HomeMy WebLinkAbout19884 RES - 07/28/1987A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO A PARCEL OF LAND FOR THE I.H. 37/
U.S. 77 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND TO ACQUIRE SAID
PARCEL FROM THE OWNER, ELSIE B. GREENWOOD.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for and on behalf of the City, a
certain parcel of land, more fully described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the I.H. 37/U.S. 77 Interchange Improvements Project requires
the acquisition of fee simple title in and to the said parcel and to acquire
said parcel from the owner, Elsie B. Greenwood; 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
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 to be
acquired in fee title through the exercise of the City's power of eminent domain
for said public purpose;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED 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 I.H. 37/U.S. 77
Interchange Improvements Project, and for other municipal purposes, within the
city limits, and to condemn the fee title to the said parcel of land, excluding
mineral interest, said parcel being described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEING 0.0287 acres of land, more or less, out of Gregorio
Farias Grant, Abstract No. 592, in Nueces County, Texas, and
being a part of the same land described in a deed recorded
in Volume 355, Page 421, of the Deed Records of Nueces
County, Texas; said 0.0287 acres of land, more or less,
being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
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BEGINNING at the northeast corner of the Tract as described
above;
THENCE, S 14°09'30" E, a distance of 20.00 feet along the
easterly line of said tract;
THENCE, S 75°50'30" W, a distance of 62.48 feet;
19884 MICROFILMED
THENCE, in a northerly direction along a curve to the right
along the proposed east right-of-way line of I.H. 37, a
distance of 20.00 feet to a point; said curve having a
radius of 1392.39 feet, an internal angle of 0°49'22" and an
initial tangent bearing of N 14°58'52" W;
THENCE, N 75°50'30" E, a distance of 62.62 feet along the
south line of East Redbird Lane, as now established, to the
point of beginning and containing an area of 0.0287 acres of
land, 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.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED: (7' DAY OF
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
06P.057.01
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The above resolution
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Frank Mendez
Clif Moss
Bill Pruet'.
Mary Rhodes
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
99.066.01
Corpus Christi, Texas
02 day of
was passed by the following
vote:
a.
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, 1981