HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 041460I - Land Acquisition - Raymond Billingsley - Gordon Bozeman - 04_14_1960 t RE S OLUT ION
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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 a t o thg State
Highway system, which has heretofore been designated e� &Uty 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,
WHEREAS, the State Highway Commission has deemed it ejs .ary order
to make certain highway improvements in connection with saim<.
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 Raymond Billingsley
awn or have some character Asres
in land needed for the location, �construc-
tion and maintenance of saiaoo- , dand the value and total damages to the
d^ owners for the fee simple title to said land have been appraised in the amount
of $7.100.00 and the Commission finds said amount to be fair
and equitable; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMKISSION 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, cons nclt to an maintaining
in conjunction with the State Highway Commission, said ° as a
designated part of the State Highway System, which land is more particularly
described as follows:
A tract of land out of Lots 14 and 15, Block 2, Gordon-Bozeman Addition to
the City of Lubbock, being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of said Lot 14; thence s 44°09' E, 23.9
feet along the east boundary line of said Lot 14; to a point; thence S 41*55
W; 42.0 feet to a point ; thence in*a southwesterly direction along a circu-
lar ,curve to the left, the center of the curve being S 48005' E, 125.0 feet
from the beginning of the curve, a distance of 61.8 feet to a point in the
west boundary line of said Lot 15; thence N 44*09, W, 45.5 feet along said
west boundary line to the northwest corner of said Lot 15; thence N 45°51' E
100 feet along the north boundary line of said Lot 15 and 14 to the place
of beginning and contains 0.071 acres.
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 14th
day of Agri 1 , 19 60 0
DAVID Co CASEY , Mayor
ATTEST:
Lavenid Lowe, City Secretary-Treasurer