HomeMy WebLinkAbout17692 ORD - 07/06/1983AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO PARCEL 2 FOR THE MAIN LIBRARY SITE
AND TO ACQUIRE SAID PARCEL FROM THE OWNER, MRS. RUTH
CLARK; 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 Main Library Site 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 Mrs.
Ruth Clark; 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 Main Library Site,
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:
MAIN LIBRARY SITE LAND ACQUISITION PARCEL 2
Lots seven (7), eight (8), and nine (9), Block fifteen
(15), of the Bluff Portion of the City of Corpus Christi,
Nueces County, Texas, as shown by the map or plat
thereof, recorded in Volume A, Page 3, Map Records of
Nueces County, Texas.
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
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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
day of July, 1983.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:4/ /f DAY OF July, 1983
it
Bruce Aycock n City Attorney
"Am,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi, Te
day of
, 1983
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,
Council Members
Respectfully,
MAYOR
THE ?TY 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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