HomeMy WebLinkAbout19328 ORD - 05/27/1986AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO PARCELS 7a, 18, AND 32 FOR THE NAVY
CLEAR ZONES LAND ACQUISITION PROJECT AND TO ACQUIRE SAID
PARCELS FROM THE OWNERS, THE ELIJAH T. JORDAN ESTATE, THE
BEULAH SMITH ESTATE, AND CALISTA MARATEA; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for an on behalf of the City,
certain parcels or tracts of land, more fully described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the Navy Clear Zones Land Acquisition Project requires the
acquisition of fee simple title in and to the said parcels or tracts and acquire
said parcels from the Owners: Tract 7a, The Elijah T. Jordan Estate; Tract 18,
The Beulah Smith Estate; and Tract 32, Calista Maratea; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to
agreement with the said owners and claimants as to the price and
tracts or parcels 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;
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 Navy Clear Zones Land
Acquisition Project, and for other municipal purposes, within the city limits,
and to condemn the fee title to the said parcels or tracts of land, excluding
mineral interest, said parcel being described by metes and bounds as follows:
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Parcel 7a
All that certain tract, piece of parcel of land, lying and
being situated in the County of Nueces, State of Texas, and
being a portion of Lot No. Eleven (11), in Section
No. Forty-seven (47), of the Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm
and Garden Tracts, in Nueces County, Texas, as shown by map
or plat thereof, recorded in Volume A, Pages 41-43, Map
Records of Nueces County, Texas, to which reference is here
made in aid of description, the property covered hereby
being more particularly described by metes and bounds, as
follows, to -wit:
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Beginning at a point in the Southerly line of that certain
tract described as FIRST TRACT in that certain Warranty Deed
dated March 27, 1952, from W. G. Boldman to Winship
Development Company, now appearing of record in Vol. 547,
Pages 240-242, of the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas,
which point is located 130 feet Easterly from the Southwest
corner of said FIRST TRACT, for the Southwest corner of this
tract;
Thence Easterly, along the Southerly line of the
aforementioned FIRST TRACT, a distance of 48 feet, for the
Southeast corner of this tract;
Thence Northerly, parallel to the West line of said FIRST
TRACT, a distance of 264 feet to a point in the Northerly
line of said FIRST TRACT, for the Northeast corner of this
tract;
Thence Westerly, along the Northerly line of the said FIRST
TRACT, a distance of 48 feet to a point for the Northwest
corner of this tract;
Thence Southerly, parallel to the West line of said FIRST
TRACT, a distance of 264 feet to the place of beginning;
SAVE AND EXCEPT, however;
A strip of land 25 feet in width, along the South line of
said tract has heretofore been dedicated as a street or
roadway.
Parcel 18
Lot 12, Block 10, Naval Center Subdivision, a subdivision in
the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, according to the map or
plat thereof, recorded in Volume 8, Page 18, Map Records of
Nueces County, Texas.
Parcel 32
Lots Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Fifteen (15), and Sixteen
(16), Block Five (5), NAVAL CENTER, an addition to the City
of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, according to the
Map or plat thereof, recorded in Volume 8, Page 18, Map
Records, 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 its
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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 aforesaid
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 resolution is passed and
shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 27th day
of May, 1986.
ATTEST: j
City Secretary
APPROVED:2/'—DAY OF MAY, 1986:
Assistant Cityi . rney
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MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
Corpus Christi,
2/ day of
51981
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
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was passedbythe following vote:
Luther Jones
Dr. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
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