDWIN BOULEVARD, AND HAS HERETOFORE
DEEMED A NECESSITY EXISTS THEREFOR IN ORDER TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF SUCH STREET IN FUTHERANCE OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, IT IS NECESSARY
THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY BE ACQUIRED BY SAID CITY, A PART OF WHICH IS
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 163 BLOCK 4,- SOUTHWEST HEIGHTS ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 4, PAGE 35, OF THE
MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY
CONVEYED TO O. E. CRAIN AND WIFE JANE CRAIN BY DEED
DATED NOVEMBER 14, 1939 AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 253
PAGE 107, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS.
AND
WHEREAS, THE RECORD TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE IN
JANE MITCHEL CRAIN; THAT SAID CITY HAS HERETOFORE ATTEMPTED TO REACH AN
AGREEMENT AS TO THE PRICE AND VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY BETWEEN SAID OWNER,
BUT THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND SAID
OWNER TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE; AND AS A RESULT OFCEUCH INABILITY
TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE, IT, THEREFORE, BECOMES NECESSARY AND
EXPEDIENT THAT SAID PROPERTY BE CONDEMNED BY THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, FOR SAID PUBLIC PURPOSE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PREMISES, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OF THE CITY CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE SAID CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DOES HEREBY
ORDER THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND
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IN SUCH CITY, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
LOT 16, BLOCK 4, SOUTHWEST HEIGHTS ADDITION TO
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS ACCORDING TO
PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 41 PAGE 35, OF THE
MAP RECORDS OF NUECE5 COUNTY TEXAS TOGETHER WITH
IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY
CONVEYED TO 0. E. CRAIN AND WIFEo JANE CRAIN BY DEED
DATED NOVEMBER 14, 1939 AND RECORDED IN VOLUME 253
PAGE 107, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF NUECE5 COUNTY,
TEXAS;
AND THE CITY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED BY AND THROUGH ITS PROPER
OFFICIALS TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SAID PROPERTY AND
ALL PERSONS WHO MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST THEREIN AND TO PROCEED WITH SAID
CONDEMNATION SUIT TO ITS CONCLUSIONS WITH THE INTENTION IN MIND OF OB-
TAINING FEE SIMPLE TITLE IN AND TO SAID PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING
THE SAME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION THEREON OF AN EXPANSIONS WIDENING AND ADDITION
TO THAT STREET COMMONLY KNOWN AS BALDWIN BOULEVARDS TOGETHER WITH THE NECE5-
SARY EASEMENTS AND RIGHT —OF —WAY ADJUNCTS AND AS A PART OF THE PUBLIC STREET
SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
SECTION 2. THE PUBLIC IMPORTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE NECE5—
SITY FOR THE CITY TO GAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE OF THE REAL PROPERTY HEREIN -
BEFORE SET OUT SO THAT SAID STREET AND STREET SYSTEM MAY BE CONSTRUCTED,
WIDENED AND EXPANDED THEREON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CREATES AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC
NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE PROVIDING NO ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION 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 THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS
PASSAGE/ IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE LDAY OF SEPTEMBER
x.954.
ATTEST: MAYOR
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
CITY SECRETAR
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
CITY ATTORNEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
0& 1954,
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TO THE MEMBERS OF 1;,ih 1;;`,,2 CQk'; TL
Corpus Chrica!' Ta neap
Gentlemen2
For the et forth in the emergen0y,cl2use Of the
foregoing ardinance, I PI.VW'Ilc' and imperative necessity exist
for the suspension 6Y kh(, Cbsntr vile 6s requirement that no ordinance
Or resolution skull be fLitilily on t6ae date it is introduced,
and that such g:en*Iutidih shall be read at three meetings
of the City Courcflg 11, hA
rL-j-,,y rc,-qae-qt that you suspend said
Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally an the date
it is introduced, or r.1 the present meeting of the City Council.
Respeotfully,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TS(A�
The Chatter Yule was suspended by the following vote'
Po Co Callaway
Ellroy King
James S. NaLsmfth
W. James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr � k
The abevt v-rdinamL,,- tiaq passed by the following vote'
P. C. Callaway
Ellr*y King
James S. Naismith
W. James Brace
no Peterson, Jr
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