HomeMy WebLinkAbout17629 ORD - 06/08/1983AP
AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO PARCEL 7 FOR THE WOOLDRIDGE-STAPLES
DRAINAGE OUTFALL PROJECT AND TO ACQUIRE SAID PARCEL FROM
THE OWNERS, DR. AND MRS. SALVADOR ORTIZ; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for an on behalf of the City,
certain parcel or tract of land, more fully described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the Wooldridge -Staples 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 Dr.
and Mrs. Salvador Ortiz; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to arrive at an
agreement with the said owners and claimants 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 Wooldridge -Staples
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:
WOOLDRIDGE-STAPLES DRAINAGE OUTFALL PARCEL NO. 7
Being a rectangular shaped tract of land out of Lot 20,
Section 19, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden
Tracts, as shown by map of record in Volume A, Pages 41,
42, 43, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas, and more
particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
Beginning at a point being the most westerly corner of
abovementioned Lot 20;
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Thence N 29° 04' 30" E, along the northwesterly line of
Lot 20, a distance of 55.0 feet to a point;
Thence S 60° 55' 30" E, along a line that is 55.0 feet
northeast of and parallel to the southwest line of Lot
20, a distance of 660.0 feet to a point, said point being
on the southeast line of Lot 20;
Thence S 29° 04' 30" W, along the southeast line of Lot
20, a distance of 55.0 feet to a point, said point being
the most southern point of Lot 20;
Thence N 60° 55' 30" W, along the southwest line of Lot
20, a distance of 660.0 feet to the point of beginning
and containing 0.833 acres, more or 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 afore-
said parcel, 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 take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the O
day of June, 1983.
ATTEST:
APPROVED: n'^ DAY OF June, 1983
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:Bruce Cy Attorney
THE '' TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
C rp Christi, Tex
day of
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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,
MAYO
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
THE C TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
the following vote:
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