HomeMy WebLinkAbout020214 RES - 02/16/1988A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY THE CITY TO
CONDEMN FEE TITLE TO 8 OF THE PARCELS OF LAND IN CONNECTION
WITH THE TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM PROJECT WHICH WERE SPECIFIED
IN THE CONTRACT AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 19619.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire, for and on behalf of the City,
certain parcels of land, more fully described hereinafter; and
WHEREAS, the Aquarium Land Acquisition Project requires the
acquisition of fee simple title in and to the said parcels and acquire said
parcels from the Owners; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi is unable to arrive at an
agreement with the said owners and claimants as to the price and value of said
parcels 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 Aquarium Land
Acquisition 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:
Parcel 2
All of Lot 7, Block 45, BROOKLYN, an addition to the City of
Corpus Christi, Nueces, County, Texas, as shown by map
thereof recorded in Volume A, page 30 - 32, Map Records,
Nueces County, Texas, lying east of the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass Railway Company, being the same property
conveyed to Harold T. Hartgraves by James L. Green and wife,
Jimmye Louise Green, by deed dated March 1, 1980, recorded
in Volume 1750, page 990, Deed Records, Nueces County,
Texas.
Parcel 3
All of Lot 9, Block 45, BROOKLYN, an addition to the City of
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, as shown by map
thereof recorded in Volume A, page 30 - 32, Map Records,
Nueces County, Texas, lying East of the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass Railway Company, being the same property
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conveyed to Harold T. Hartgraves by James L Green and wife,
Jimmye Louise Green, by deed dated March 1, 1980, recorded
in Volume 1750, page 990, Deed Records, Nueces County,
Texas.
Parcel 4
All of fractional Lot Eleven (11), Block Forty-five (45),
BROOKLYN, an addition to the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Texas, lying east of the San Antonio and Aransas
Pass Railway Company, according to the map or plat recorded
in Volume A, pages 30 - 32, Map Records, Nueces County,
Texas, and being the same property conveyed to Verna
Hamilton by Lile Kent Hamilton and Martha E. Hamilton, by
deed dated April 23, 1981, recorded in Volume 1778, page
941, Deed Records, Nueces County, Texas.
Parcel 7
The south ten (10) feet of Lot 117, all of Lot 118, Block
43, Corpus Beach Hotel Addition, an addition to the City of
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, a map thereof
appearing of record in Volume 1, page 51, Map Records,
Nueces County, Texas; also known as Lots 5 and 7, Block 43
BROOKLYN (Lot 117) and Lots 1 and 3, Block 43 BROOKLYN (Lot
118), an addition to the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Texas, being the property conveyed to J. N. Bogart
by K. Sebastian, by deed dated August 5, 1952, recorded in
Volume 563, page 157, Deed Records, Nueces County, Texas.
Parcel 11
Lots No. 6 and 8, Block No. 3, BROOKLYN, an addition to the
City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, as shown by
map thereof recorded in Volume A, pages 30 - 32, Map
Records, Nueces County, Texas, and being the same property
conveyed to Adolf and Lucille Fellman by Wilma Gertrude
Atkins, by deed dated March 21, 1977, recorded in Volume
1600, page 427, Deed Records, Nueces County, Texas.
Parcel 13
Lots 134 and 135, Block 4 of CORPUS BEACH HOTEL ADDITION, an
addition to the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County,
Texas, as shown by the map thereof recorded in Volume 1,
page 51, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas; also known as
Lots 9 and 11, Block 4, BROOKLYN, an addition to the City of
Corpus Christi, being the same property conveyed to
Breakwater Corporation, Helen A. Royal, President, by Joseph
J. Crow and wife, Lilia Crow, by deed dated August 20, 1982,
recorded in Volume 1835, page 236, Deed Records, Nueces
County, Texas.
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Parcel 14
Lot 146, Block "F", CORPUS BEACH HOTEL ADDITION, an addition
to the City of Corpus Christi as shown by the map thereof
recorded in Volume 1, page 51, Map Records, Nueces County,
Texas; also known as Lot 10, Block F, BROOKLYN, an addition
to the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, being
the same property conveyed to Helen A. Royal, as her
separate property, by B. B. Royal, by deed dated December
12, 1969, recorded in Volume 1358, page 57, Deed Records,
Nueces County, Texas.
Parcel 15
Lot Number 147 in Block "F", CORPUS BEACH HOTEL ADDITION, an
addition to the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County,
Texas, as shown by plat or map thereof recorded in Volume 1,
page 51, Map Records, Nueces County, Texas; formerly known
as Block "F" in BROOKLYN, an addition to the City of Corpus
Christi, being the same property conveyed to Nathan B. Clark
by Nathan L. Clark by gift deed dated December 24, 1975,
recorded in Volume 1551, page 625, Deed Records, Nueces
County, Texas and by Correction Gift Deed dated November 12,
1981, to Nathan B. Clark from Nathan L. Clark, recorded in
Volume 1802, page 298, Deed 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
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: //»' DAY OF �,(,-u
HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY
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MMOR, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
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The above resolution
Betty N. Turner
David Berlanga, Sr.
Leo Guerrero
Clif Moss
Bill Pruet
Mary Rhodes
Frank Schwing, Jr.
Mary Pat Slavik
Linda Strong
99.066.01
Corpus Christi, Texas
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was passed by the
following vote:
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