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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 052258A - Land Acquisition - Paul Pugh - Section 11 Block A - 05/22/1958RESOLUTION WHEREAS* the City of Lubbock and the State of Texas, by and through the --R. State Highway Commission, have entered into a contract as empowered and authorized by Art. 6673-b, Vernon1s Annotated Civil ,Statutes, providing for the location, construction and maintenance of that part of the State. Highway system, which has heretofore been designated as Loop 289 by the ;State High- way Commission; and, WHEREAS, under the terms of the contract the procurement and acquisition of the necessary land needed for road rightof way purposes is the obligation i of the City of Lubbock; and, WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission has deemed it necessary in order to make certain highway improvements - in connection with said "Loop 289" j situated in .and adjacent to the City of Lubbock and to the end that this purpose be accomplished, the necessity of which is hereby confirmed by the City Com= mission of the City of Lubbock, it its necessary that fee simple title to the land hereinafter described be acquired by the City of Lubbock in fulfillment and satisfaction of its contractual obligations to the State of Texas; and, WHEREAS, Paul Pugh owns land needed for the location, construction and main tenance of said Loop 289, and the value and total damage to the owner for the fee simple title to said land have been appraised in the amount of $29, 087. 00 and the Commission finds said amount to be fair and equitable; NOW., THEREFO BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT the fee simple title to the following described land situated in Lubbock County, Texas, be acquired by the City of Lubbock for and on behalf of the State of Texas for the purpose of opening, constructing and maintaining, in conjunction with the State Highway Commission, said "Loop 289113, as a designa- ted part of the State Highway System, which land is. more particularly described as follows: A parcel of land out of Section. ll, Block A, Tyler Tap RR Survey. BEGINNING at a point 660 feet east and 30 feet north of the southwest corner of said section, said point being the southwest corner of the Pugh tract; THENCE north 135.11 feet; THENCE south 840 011 east, 152.1 feet to a point 150 feet north of and at right angle to the south boundary line of said section; THENCE east, parallel to said south boundary line 1,168. 7 feet to the east boundary line of the Pugh tract; THENCE south 120 feet; THENCE west 1, 320 feet to the place of beginning and contains 3. 663 acres. THAT the owner of said land be offered, through the Right -of -Way Depart- ment, the amount appraised as the value and total damages for ,the fee simple title and acquisition of said land for the purposes herein stated, for the use Aft A and benefit of the City of Lubbock and State of Texas, and unless accepted forthwith the City Attorney is hereby authorized and instructed to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the fee simple title to said land as hereinabove described for highway purposes. Approved and passed by unanimous vote of the Commission this 22nd day of May, , 1958. L NNIS BAKER, Mayor ATTEST: ty Attorney Laveni awe, City ecr.etary - Treasurer � Q