HomeMy WebLinkAbout15877 ORD - 11/12/1980AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY, THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LO-
CATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; DESCRIBING SAID PROPERTY,
IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE OWNERS AND CITING ANY OTHER
PARTIES WHO MAY HAVE INTEREST OF RECORD, SAID CONDEMNATION
BEING NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PARCEL OF LAND FOR
THE CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH PARK SITES - AREA "B"; DIRECTING
THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE OWNERS, THELMA UNA NELSON KNOWLES, ET AL, TO
CARRY OUT THE INTENTION OF THE ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for and on behalf of the City of
Corpus Christi, a certain parcel or tract of land described as follows:
PARCEL 319
The South or Southwest Ten Feet (S. or SW. 10') of Lot
Seven (7), Block Three Hundred Eighty -Nine (389) of
BROOKLYN, an Addition to the City of Corpus Christi as
shown by the map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume
"A", Page 32, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas, same
being a 10' strip of land extending from the Southeast
to the Northwest boundary line of said Lot 7 on the
long side thereof and adjacent to the common boundary
line of Lots 5 and 7 in said Block 389 of Brooklyn
Addition,
and
WHEREAS, the said Corpus Christi Beach Park Sites - Area "B" 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 or tract appears to be
in the following: Harriet Irene Nelson, et al; 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
tract or parcel 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
tracts or parcels of land described be acquired in fee title through the exer-
cise 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. In accordance with the City Charter and the laws of the
State of Texas, the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, does hereby
order, direct, and authorize that eminent domain proceedings be instituted for
the purpose of acquiring the fee simple title of the above described land and
premises, excluding mineral interest, for the use by the City for the Corpus
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Christi Beach Park Sites - Area "B" Project, and for other municipal purposes,
within the city limits, and to condemn the fee title to the aforesaid parcels
or tracts 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 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 Park Sites -
Area "B" Project and for other municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. The public importance and necessity for the City to gain
immediate possession and title of the aforesaid parcel or tract of land herein-
above described for the Corpus Christi Beach Park Sites - Area "B" Project, and
for other public purposes, as hereinabove 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 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, having requested the suspen-
sion 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 and effect from and
after its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the 12th day of November,
1980.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
yAY OF NOVEMBER, 1980:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistant Cit ' ttorney
THE C
Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Texas
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ATO 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,
THE ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter rule was suspend;. by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Edward L. Sample
Dr. Jack Best
David Diaz
Jack K. Dumphy
Betty N. Turner
Cliff Zarsky
The above ordinance was passed 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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