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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDDINCS BY THE CITY
OF 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 601111CUARfI AND
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; DIRECTING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO CARRY OUT
THE INTENTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI INTENDS TO WIDEN AND
EXPAND ONE OF ITS STREETS COMMONLY KNOWN A5 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 FURTHER-
ANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND IN ORDER TO DO SO, IT 15
NECESSARY THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY BE ACQUIRED BY SAID CITY, A PART OF
WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEING THE SOUTHWEST 20 FEET OF LOTS ONE (1) AND
TWENTY -FOUR (24) IN BLOCK EIGHT (S), THE SOUTHWEST
20 FEET OF LOTS ONE (1) AND TWENTY -FOUR (24) IN
BLOCKS SEVEN (7) AND THE SOUTHWEST 20 FEET OF LOT
TWENTY -FOUR (24) IN BLOCK SIX (6) ALL IN THE TRACY
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS SHOWN BT
MAP OR PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN VOLUME
2, PAGE 15, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS. SAID 20 FOOT STRIP OF LAND BEING ADJACENT TO
BALDWIN BOULEVARD.
WHEREAS, THE RECORD TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE IN
MAY D. RIGGANS; THAT SAID CITY HAS HERETOFORE ATTEMPTED TO REACH AN AGREE-
MENT 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 OF SUCH 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 IN SUCH CITY, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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BEING THE SOUTHWEST 20 FEET OF LOTS ONE (1)
AND TWENTY -FOUR (24),IN BLOCK EIGHT (S), THE
SOUTHWEST 20 FEET OF LOTS ONE (1) AND TWENTY -
FOUR (24) IN BLOCKS SEVEN (1) AND THE SOUTHWEST
20 FEET OF LOT TWENTY -FOUR 24) IN BLOCK SIX (S)
ALL IN THE TRACY ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI AS SHOWN BY MAP OR PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION
RECORDED IN VOLUME 2, PAGE 15, OF THE MAP RECORDS
OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS.- SAID 20 FOOT STRIP OF
LAND BEING ADJACENT TO BALDWIN BOULEVARD.
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
NECE55kTY FOR THE CITY TO GAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE OF THE REAL PROPERTY HERE -
INBEFORE 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,
1954.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS/T1, TEXAS
ATTE x i
CITY SECRETAR
APPROVED AS TO LgGAL FORM: L !!!
CITY ATTIORlIfY
Corpus Christi, Texas
A 1954.
TO THE MEMBERS CF Y;- C�',NUNCIL
Corpus Tee:�3
For the reasnna set forth In the emergency clause of the
foregoIng ordAnanoc i �,%J�J'av twntrjenty and �iT-'!)Crative necessity exist
for the suspension ni CCiiaitem nale aLr requirement that no ordinance
or resolution shahL E,e pa'-2ed LL'MIAY on 0e date it is intxoduced,
and that such exdini?Tx,..,n v,� 5hnll he read at three meetings
of the Ci4y CounW, 1, hereby requv,a,', that you '-tspemd s nlj
Charter rule or requirement and pass thqAs ordinance finally an the date
it is introduced, or s thf, pzesent meeting of the City Council.
Respectfulhy,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter zkr1j- was suspended by the following vote:
P. C. Callaway (9,911
Ellroy King
James S. NatsmAth
W. James Brace
F. P. Petersen, Jr
The above crass passed by the following vote.
P. C. Callaway
Ellrey King
James S. Naismith
N. James Brace
F, P. Fttemsoa, jr
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