Res 122-83 7/5/1983RESOLUTION NO. f W
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID OF SACRED HEART CEMETERY
FOR PURCHASE OF 2 .54 ACRES OF LAND BOUNDED BY
KESSLER, SANTA FE AND KENESAW, AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED.
WHEREAS, by Resolution No . 84-83 , the City Council authorized
the advertising for bids for sale of the hereinafter 2 .54 acres of
land in Wichita Falls; and,
WHEREAS, the City published a notice that the land was offered
for sale, as required by Article 5421c-12, Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas; two bids were received, and the bid of Sacred Heart Cemetery
in the sum of $50 , 000 .00 was the highest and best bid.
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
Said bid of Sacred Heart Cemetery in the sum of $50, 000 .00 is
hereby accepted, and the City Manager is authorized to execute a
deed with special warranty for the City of Wichita Falls to Sacred
Heart Cemetery. The deed shall provide that the Second Tract is
subject to the restrictive covenant contained in the deed from
Westmoreland Park Company, dated February 12, 1927, and recorded
in Volume 274 , Page 398 , Wichita County Deed Records . The deed
shall contain a condition that no use shall be made of the property
other than single family, one-story duplex or triplex residential use
or open space use, such as cemetery.
Said land is bounded by Kessler, Santa Fe and Kenesaw Streets
in Wichita Falls, and is described as follows:
FIRST TRACT:
1 .94 acres of land out of the L. Kertz
Subdivision of blocks C & D, Fairview
Addition to the City of Wichita Falls,
said 1 .94 acre tract being described
by metes and bounds as follows :
Beginning 30 feet north 89° 52 ' West
of the northeast corner of Block C,
Fairview Addition to the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, GC & SFRR
Abstract 257, for the northeast corner
of this tract; thence south along a
line, the east line of this tract,
350 feet to the north line of Kenesaw
Avenue, a stake, same being the south-
east corner of this tract; thence along
the north line of Kenesaw Avenue, a
bearing of north 89° 52 ' West, a distance
of 159 .2 feet, a stake, the southwest
corner of this tract, also a point in the
east line of a 20 foot alley; thence along
the east line of the 20 foot alley and the
east line of Lot 1, as shown by the Plat
of Record by Mr . L. Kertz, a bearing of
north 25° 9 ' West, 367 .2 feet to the
northwest corner of this tract, a stake;
thence south 89° 52 ' East, 323 .7 feet to
the place of beginning, containing 1 .94
acres of land .
SECOND TRACT:
Block 7, First Section, of the Westmoreland
Park Addition to the City of Wichita Falls,
Texas, according to the Plat of said
addition recorded in Volume 3 at Page 74
of the Plat Records of Wichita County,
Texas .
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th day of July, 1983 .
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ATTEST:
City Clerk