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HomeMy WebLinkAbout16644 ORD - 11/04/1981- 4- 44 ef-e-u A TELEPHONE MESSAGE STD form 36 (Rev. 6_58) Date To of (company) a.m. called at p.m. and left the following message: 9 1. Please return call Phone No Returned your call Will call again rn By: '1t;11/03/81;lst � h 1 AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF JOHN STREET AS FILED FOR RECORD IN VOLUME A, PAGE 4, MAP RECORDS OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS; RETAINING A 30 -FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE EASEMENT THE LENGTH OF THE CLOSURE, RE- TAINING_A.5-FOOT.k1IDE BY 30 -FOOT LONG ELECTRICAL EASEMENT "ALONG"THE NORTHEAST , CQRNER- OF JOHN STREET, AND RETAINING A UTILITY EASEMENT FOR A 6 -INCH SANI- TARY SEWER; PROVIDING FOR THE ABUTTING OWNER SOUTH OF JOHN STREET TO FURNISH THE CITY WITH A HOLD -HARMLESS INSTRUMENT FOR A 6 -INCH SANITARY SEWER LINE WHICH EXISTS UNDER BUILDINGS SOUTH OF THE JOHN STREET CLOSURE AREA TO THE CENTERLINE EXTENDED OF PREVIOUSLY CLOSED DEMPSEY STREET; PROVIDING FOR REVERTING THE CLOSED RIGHT OF WAY TO THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, notice of the time and place for holding a hearing concerning the closing of a portion of John Street, from the east right of way line of North Port Avenue easterly, a distance of approximately 217.5 feet to the west right of way line of a railroad right of way, as filed for record in Volume A, page 4, Map Records of Nueces County, Texas, situated in the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, was given by publication and mail to the last known addresses of the owners of property abutting the area to be closed and within 450 feet of the area to be closed, and thereafter, pursuant to said notice, public hearing was held at Regular Council Meeting by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi on December 19, 1979, in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter; and WHEREAS, it has been determined by the City Council after such hearing that the portion of John Street, hereinafter more fully described, proposed to be closed, is not needed now, nor will it be within the foreseeable future needed as public street and that it would best serve the public convenience and necessity to close the portion of said street, subject to retention of a 30 -foot wide drainage easement the length of the closure, retention of a 5 -foot wide by 30 -foot long electrical easement along the northeast corner of John Street with the 30 -foot dimension being perpendicular to Port Avenue, and re- tention of a utility easement for a 6 -inch sanitary sewer, provided the abutting property owner south of John Street furnish the City with a hold -harmless instru- ment for a six-inch sanitary sewer line which exists under buildings south of the John Street closure area to the centerline extended of previously closed Dempsey Street: \Sts?ell Walt 16'644 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the portion of John Street, from the east right of way line of North Port Avenue easterly a distance of approximately 217.5 feet to the west right of way line of a railroad right of way, as filed for record in Volume A, page 4, Map Records of Nueces County, Texas, be and the same is hereby closed for public use and abandoned to the owners of the abutting pro- perty, save and except that the hereinafter described drainage and utility easements be retained for such purposes by the City of Corpus Christi: Being an irregularly shaped tract of land to be retained by the City for drainage easement out of that portion of John Street proposed to be closed by City ordinance and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Northeast right-of-way line of above mentioned John Street, said point begin the South corner of Lot 2, Block 3, John G. Hatch Addition as shown by map of records in Volume A, Page 4, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas, for the beginning point of the tract of land herein described; THENCE South 21° 25' 49" West, a distance of 50.49 feet to a point on the Southwest right -of -way.line of said John Street, said being the East corner Lot 1, Block 4, said Hatch Addition; THENCE North 60° 36' West, along Southwest right-of-way line of said John Street, a distance of 17.0 feet to a point; THENCE North 29° 24' East, a distance of 15.0 feet to a point; THENCE North 60° 36' West, along a line that is 15.0 feet Northeast of and parallel to the Southwest right-of-way line of said John Street, a distance of 204.5 feet to a point; THENCE North 29° 24' East, along the extension of said Southeast right-of- way line of Port Avenue a distance of 30.0 feet to a point on the Southeast right-of-way line of said Port Avenue; THENCE South 60° 36', along a line that is 5.0 feet Southwest of and parallel to the Northeast right-of-way line of said John Street, a distance of 209.50 feet to a point; THENCE North 29° 24' East, a distance of 5.0 feet to a point on the Northeast right-of-way line of said John Street; THENCE South 60° 36' East, along the Northeast right-of-way line of said John Street,a distance of 10.0 feet to the place of beginning and containing 0.151 acre, more or less. Being a 15 -foot square tract of land to be retained by the City for utility easement out of John Street: BEGINNING at a point on the Southwest right-of-way line of said John Street, said point being the East corner of Lot 1, Block 4, Hatch Addition; THENCE North 60° 36' West 45.1 feet along said right-of-way to the point of beginning; THENCE North 29° 24' East, a distance of 15.0 feet to a point; THENCE North 60° 361 West, along.a line that is 15 feet Northeast of and parallel to said right-of-way, a distance of 15.0 feet to a point; THENCE South 29° 24' West, a distance of 15.0 feet to a point on said right-of-way; THENCE South 60° 36' East, along said right-of-way 15.0 feet to the point of beginning and containing 225 square feet. There is hereby also retained a five-foot wide by 30 -foot long electrical easement along the northeast corner of John Street with the 30 -foot dimension being perpendicular to Port Avenue. The closures and abondonment, however, are subject to the furnishing by the abutting property owner to the City of a hold -harmless instrument for a six-inch sanitary sewer line which exists under buildings south of the John Street closure area to the centerline extended of previously closed Dempsey Street. SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, to find arid declare an emergency due to the need for efficient administration of City affairs by the closure and abandonment of the hereinabove described portion of John Street, subject to the conditions described hereinabove, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall to effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the day of , 1981. ATTEST: ROVED: DAY OFn 9 ,_ , 1981: J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY By THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Corpus Christi, Texas day of , 1981 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance or resolution, an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances or resolutions at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance or resolution finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, Council Members THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Luther Jones Betty N. Turner Jack K. Dumphy Bob Gulley Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Dr. Charles W. Kennedy Cliff Zarsky 16644 RELEASE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF NUECES § ci\--AA.1_9(c2.404 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THAT the undersigned, V. A. Bradley, Jr., acting herein as Trustee of the Michael Lee Bradley Trust No. 1 and the Charles Samuel Bradley Trust No. 1, of the County of Nueces, State of Texas, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten and No/100 Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable considerations to me in hand paid by the City of Corpus Christi, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do, for myself as Trustee, my successors and assigns, hereby release and forever discharge the City of Corpus Christi, and its successors and assigns, of and from any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, causes of action, or suits in equity, of whatsoever kind or nature hereafter accruing, for or because of any matter or thing done, omitted or suffered to be done by the said City of Corpus Christi, in any way directly arising out of its (City of Corpus Christi) mainte- ' nance or repair of a certain six inch (6") sanitary sewer line lying under the hereinafter described piece, parcel or tract of land situated in Nueces County, Texts, the centerline of said sewer line being more particularly descrifbed as follows: Beginning at a point in the northeast line of Lot No. 1-A, in Block No. Four (4), John G. Hatch addition to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown by the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 26, Page 80 of the Map Records of Nueces County, Texas, reference which is herewith made for a more particular description said point of beginning being southeast of the southeast right- of-way line of Port Avenue, Corpus Christi, Texas, a distance of approximately 168.9 feet; THENCE, in a southwesterly direction, parallel with said southeast right-of-way line of Port Avenue, a distance of ninety (90) feet, for the point of terminus of said centerline description. The above described six inch (6") sanitary sewer line is for the benefit of and serves the following described piece, parcel or tract of land situated in Nueces County, Texas, more particularly described as follows: Being Lot No. 10-A, in Block No. Three (3), John G. Hatch addition to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown by the map or plat there- of recorded in Volume 26, Page 80 of the Map Records of Nueces County, Texas, reference to which is herewith made for a more particular description. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed this 2 yf'^- day of April, 1982. co - V. A. Bradley, J Trustee of the Michael L efBradley Trust No. 1 and Trustee of the Charles Richard Bradley Trust No. 1 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF( NUECES § BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally -appeared V. A. Bradley, Jr., Trustee of the Michael Lee Bradley Trust No. 1 and Trustee of the Charles Richard Bradley Trust No. 1, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instru- ment, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacities therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this 20'1 day of April, 1982. Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires: S - 2 I - &6 - JOHN R. PADILLA -2-