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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO PARCELS 6 & 8 FOR THE
WOOLDRIDGE-STAPLES DRAINAGE OUTFALL PROJECT AND TO
ACQUIRE SAID PARCEL FROM THE OWNERS, DR. BYRON N. COWARD;
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.
Byron N. Coward; 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 6
Being an irregularly shaped tract out of Lot 19, Section
19, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm & Garden Tracts, as
shown by map in Volume A, Page 38, Map Records, Nueces
County, Texas, and further described as follows:
Beginning at the south corner of said Lot 19;
Thence N 60° 55' 30" W, along the southwest lot line of
said Lot 19, 365.27 feet to a point;
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Thence along the arc of a circular curve to the left,
whose central angle is 17° 07' 34", Radius = 620.22 feet,
tangent - 93.39 feet, a distance of 184.69 feet to a
point of reverse curvature;
Thence along the arc of a circular curve to the right,
whose central angle is 17° 07' 34", radius - 620.22 feet,
tangent - 93.39 feet, a distance of 184.69 feet to point;
Thence S 29° 04' 30" W, 55.00 feet to the point of
beginning and containing 0.231 acres, more or less.
WOOLDRIDGE-STAPLES DRAINAGE OUTFALL PARCEL 8
Being an irregularly shaped tract of land out of Lots 21
and 22, 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 the most westerly corner of abovementioned
Lot 21;
Thence N 29° 04' 30" E, along the northwest line of Lot
21, 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 Lots
21 and 22, a distance of 1203.05 feet to a point;
Thence N 74° 04' 30" E, along a line, a distance of 70.71
feet to a point;
Thence N 29° 04' 30", a distance of 399.16 feet to a
point;
Thence N 40° 55' 01" E, a distance of 158.37 feet to a
point, said point being on the northwest line of an
existing 75.0 foot drainage easement;
Thence S 29° 04' 30" W, along the northwest line of said
drainage easement, a distance of 155.0 feet to a point;
Thence S 60° 55' 30" E, a distance of 37.5 feet to a
point, said point being on the southeast line of Lot 22;
Thence S 29° 04' 30" W, along the southeast line of Lot
22, a distance of 504.16 feet to a point, said point
being the most southern corner of Lot 22;
Thence N 60° 55' 30" W, along the southwest line of Lots
21 and 22, a distance of 1323.05 feet to the point of
beginning and containing 2.479 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
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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
day of June, 1983.
ATTEST:
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i •1 Secretar
APPROVED:5DAY OF June, 1983
Druc/%" a Aycock, i y A torney
MAYOR
THE C i Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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Corpus Christi, Te
day of
, 1980
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,
MAYOR
Council Members
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed the following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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