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RESOLUTION
YYBEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Lubbock deems it necessary to acquire
water supply sources, easements, well sites and tracts of land necessary and inci-
dent to increasing and furnishing an adequate water supply to the people of the City
of Lubbock, in the interest of public health, safety and welfare, and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission has been advised through the United States Geologi-
cal Survey and the Texas State Board of Water Engineers that lands generally in a
Northeasterly direction from the City of Lubbock contain abundant water bearing sandsp
and H. N. Roberts and Associates, Consulting Engineers, and Parkhill, Smith and
Cooper, Consulting Engineers have advised the City Commission that the tracts of
land hereinafter described are in such area and will afford a proper, economical and
practical source for water supply, and,
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock has been unable to agree with the Texas hand_Ud
l !! gage a Comnanv, Ltd., owners of the hereinafter described property, on`the amount
of compensation to be paid them or each of them for the interest required in said
lands by the City of Lubbock for such water development purposes outside the City
Limits, and the City is unable to purchase the needed tracts of land or an easement
therein by reason of the owners refusing to accept offers made by the City therefor,
and the City Commission now finds that they are put to the necessity of acquiring
certain tracts of land, easements and rights-of-way by condemnation proceedings, and
the City Commission finds that acquisition thereof immediately is in the public in-
terest, TNEhEFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT, the hereinafter described tracts of land are needed for well locations,
well sites and water supply sources for the City of Lubbock's water system;
THAT, the City Attorney, BE, and he is hereby authorized and directed to insti-
tute condemnation proceedings to acquire the following described tracts of land
for well locations, well sites and water supply sources needed by the City of
Lubbock to improve and enlarge its water supply system, together with easements raw
quired to connect the following described well sites with the City's water system;
said tracts and easements being as follows to wits
Field Notes - No, 26 Well Site
Field notes for a tract of land out of Section 419 Block A, H. E. & X. T.,
Certificate 401, Lubbock bounty, Texas, described by metes and bounds as follows:
Beginning at a point in the west line of said Section 41, Block A, Lubbock
County, Texas, which point is 2060 feet north of the southwest corner of said Sec-
tion 41, Block A, for the southwest corner of the tract;
Thence East 200 feet to a point for the southeast corner of this tract;
Thence North 200 feet to a point for the Northeast corner of this tract;
Thence West 200 feet to a point in the west line of said Section 41, Block A,
for the northwest corner of this tract;
Thence South 200 feet along the west line of said Section 41, Block A. to the
place of beginning;
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Said tract containing 0.918 acres less that portion of said tract included in
a county road along the west side of said tract.
Field Notes - No. 28 Well Site
Field notes for a tract of land out of Section- 41, Block A, H. E. & W. T.,
Certificate 401, Lubbock County, Texas, described by metes and bounds as follows:
Beginning at a point in the east line of said Section 41, Block A, Lubbock
County, Texas, which point is 3750 feet north of the southeast corner of said
Section 41, Block A, for the southeast corner of this tract;
Thence Nest 200 feet to a point for the southwest corner of this tract;
Thence North 200 feet to a point for the northwest corner of this tract;
Thence East 200 feet to a point in the east line of said Section 41, Block A.
for the northeast corner of this tract;
Thence South 200 feet, along the east line of said Section 41, Block A. to
the place of beginning;
Said tract containing 0.918 acres less that portion of said tract included in
a county road along the east side of said tract*
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed and approved by unanimous vote of the City Commission this 12th day of
December , 1941.
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Mayor
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