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HomeMy WebLinkAbout024187 ORD - 08/29/2000AN ORDINANCE ABANDONING AND VACATING AN 1,100-SQUARE FOOT PORTION OF A 10-FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT OUT OF LOT 15, BLOCK 38, KING'S CROSSING UNIT 1, PHASE 1 AND LOT 17, SECTION 9, FLOUR BLUFF AND ENCINAL FARM AND GARDEN TRACTS; REQUIRING WILLIAMSON T. HOUGH, JR., THE OWNER OF SAID PROPERTY, TO COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFIED CONDITIONS AND REPLAT THE PROPERTY WITHIN 180 DAYS AT OWNER'S EXPENSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, there is an 1,100-square foot portion of a 1 O-foot wide utility easement out of Lot 15, Block 38, King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, as recorded in Volume 55, Page 117. and Volume A, Pages 41-43 of the Map Records of Nueces County, Texas, that the Owner. Williamson T. Hough, Jr. ("Owner"). wishes to have abandoned and vacated; and WHEREAS. it has been determined that it is feasible and advantageous to the City of Corpus Christi to abandon and vacate said portion of the utility easement for all purposes, subject to the provisions listed below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the 1,100-square foot portion of a 10-foot wide utility easement out of Lot 15, Block 38, King's Crossing Unit 1. Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts. as recorded in Volume 55, Page 117, and Volume A. Pages 41-43 of the Map Records of Nueces County. Texas, is abandoned and vacated for public use as a utility easement, subject to Owner' s compliance with the following specified conditions as part of the abandonment and vacation: 1) 2) 3) City waives payment of the fair market value by Owner for abandoning and vacating said portion of the 10-foot utility easement because the Owner agrees to dedicate utility easements of equal or greater value as part of the replatting conditions. The AT&T underground cable must be relocated at Owner's expense. O~vner must replat Lot 15, Block 38. King's Crossing Unit 1. Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts into Lot 15, Block 38. King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1. Owner must dedicate a 1 O-foot wide utility easement along the front of Lot 15, Block 38, and between Lots 15 & 16. Block 38, King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1. 4) Owner must replat the portions of King's Crossing Unit 1, Phase 1 and Lot 17, Section 9, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts being abandoned and vacated within 180 days at Owner's expense; provided however, the City Engineer may extend the time limit tbr an additional 180 days if extenuating circumstances outside the Owner's control necessitate an extension. SECTION 2. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, the City Council (l)~nds and declares an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City afihirs and (2) suspends the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the 291h day of August, 2000. ATTEST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Armando Chapa, City Secretary Approved August 23, 2000 James R. Bray Jr. City Attorney B y: Doy~le~Cu~ Senior Assistant City Attorney Corpus Christi, Texas TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas ,2000. For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at two regular meetings. I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, The City of Corpus Christi Council Members The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Javier D. Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett Dr. Arnold Gonzales Rex A. Kinnison Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Mark Scott