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AN ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A PARCELS 3 AND 4 FOR THE BALDWIN FARMS
DRAINAGE OUTFALL AND TO ACQUIRE SAID PARCELS FROM THE OWNER,
ERNA S. JOHNS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for an on behalf of the City,
certain parcels of land, more fully described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the Baldwin Farms Drainage Project requires the acquisition
of fee simple title in and to the said parcels and acquire said parcel from the
Owner; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to arrive at an
agreement with the said owner and claimant as to the price and value of said
tract and damages for the taking thereof by the City; it is, therefore,
determined by the City Council that it is necessary that the said parcels 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 Baldwin Farms Drainage
Outfall Project, and for other municipal purposes, within the city limits, and
to condemn the fee title to the said parcels of land, excluding mineral
interest, said parcel being described by metes and bounds as follows:
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Parcel 3
Being a tract of land out of Lot 4, Block 2, J. C. Russell
Farm Blocks as shown by map of record in Volume 28, Pages 58
and 59 and more particularly described by metes and bounds
as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 4;
Thence south along the east line of Lot 4, a distance of
120.0 feet to a point;
Thence west along a line that is 120.0 feet south of and
parallel to the north line of Lot 4, a distance of 337.07
feet to a point;
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Thence south along a line that is 337.07 feet west of and
parallel to the east line of Lot 4, a distance of 393.0 feet
to a point on the south line of Lot 4;
Thence west along the south line of Lot 4, a distance of
120.0 feet to a point;
Thence north along a line that is 457.07 feet west of and
parallel to the east line of Lot 4, a distance of 513.0 feet
to a point on the north line of Lot 4;
Thence east along the north line of Lot 4, a distance of
457.07 feet to the point of beginning and containing 2.342
acres, more or less.
Parcel 4
Being a 120.0 feet wide strip of land out of Lot 7, Block 2,
J.C. Russell Farm Blocks as shown by map of record in
Volume 28, Pages 58 and 59, Map Records, Nueces County,
Texas, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of abovementioned Lot 7;
Thence S 4'05'08" E, along the east line of said Lot 7, also
being the west right-of-way line of Padre Island Drive, a
distance of 17.04 feet to a point;
Thence south along the west right-of-way line of Padre
Island Drive, a distance of 103.0 feet to a point;
Thence west along a line that is 120.0 feet south of and
parallel to the north line of said Lot 7, a distance of
1312.79 feet to a point on the west line of said Lot 7;
Thence north along the west line of said Lot 7, a distance
of 120.0 feet to the northwest corner of said Lot 7;
Thence east along the north line of said Lot 7, a distance
of 1311.58 feet the point of beginning and containing 3.616
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 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 o/ttake effect upo19$irst reading as an emergency measure this the 541A day
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ATTEST:
City Secretary MAYOR
'247114THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
APPROVED: r.› DAY 0 , 19s1
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
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Corpus Christi, Texas
5+h day of 140) , 198 7
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
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THE CIT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above ordinance was pass � by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Or. Jack Best
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Joe McComb
Frank Mendez
Bill Pruet
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
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