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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN CERTAIN REAL ESTATE
IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON,
DESCRIBED AS LOT 202 BLOCK 2, LEE ANN ESTATES, OWNED
BY GLADYS GRAY, AND DOLA GRAY, A FEME SOLE, TO BE
CONDEMNED FOR USE IN THE CROSS -TOWN EXPRESSWAY
PROJECT AS A PART OF THE STREET AND SIDEWALK AREA;
WHICH SAID 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, IT IS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY, CERTAIN LAND AS A PART OF THE CROSS -TOWN EXPRESSWAY STREET IMPROVE-
MENT PROJECT TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; AND
WHEREAS, PROJECT 1 -56 -24 CROSS -TOWN EXPRESSWAY ACQUIRES THE
ACQUISITION OF LOT 20, BLOCK 2, LEE ANN ESTATES, FOR ROAD RIGHT OF WAY
FOR THE SAID PROJECT; AND
WHEREAS, THE RECORD TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY APPEARS TO BE IN GLADYS
GRAY, GUARDIAN OF CLARENCE E. GRAY, AND DOLA GRAY, A FEME SOLE; 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 IM-
PROVEMENTS THEREON, 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 ACCORDANCE WITH THE 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, AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON,
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 LOT 20, BLOCK 2, LEE ANN ESTATES,
AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH LAND, AND IMPROVEMENTS
THEREON, APPEARS OF RECORD TO BE OWNED BY DOLA GRAY AND GLADYS GRAY, GUARDIAN
OF CLARENCE E. GRAY.
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SECTION 2. THE CITY ATTORNEY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED
TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SAID PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON,
AND ALL THE PERSONS WHO MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST THEREIN, AND TO PROCEED WITH
SAID CONDEMNATION SUIT TO ITS CONCLUSION, AND OBTAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE
TO THE PROPERTY FOR A ROAD RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT SAID CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVE-
MENT PROJECT NO. 1-56 -24 MAY BE FURTHERED.
SECTION 3. THE PUBLIC IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE CITY TO
GAIN POSSESSION AND TITLE FOR ROAD RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED
REAL PROPERTY HEREINBEFORE SET OUT CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE
PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT 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 THIS
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 AUGUST,
1959-
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HE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
THE 4TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1959:
CITY ATTORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY of ,1959
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE-
GOING ORDINANCEV A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE 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 COUNCIL;
I THEREFORE HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIRE-
MENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE
PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLRDY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO, SR.