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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 112360 - Land Acquisition - Virginia Russell Pack & Doris Olga Holmes - Section 77 Blocka - 11_23_1960 RE S OLUT ION �r �f WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock and the State of Texas, by and through the State Highway Commission, have entered into a contract as empowered and authorized by Art. 6673-b, Vernon's 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 Highway Commission; and, WHEREAS, under the terms of the contract the procurement and acquisition of the necessary land needed for road right of way purposes is the obligation of the City of Lubbock; and, 1 WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission has deemed it necessary in order to make certain highway improvements in connection with said "Loop 289" 9 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 Commission of the City of Lubbock, it is 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 Virginia Russell Pack and Doris Olga Holmes own or have some character interest in land needed for the location, construc- tion and maintenance of said Loop 289, and the value and total damages to the owners for the fee simple title to said land ,have been appraised in the amount of $137.00 and the Commission finds said amount to be fair and equitable; NOW THEREFORE: , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY CMMSSION 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 maintaiefing in conjunction with the State Highway Commission, said "Loop 289" as a designated part of the State Highway System, which land is more particularly described as follows: 0.091 of one acre, being all of the following 0.463 of one acre tract, EXCEPT however, 0.372 of one acre being a strip of land 30.0 feet in width, lying adjacent to the East boundary line of Section 77, presently being in the right of way of a public road. The 0.463 of one acre of land being out of and a part of that certain 65 acre tract in Section 77, Block A, conveyed to Virginia Russell Pack, etal by deed dated 20 June'59, of record in vol. 748, page 47, Deed Records of Lubbock County, Texas, which 0.463 of one acre tract is more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at the Northeast corner of said 65 acre tract, said point being 2098.9 feet South of the Northeast corner of said Section 77; THENCE S 0*17' Ell 540.6 feet along the East boundary line of said Section 77, to the Southeast corner of said 65 acre tract; THENCE S 89°4o' W, 30.0 feet along the South boundary line of said 65 acre tract; THENCE N 0-17' V9 374.6 feet along a line parallel to and 30.0 feet West of the East boundary line of said section; THENCE in a northwesterly direction along a circular curve to the left, the center of the curve being S 89,43' W, 215.0 feet from the beginning of the curve, a distance of 189.6 feet, to a point in the North boundary line of said 65, cre tract; f THENCE N 89°40' E, 108.3 feet along said North boundary line to the " place of beginning. t THAT the owners of said land be offered, through the Right of Way Department, 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 and benefit of the City of Lubbock and State of Texas, and unless accepted forthwith the City Attorney is hereby authorized and instruc ted 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 23rd day of isovPmbPr a �9�a DAVID Co CASEY, Mayor ATTEST: Faun ,+►�. � ADProv �.lO tr Lave is Lowe, City Secretary-Treasurer