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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2532 - Amends R#2510- Land Acuisition - Public Park Purposes, Sec 79 Block A - 03/12/1987HW: da RESOLUTION Resolution #2532 March 12, 1987 Agenda Item #16 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, a Home Rule Municipality located in Lubbock County, Texas, passed Resolution #2510 on January 22, 1987; and WHEREAS, said Resolution #2510 authorized the Right -of -Way Department of the City of Lubbock to purchase a tract of land for public park purposes for the sum of $31,700, and instructed the City Attorney of said City of Lubbock to institute condemnation (eminent domain) proceedings to acquire the fee simple title to said land if it could not be acquired by purchase; and WHEREAS, the property whose acquisition was authorized in Resolution #2510 was incorrectly described in Resolution #2510; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, has determined and does hereby determine that the public needs, safety and welfare still demand and create a public necessity for the acquisition of additional land for public park purposes as when Resolution #2510 was passed, and this City Council still finds it in the public interest to proceed with the acquisition of lands as needed for such public purposes as aforesaid; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock desires to amend or modify the legal description of the property described in Resolution #2510 to more accurately reflect the Council's true intentions; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT the fee simple title to the following described tract of land located in Lubbock County, Texas, be acquired in lieu of the property described in Resolution #2510 for the public purposes and municipal purposes set forth in the preamble hereof, to -wit: BEGINNING at a point which is 1295.56 feet West and 2020.83 feet North of the Southeast corner of Section 79, Block A, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE South 89°57'46" West a distance of 351.67 feet to a point; THENCE South 012'14" East a distance of 32.8 feet to a point, said point being in the Northeast right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 87 (Amarillo Highway); THENCE South 27005'14" East along the right-of-way line of said Highway 87 a distance of 234.75 feet to a point; THENCE South 23003'44" East continuing along the right-of-way line of said Highway 87 a distance of 624.79 feet to a point, said point being in the west line of MacKenzie State Park; THENCE North along the West line of said MacKenzie Park a distance of 816.94 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. SECTION 2. THAT the owners of said tract, being T. C. McLain and T. 0. Wilkins, again BE offered through the Right -Of -Way Department of the City of Lubbock the amount of $31,700, which is the amount appraised as the value and total damages for the fee simple title and acquisition of said real estate hereinabove described, for the use and benefit of the City of Lubbock, Texas, for the purposes herein stated, an unless accepted forthwith, the City Attorney of said City of Lubbock is hereby authorized and instructed to institute condemnation (eminent domain) proceedings to acquire the fee simple title to said land as hereinabove described for public purposes and municipal purposes. Passed by the City Council this 12th day of March , 1987. 9., a ti . C. McM NN, MAYOR ATTEST: Ranett`a.._Boyd, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: L� Ed Bucy, Right- -Way Agent APPROVED AS TO FORM: arold Willard, Assistant City Attorney -2-