HomeMy WebLinkAbout17725 ORD - 07/20/1983AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 15459, ADOPTED APRIL 2, 1980,
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TO CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A CERTAIN PARCEL
OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS BY
ADDING A DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, WOOD PILE
AND FRAME PIER, IDENTIFYING THE RECORD TITLE OWNERS AND
CITING LIENHOLDERS OF RECORD, SAID CONDEMNATION BEING
NECESSARY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE HEREINAFTER MORE
FULLY DESCRIBED TRACT FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI BEACH
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
INSTITUTE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JIMMY E.
SELSOR AND WIFE, ROIANNA SELSOR, AND JACK L. TUCKER, TO
CARRY OUT THE INTENTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for and on behalf of the City
of Corpus Christi, a certain parcel or tract of land described as follows:
A portion of Block Q, Rincon or Brooklyn Addition to the
City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as shown by the map
thereof recorded in Volume A, at page 32, of the Map
Records of Nueces County, Texas, and being a strip of
land lying between the East line of Avenue A and the
shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay, 50 feet in width, that
is to say, 25 feet wide on each side of a center line
which was the center line of the tail track of the San
Antonio and Aransas Pass (later Texas & New Orleans)
Railroad Epworth Wye Tract, as shown by said map, said
strip of land containing eighteen hundred seventy-five
square feet (1875 sq. ft.) more or less, including all
improvements, structures and appurtenances thereto,
to -wit: a wood pile and frame pier approximately 637 feet
in length extending in an easterly direction from the
above described land into the waters of Corpus Christi
Bay.
and
WHEREAS, the said Corpus Christi Beach Improvements Project
requires the acquisition of fee simple title in and to the aforesaid parcel
or tract of land and improvements; and
WHEREAS, record title of the aforesaid parcel appears to be in the
following: Jimmy E. Selsor and wife, Roianna Selsor, and Jack L. Tucker; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, is unable to arrive at
an agreement with the said owners and claimants as to the price and value of
said parcel or tract of land and damages for the taking thereof by the City;
it is, therefore, determined by the City Council that it is necessary that
the said tract or parcel of land described be acquired in fee title through
the exercise of the City's power of eminent domain for said public purpose;
and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 15459 makes no reference to appurtenances or
improvements to the land and the City desires to acquire the said
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improvements as well as the land:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 15459 is amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. That the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, in
accordance with the City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas does
hereby order, direct and authorize that eminent domain proceedings be
instituted for the purpose of acquiring the fee simple title of the above
described land and premises, including the improvements, excluding mineral
interest, for use by the City for the Corpus Christi Beach Improvement
Project, and for other municipal purposes, within the City limits, and to
condemn the fe('title to the aforesaid parcel or tract of land, including
improvements, excluding mineral interest."
SECTION 2. The City Attorney of the City of Corpus Christi is
hereby authorized and directed to institute proceedings against the said
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 Corpus Christi Beach
Improvement Project and for other municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. The public importance and necessity for the City to
gain immediate possession and title to the aforesaid tract or parcel of land
hereinabove described for the Corpus Christi Beach Improvement Project and
for other municipal purposes within the City limits as above described and
provided (and the fact that a hearing before the Special Commissioners in
scheduled for August 18, 1983), creates a public emergency and an imperative
public necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no
ordinance or resolution shall be passed finally on the date of its
introduction and take effect and be in full force an effect from and after
its passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED this o21) day of July, 1983.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED: 1 ' DAY OF JULY, 1983
2Bru'e Aycock,iylttorney
MAYO
THE C TY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus C risti, Te
62,10 day of 198 a
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 CI 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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