Res 2862 9/29/1981RESOLUTION NO. ; rfp
RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSITY FOR
ACQUIRING, AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO
HIRE APPRAISERS , AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE
OF DONATIONS , AND AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OR
CONDEMNATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS ON
HOLLIDAY CREEK.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS , THAT:
SECTION 1. It is hereby found to be necessary to acquire
right-of-way easements for the purposes of drainage, creek
channelization and brush control on Holliday Creek, on those
certain 17 tracts of land in Wichita County, Texas, which are
fully described by metes and bounds in that certain document
entitled "Field Notes, Proposed Holliday Creek Easements, City of
Wichita Falls, Wichita Falls, Texas, August, 1981" prepared by
Biggs & Mathews, Inc. , Consulting Engineers, copies of which are
on file in the office of the Director of Public Works for the
City of Wichita Falls, which descriptions are incorporated
herein by reference.
SECTION 2 . The City Manager is hereby authorized to employ
qualified independent appraisers to appraise such easements on
such tracts of land.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to accept
donations of such easements, and to certify the value of same
based on such appraisals for the purpose of the landowner' s
deduction of the gift for tax purposes.
ISECT ON 4 Upon receipt of the appraised values from thePP
independent appraisers, the City Manager is authorized to
purchase such easements on anyY of the above tracts which are
not donated by the owners; the price to be paid for such easements
are the values as determined by the independent appraisers.
SECTION 5. In the event the City Manager is unable to
purchase any such easement for the appraised value, he is
authorized and directed to cause to be instituted condemnation
proceedings to obtain such easements in the name of the City
of Wichita Falls. He is further authorized, when in his judgment
it appears to be in the best interest of the City to do so, to
purchase such easements for an additional amount, over and above
the amount of the appraisal, equal to the estimated cost of
condemnation which may be saved by the City by avoiding
condemnation.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 29th day of September, 1981.
A Y O R
ATTEST:
City Clerk