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AN ORDINANCE
nl ITUnQ I I Np ONDEMNAT I ON PRO�FD 1 NGS BY THE C LlY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN CERTAIN REAL ESTATE IN NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS, AND IN SUCH CITY FOR THE WIDENING AND
EXPANSION _Q A CERTAIN STREET WITHIN SAID CITY COMMONLY
KNOWN AS BALDWIN ROIJi FVARIl_AND MORE PARTICULARLY DE-
SCRIBED H REIN; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE
PROCEEDINGS TO CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE;
AND DECLAR��N( AN FMFRsy_
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 FURTHERANCE 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:
AND
LOT ONE (1), 13LOCK A, PHILLIPS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
IN VOLUME 7, PAGE 24 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND BEING THE
SQME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JESUS E. SOLIZ AND WIFE, GUADALUPE
N. SOLIZ, BY DEED DATED MAY 15, 1950, AND RECORDED IN
VOLUME 472, PAGE 1, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
WHEREAS, THE RECORD TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE IN JESUS
E. SOLIZ AND WIFE, GUADALUPE N. SOLIZ; THAT SAID CITY HAS HERETOFORE ATTEMPTED
TO REACH AN AGREEMENT AS TO THE PRICE AND VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY BETWEEN SAID
OWNERS, BUT THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND
SAID OWNERS TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE; AND AS A RESULT OF SUCH INABILITY
TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE, IT, THEREFORE, BECOMES NECESSARY AND EX-
PEDIENT 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
IN SUCH CITY, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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LOT ONE (1), BLOCK A, PHILLIPS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI,_ TEXAS, ACCORDING TO PLAT THEREOF RECORDED
IN VOLUME 7, PAGE 24 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECE5 COUNTY,
TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND BEING THE
SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JESUS E. SOLIZ AND WIFE, GUADALUPE
N. SOLIZ, BY DEED DATED MAY 15, 1950, AND RECORDED IN
VOLUME 472, PAGE 1, OF THE DEED RECORDS OF NUECES 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 CONCLUSION, 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 EXPANSION, WIDENING AND,ADDITION
TO THAT STREET COMMONLY KNOWN AS.BALDWIN BOULEVARD, TOGETHER WITH THE NECES-
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 NECES-
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
EXI5T, 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 / DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
1954.
ATTEST:
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CITY SECRETAR
APPROVED AS TO EGAL FORA: G
CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
Corpus Chrlati, texas
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TO THP MEMBERS (F CP°i' CtbU14,C% .1,
Corpus Chri ^,.ui, Texan
G entl eanen e
Pore the roasons set forth in the emergency clause of the_
foregoing ordinaner, n public emeraeno.y 'and imperative necessity exist
for the suspensitav of thy- C."rter rule ors requirement that no ordinance
or resolution shall bm passed finally eon tree Ante it is introduced,
and that such oidinaance or resolution shall be read at three meetings
of the G ra Counr,0- 10 therefore, hereby reqlty! -, . that you aI�P All St"id
Chatter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally on the date
It is introduced, or sl the present meeting of the City Council„
Respectfully,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEE
The Charter rule was suspended by the following VOtdl
P. C. Callaway
Ellaty King
James S. Naiamith
W. James Brace
F. P. Peterson, Jr
The above oxd,inance neeaa passed by the following vote:
F'. C. Callaway
E.11roy King
James S. Naismith
W. James Brace
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