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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, it has been determined by the City Council upon information by
the Traffic Engineer that the increased traffic along a portion of Fourth Street
within the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, necessitates the widening and
improving of Fourth Street; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire for street and highway right of way
purposes the fee simple title to the land hereinafter described, owned by American
Petrofina Company; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has caused an appraisal to be made of said land
and the value and total damages, if any, to the owners, and all others, whose
interest may appear, for fee simple title to said land have been appraised in the
amount of $11, 880.00, and the Council finds such amount to be fair and equitable;
NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City of Lubbock acquire for the purposes of widening and improvin
the public street known and described as Fourth Street, the fee simple title to the
land lying and being situated in Lubbock County, Texas, and more particularly des
cribed as follows, to -wit:
Being 2, 205. 75 square feet out of Lot 24, Merritt &
Wild Addition of Block 14, Roberts & McWhorter Addition
to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, according
to a plat of said Addition recorded in Volume 26, Page 82,
of Plat Records of Lubbock County; and being the same
property described in a Deed from American Petrofina
Company of Texas to AMPCO Corporation dated November
12, 1959, recorded in Volume 768, Page 696, Deed Records
of Lubbock County, Texas; said 2, 205. 75 Sq. Ft. of land
being more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point 122. 5 feet south of the northwest
corner of the south 1/ 2 of Lot 22 of Merritt & Wild
Addition of Block 14 of Roberts and McWhorter Addition
said point being in the north line of U. S. Highway 82
(4th Street);
THENCE North along the west line of Lot 24 a distance of
17.3 feet to a point in the proposed north line of U. S.
Highway 8 2;
THENCE N 89° 59T East along the proposed north right-of--
way line of U. S. Highway 82 a distance of 127. 5 feet to a
point in the east line of Lot 24;
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THENCE South along said line of Lot 24 a distance of
17.3 feet to a point;
THENCE S 89' 59t West along the existing north
line of U. S. Highway 82 a distance of 127. 5 feet to
the PLACE OF BEGINNING.
THAT owner, American Petrofina Company, and all others, if any, whose
interest may appear, be offered through the Right -Of -Way Department the amount
appraised as the value and total damages, if any, 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 unless accepted forthwith, the City Attorney is hereby
authorized and instructed to institute condemnation proceedings for and on behalf <
the City of Lubbock to acquire the fee simple title to saidland as hereinabove des-
cribed for street purposes.
Passed by the City Council this 14th day of September 1972.
MORRIS W. TURNER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Laveriia Lowe, City -Secretary -Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
red U. Senter, Jr., Ci y.,Atto`rney