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AN ORDINANCE
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AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A. CERTAIN PARCEL
OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS;
DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE
OWNERS AND CITING LIENHOLDERS OF RECORD, SAID CONDEMNA-
TION BEING NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE HEREINAFTER
MORE FULLY DESCRIBED TRACT FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JIMMY E. SELSOR
AND WIFE, ROIANNA SELSOR, TO CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THE
ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire,for and on behalf of the City
of Corpus Christi, certain parcel or tract of land described as follows:
A portion of Block Q, Rincon or Brooklyn Addition to
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown by the map
thereof recorded in Volume A, at page 32, of the Map
Records of Nueces County, Texas, and being a strip of
land lying between the East line of Avenue A and the
shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay, 50 feet in width,
that is to say, 25 feet wide on each side of a center
line which was the center line of the tail track of the
San Antonio and Aransas Pass (later Texas & New Orleans)
Railroad Epworth Wye Tract, as shown by said map, said
strip of land containing eighteen hundred seventy-five
square feet (1875 sq.ft.) more or less.
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WHEREAS, the said Corpus Christi Beach Improvement Project requires
the acquisition of fee simple title in and to the aforesaid parcel or tract
of land; and
WHEREAS, record title of the aforesaid parcel appears to be in the
following: Jimmy E. Selsor and wife, Roianna Selsor; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is unable to arrive at
an agreement with the said owners and claimants as to the price and value of
said parcel or tract of land and damages for the taking thereof by the City;
it is, therefore, determined by the City Council that it is necessary that
the said tract or parcel of land described be acquired in fee title through
the exercise of the City's 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. That the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas,
in accordance with the City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas, does
hereby order, direct, and authorize that eminent domain proceedings be
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instituted for the purpose of acquiring the fee simple title of the above
described land and premises, excluding mineral interest for use by the City
for the Corpus Christi Beach Improvement Project, and for other municipal
purposes, within the City limits, and to condemn the fee title to the
aforesaid parcel or tract of land, excluding mineral interest.
SECTION 2. The City Attorney of the City of Corpus Christi is hereby
authorized and directed to institute proceedings against the said property,
and against all persons who appear to have an interest therein, and to proceed
with said condemnation suit to its final conclusion and to obtain possession
and title to said property for use in the Corpus Christi Beach Improvement
Project and for other municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. The public importance and necessity for the City to
gain immediate possession and title to the aforesaid tract or parcel of land
hereinabove described for the Corpus Christi Beach Improvement Project and
for other municipal purposes, within the City limits as above described and
provided, 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 but that such ordi-
nance or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City
Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency and necessity to
exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter rule and that this
ordinance be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect
and be in full force andeffectfrom and after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO ORDAINED, this the ol7ll(day of April, 1980.
ATTEST:
VF.FLG of
Secretary MAYOR
THEY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED:
2nd DAY OF APRIL, 1980:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistant Ci
Corpus Christi, ,as / O
Atd day of , 1900
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a
public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspension of the Charter
rule or requirement that no ordinance or resolution 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, request that you suspend
said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordinance finally,on the date it
is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully,
MAYO
THE C TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspende. by the following vote:
Luther Jones /
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner 0°Fl
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was passe by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
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