HomeMy WebLinkAbout18129 ORD - 03/21/1984AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO PARCELS 1 AND 2 FOR THE GEORGE EVANS
SCHOOL AREA UNIT I STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND TO
ACQUIRE SAID PARCEL FROM THE OWNER, THE TEXAS -MEXICAN
RAILWAY COMPANY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for
a certain parcel or tract of land, more fully descri
WHEREAS, the George Evans School Area
Project requires the acquisition of fee simple titl
or tract; and
and on behalf of the City,
bed hereinafter; and
Unit I Street Improvements
e in and to the said parcel
WHEREAS, record title of the parcel or tract appears to be
Texas -Mexican Railway Company; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to
agreement with the said owner and claimant as to the price and
tract or parcel and damages for the taking thereof by the
therefore, determined by the City Council that it is necessary
parcel or tract be acquired in fee title through the exercise
power of eminent domain for said public purpose:
in
arrive at an
value of said
City; it is,
that the said
of the City's
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 George Evans School Area
Unit I Street Improvements 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 1
Being a triangularly shaped tract of land out of Lot 8,
Block 19, Central Wharf and Warehouse Company's
Subdivision shown by plat recorded in Volume A, Page 15,
Map Records, Nueces County, Texas, and further decribed
by metes and bounds as follows:
Beginning at a point being the most western corner of
said Lot 8, said point also lies at the intersection of
the north right of way of 60 foot wide San Diego Street
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(closed by Ordinance No. 1018, October 31, 1939) and the
east right of way of 60 foot wide Alameda Street right of
way;
Thence N 9° W, along said Alameda Street right of way
120.0 feet to a point being the north corner of said
Lot 8;
Thence N 81° E, along the south right of way of 60 foot
wide Mussett Street, 23.1 feet to a point;
Thence S 1°53'46" W, 122.20 feet to the point of
beginning and containing 0.032 acres, more or less.
Parcel 2
Tract 1
Being two 4 foot wide tracts of land for ROW easement out
of Blocks 19, 20, 27, 28, Central Wharf and Warehouse
Company's Subdivision, adjacent to Mussett Street and
further described as follows:
Beginning at a point being the northwest corner of Lot 8,
Block 28, Central Wharf and Warehouse Company's
Subdivision, shown by plat in Volume A, Page 15, being
the intersection of the south right of way of Mussett
Street and the east right of way of Brownlee Blvd.;
Thence N 81° E, along said Mussett Street right of way at
430 feet pass the centerline of 60 foot wide 12th Street
right of way closed by City Ordinance No. 1018, at 890.0
feet pass the centerline of 60 foot wide 10th Street
right of way closed by City Ordinance No. 1018, in all a
distance of 1,320 feet to a point on the west right of
way of 60 foot wide Alameda Street right of way, being
the northeast corner of Lot 8, Block 19;
Thence S 9° E, along said Alameda Street right of way
4.00 feet to a point;
Thence S 81° W, parallel to abovementioned south Mussett
Street right of way line 1,320 feet to a point on the
east right of way line of Brownlee Blvd.;
Thence N 9° W, along said Brownlee Blvd. right of way,
4.00 feet to the point of beginning and containing 0.121
acres, more or less.
Tract 2
Beginning at a point being the Northeast corner of Lot 8,
Block 19, Central Wharf and Warehouse Company's
Subdivision, also being the intersection of the south
right of way line of Mussett Street right of way and the
west right of way of 70 foot wide Staples Street right of
way;
Thence S 9° E, along said Staples Street right of way
4.00 feet to a point;
Thence S 81° W, across Block 19, 377.67 feet to a point
in the interior of Lot 1, Block 19, for a corner of this
tract;
Thence N 1°53'46" E, 4.07 feet to a point on the south
right of way of Mussett Street;
Thence N 81° E, along said Mussett Street right of way,
376.90 feet to the point of beginning and containing
0.035 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 21st day
of March, 1984.
ATTEST:
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ity ecretary
APPROVED:ZIS-DAY OF MARCH, 1984
J. BRUCE WOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpuso��IChristi, Texas
oG/4. day of f/f P , 198 ek
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,
Council Members
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passed by
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Welder Brown
Leo Guerrero
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Mary Pat Slavik
the
following vote:
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