HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 101454D - ROW Offer - F&M Corp. - Ave L Widening, Lot 9, Block 227 Original Town - 10_14_1954 RESOLUTION '
WHEREAS,` the City Commission of the City of Lubbock has heretofore
Copy determined and now finds that due to increased vehicular traffic on streets
10-24-54 of the City of Lubbock, it it necessary to make Avenue "L" a public thorough-
tb fare into the down-town business area and that there is an off-set at Avenue
C i t v Att y "L" and 19th Street presently fnterferiAg. with the flow of traffic; and,
C it%7 1ingr , WHEREAS, it has been.further determined by said City Commission that
In order to widen said Avenue eL" at the intersee Lion with 19th Street to
eliminate the off-set it is necessary to acquire fee simple title to the
property abutting :Wd adjacent to the East property line of the present
Avenue "L" lying North .of 19th Street as more particularly described here-
after by metes and bounds; and,
h'HEREAS, the City:Conniis4on.has heretofore had the land appraised,
and based'on the appraisal 4W offer.• of Six Thousand and" No/100 ( 6,000.00)
Dollars was made to the F & M-Corporatich as order- of the]and by the City
of Lubbock for the 'purchase of said land; and,
k'HEREAS, the F & M Corporation on the 22nd day:�df September, 1954,
re jocted the offer of the City of Lubbock; K 0 W, T H E R E F O R E,
, BE, IT .RESOLVED BY THE CITY CC1k�MSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
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SECTION 1. That public necessity and convenience requires the widening
of Avenue "L" by the acquisition for street purposes of the following des-
cribed propertyt to-wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the West line of Lot 9, Block 227 of
the,Original Town of Lubbock,. Texas, said point being 21 feet
South of the Northwest Corner of said Lot 9;
THENCE South along the West lines of Lots 9, 100 11 and 12, a
distance of 77 feet to a point, said point being the 'intersec-
tion of the Went line of Lot 12 and the North R.O.W. line of
19th Street;
THENCE'East along the North R.O.W. lino-of 19th Street a dis-
tance of 25 feet 'to a point;
THENCE Northwesterly across Loty 12, ll, 10 and 9, a distance
of,80.95 feet to the POINT OF EEGINNING;
Containing 962.5 square feet of land.
SECTION 2. The offer of Six Thousand and No/100 ($6,000.00) Dollars
having been rude to the F' & M,Corporation, the owner of said land, for the
purchase thereof, and said offer having been rejected by said 'owner, that
the City Attorney E0, and he is hereby authorised and directed to acquire
by condemnation proceedings the fee simple title to said property heretofore
described for' street purposes.
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On motion of Commissioner Thomas , seconded by
Commissioner Carpenter the foregoirag"'resolution was
passed on this the_L_th day of b of.1954,. by ,the ,following votes
Commissioners voting *M": Baker, Carpenter, Forrest, Thomas and
Mayor Tripp
Commissioners voting "NAYNs None
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