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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO CONDEMN CERTAIN REAL ESTATE IN NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS, DESCRIBED AS THE EAST 9.6 FEET OF LOT 7. BLOCK 5,
HOME PLACE ADDITION, OWNED BY JOSE M. BOTELLO AND WIFE.
JOSEFINA R. BOTELLO, FOR USE IN THE PROJECT OF IMPROVE-
MENT OF AGNES- LAREDO STREETS AS A PART OF THE INCREASE IN
STREET AND SIDEWALK AREA, WHICH LAND IS 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 CORPU5 CHRISTI INTENDS TO PROCEED WITH THE
PROJECT HERETOFORE DESIGNATED AS AGNES- LAREDO PROJECT p1- 53 -18, WHICH IN-
CLUDES THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGNES AND LAREDO STREETS AND THE WIDENING OF
LAREDO STREET, AND IT 15 NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
REAL ESTATE IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO COMPLETE SAID PROJECT, SAID PROPERTY
NEEDED TO BE ACQUIRED BEING MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED AS FOLL041S:
A TRACT OF LAND 9.6 FEET IN WIDTH AND 24 FEET IN LENGTH
AND BEING THE EAST 9.6 FEET OF LOT 7. BLOCK 5 OF THE
HOME PLACE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS SHOWN
BY MAP OR PLAT OF SAID ADDITION OF RECORD IN VOL. 3, PAGE
48, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, TO WHICH
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION,
CONTAINING 230.4 SQUARE FEET OF LAND,
AND
WHEREAS, THE RECORD TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE IN
JOSE M. BOTELLO AND WIFE, JOSEFINA R. BOTELLO, BOTH OF WHOM RESIDE IN NUECES
COUNTY, TEXAS; AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS UNABLE TO ARRIVE AT AN
AGREEMENT WITH SAID OWNERS AS TO THE PRICE AND VALUE OF SAID LAND AND IT
BECOMES EXPEDIENT THAT SAID PROPERTY BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY BY THE EXERCISE
OF ITS POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN 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 PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. TEXAS, DOES HEREBY ORDER THE CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN
REAL ESTATE IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE ACQUISITION THEREOF BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI BY THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN OF SAID CITY,
SAID LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
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A TRACT OF LAND 9.6 FEET IN WIDTH AND 24 FEET IN LENGTH
AND BEING THE EAST 9.6 FEET OF LOT 7, BLOCK 3 OF THE
HOME PLACE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AS SHOWN
- BY RAP OR PLAT OF SAID ADDITION OF RECORD 114 VOL. 3, PAGE
48, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, TO WHICH
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION,
CONTAINING 230.4 SQUARE FEET OF LAND.
SECTION 2. THE CITY ATTORNEY 15 HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SAID PROPERTY AMC) ALL THE
PERSONS WHO MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST THEREIN AND TO PROCEED WITH SAID CON-
DEMNATION SUIT TO ITS CONCLUSION, WITH THE INTENTION IN MIND OF OBTAINING
POSSESSION AND TITLE IN FEE SIMPLE TO SAID PROPERTY SO THAT SAID COHSTRUC-
TION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MAY BE COMMENCED AND COMPLETED.
SECTION 3. THE PUBLIC IMPORTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE NECE5-
SITY FOR THE CITY TO GAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE OF AND TO THE REAL PROPERTY
HEREINBEFORE SET OUT 50 THAT SAID CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT MAY
BE COMMENCED AND COMPLETED CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE
PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NC OR-
DINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUC-
TION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE (MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH EMERGENCY
AND 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 THE I-^ OF JANUARY, 1958.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST:
CITY SE R ARY /
APPROVED AS TU LEGAL 614
JANUARY, 1958:
CITY ATTORNEY
COR S CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER ROLE: OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR'RESOLU-
TION 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
COUNCII.�. I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRO-
DUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTED:
FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGL ER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO,
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES
ODELL INGLE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY
THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
CHARLIE J. AILLS
ARTHUR R. JAMES
ODELL INGLE
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