HomeMy WebLinkAbout17173 ORD - 08/04/1982AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO PARCEL 3, FOR THE FIVE POINTS AREA
DRAINAGE OUTFALL PROJECT AND TO ACQUIRE SAID PARCEL FROM
THE OWNER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for and on behalf of the City,
certain parcel or tract of land, more fully described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the Five Points Drainage Outfall Project requires the
acquisition of fee simple title in and to the said parcel or tract; and
WHEREAS, record title of the parcel or tract appears to be in
Kenneth A. Givens; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to arrive at
an agreement with the said owner and claimant as to the price and value of
said tract or parcel and damages for the taking thereof by the City; it is,
therefore, determined by the City Council that it is necessary that the said
parcel or tract 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. In accordance with the City Charter and the laws of
the State of Texas, the City of Corpus Christi does hereby order, direct and
authorize that eminent domain proceedings be instituted for the purpose of
acquiring the fee simple title of the following described land and premises,
excluding mineral interest, for use by the City for the Five Points Area
Drainage Outfall Project, and for other municipal purposes, within the city
limits, and to condemn the fee title to the said parcel or tract of land,
excluding mineral interest, said parcel being described by metes and bounds
as follows:
PARCEL 3
Being a 10 foot wide tract of land out of Tract P,
Country Estates Unit 4, as recorded in Volume 30,
Page 86, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas, and
further described as follows:
SEP 2 8 1904
MICRWILMED
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Beginning at a point being the east corner of
said Tract P, and being a point on the westerly
right-of-way line of 60 foot wide Emory Drive;
Thence S. 36' 46' 05" W., along said right-of-way
225.00 feet to the point of beginning of this tract;
Thence S. 36° 46' 05" W., along said right-of-way
10.00 feet to a point;
Thence N. 530 03'
Thence N. 36° 46'
the north corner
Thence S. 530 03
of beginning and
less.
SECTION 2. The City Attorney 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 aforesaid project and for other municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council
members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for
expediting construction of public improvements by acquisition of the aforesaid
parcel, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension
of the Charter rule as to consideration and voring upon ordinaces or resolu-
tions at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed an shall
50" W., 290.00 feet to a point;
05" E., 10.00 feet to a point for
of this tract;
' 50" E., 290.00 feet to the point
containing 0.067 acres, more or
take effect upon first reading as
August, 1982.
ATTEST:
an emergency measure this the day of
tg0ke MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATOVED:
"...F DAY OF AUGUST, 1982:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CIT ATTORNEY
BY
Co pus Christi, T as
li4 day of
c—
, 1982
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; 1/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,
MAYOR
Council Members
THE CITY CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by the follAiling vote:
Luther Jones Ar ,
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy /
Bob Gulley OF
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr. Ogr ,
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy 0! ...
Cliff Zarsky 'I', _
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