Res 201-90 12/6/1990RESOLUTION NO. rhet— 5G
RESOLUTION DETERMINING NECESSITY FOR
ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE
MIDWESTERN PARKWAY STREET WIDENING PROJECT,
APPROVING THE APPRAISALS, SETTING JUST
COMPENSATION, AND AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OR
CONDEMNATION.
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Highways and Public
Transportation is proposing to widen Midwestern Parkway from
Maplewood to Taft; and,
WHEREAS, prior to the construction, the City of Wichita
Falls must acquire certain parcels of right-of-way as well as a
channel easement and three temporary construction easements; and,
WHEREAS, the appraisals have been completed on these tracts,
reviewed by the City' s Property Administrator and the Highway
Department' s Right-Of-Way Agent, and are now on file in the
Property Management Office.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. It is necessary that the City of Wichita Falls
acquire fee simple title to the five tracts hereinafter
described, a channel easement, and three temporary construction
easements for the Midwestern Parkway Street Widening Project.
SECTION 2 . The legal descriptions of the five parcels to be
acquired by fee simple title are as follows:
Parcel #MP-1
A 0. 053 acre tract out of Lots 1 and 2 , Block 21, Midwestern
Parkway Addition.
Parcel #MP-2
A 0. 009 acre tract out of Lot 6, Eureka Plaza Addition.
Parcel #MP-3
A 0 .096 acre tract out of Lot 1, Eureka Plaza Addition.
Parcel #MP-4
A 0 . 068 acre tract out of Lot 1, Eureka Plaza Addition.
Parcel #MP-5
A 0. 900 acre tract out of a 67. 497 acre tract in the J. M.
English Survey No. 355, and the Day Land and Cattle Company
Survey, Abstract No. 619 .
The legal description of the channel easement to be acquired
is as follows:
Parcel IMP-3E
A 0. 362 acre tract, more or less, out of a 13 . 234 acre tract
in the J. M. English Survey, Abstract No. 355 , and being
part of Lot 1, Eureka Plaza Addition.
The legal descriptions of the two-year temporary
construction easements are as follows:
Parcel IMP-3 (TCE 1)
A 0. 060 acre tract, more or less, out of Lot 1, Eureka Plaza
Addition.
Parcel IMP-3 (TCE 2)
A 0. 056 acre tract, more or less, out of Lot 1, Eureka Plaza
Addition.
Parcel IMP-4 (TCE)
A 0. 127 acre tract, more or less, out of Lot 1, Eureka Plaza
Addition.
SECTION 3 . The amount of just compensation for the above
described parcels is as follows:
MP-1 13 , 854 . 00 MP-3E 23 ,654. 00
MP-2 2,110 . 00 MP-3 (TCE 1 & 2) 1,011. 00
MP-3 8,364 . 00 MP-4 (TCE) 553 .00
MP-4 2,962 . 00
MP-5 139,612. 00
These amounts are also the fair market value determined by
Henderson Appraisal and Consultants, who were employed by the
City to appraise these tracts.
SECTION 4 . In the event the Property Administrator is
unable to purchase the parcels for the appraised value, the City
Manager is authorized to increase the offer when, in his
judgment, it appears to be in the best interest of the City to do
so to save the cost of condemnation. If both parties are unable
to agree upon a value for the property, the City Attorney is
hereby authorized to institute condemnation proceedings to obtain
such property in the name of the City of Wichita Falls for the
Midwestern Parkway Project.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 6th day of December, 1990.
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