Res 2756 4/7/1981RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION DECLARING NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING, APPROVING
APPRAISAL AND AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION OF
CERTAIN PROPERTIES FOR THE BURNETT STREET/WICHITA RIVER
BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to acquire the properties hereinafter described
for the Burnett Street/Wichita River Bridge Improvement Program; and,
WHEREAS, such properties have been appraised by an independent appraiser
employed by the City for this purpose, and the amount of the appraisal has been
studied by the Board of Aldermen, and copies of same are now in possession of the
Director of Public Works,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS THAT:
Section No. 1 It is necessary to acquire the fee simple title to the follow-
ing properties in Wichita Falls, Texas:
BURNETT STREET/WICHITA RIVER BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Two tracts of land totaling 0.373 acre out of Abstract No. 306 and
No. 307, Wichita County, Texas described as follows:
Tract No. 1
Being 0.132 of one acre of land, more or less, out of and a part of a 0.91 acre
tract in the John A. Scott Survey No. 15, Abs. No. 307, in Wichita County, Texas;
said 0.91 acre tract being the same land described in a deed from First Wichita
National Bank to Roger W. Crampton dated January 3, 1963, recorded in Vol. 1172,
Pg.247, Deed Records of Wichita County, Texas; said 0.132 of one acre of land, more
or less, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the southwest right of way line of North Burnett Street,
said point being S 35° 00' E 130 feet from the intersection of the southwest right
of way line of North Burnett Street and the southeast right of way line of Warren
Street, said point also being the eastern most corner of a tract of land described
in a deed from Billy Jack Hawkins, et ux to Jerry Murphy dated January 31, 1976,
recorded in Volume 1198, Page 191, Deed Records of Wichita County, Texas;
THENCE, S 35° 00' E, a distance of 176.9 feet along the southwest right of way
line of North Burnett Street to a point for corner;
THENCE, S 55° 00' W, a distance of 40.0 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, N 35° 00' W, a distance of 70.0 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, N 21° 50' W, a distance of 109.69 feet to a point for corner, said
point being in the southeast line of the above described tract of land
from Billy Jack Hawkins, et ux to Jerry Murphy;
THENCE, N 54° 37' E, a distance of 15 feet along the southeast line of the above
described tract of land from Billy Jack Hawkins, et ux to Jerry Murphy
to the point of beginning, and containing 0.132 acre of land, more
or less.
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TRACT NO. 2
Being 0.241 of one acre of land, more or less, out of and a part of a 4.19 acre
tract in the John A. Scott Survey No. 15, Abs. No. 307, in Wichita County, Texas;
said 4. 19 acre tract being the same land described in a deed from First Wichita
National Bank to Roger W. Crampton dated January 3, 1963, recorded in Vol. 1172,
Pg. 247, Deed Records of Wichita County, Texas, said 0.241 of one acre of land,
more or less, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the northeast right of way line of North Burnett Street,
said point being S 35° 00' E 72.5 feet from the southern most corner of Block 0,
R. E. Montgomery Subdivision, as recorded in Vol. 3, Pg. 79, plat records of
Wichita County, Texas;
THENCE, N 55° 00' E, a distance of 15. 0 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, S 50° 15' E, a distance of 114. 02 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, S 35° 00' E, a distance of 160.0 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE, S 55° 00' W, a distance of 45.0 feet to a point for corner, said point
being in the northeast right of way line of North Burnett Street;
THENCE, N 35° 00' W, a distance of 270.0 feet along the northeast right of way
line of North Burnett Street to the point of beginning, and containing
0. 241 acre of land, more or less.
Total value approved in this resolution 3,400.
Section No. 2 The approved value of such properties are hereby approved
and the City Manager is hereby authorized to purchase by Warranty Deed such tracts
of land in the name of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas. The authorized price to
be paid for such tracts is the value as determined by the appraisal made by the
independent appraiser referred to above.
Section No. 3 In event the City Manager is unable to purchase any such
tract for such approved value he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be
instituted condemnation proceedings to obtain such tract in the name of the City
of Wichita Falls, Texas. 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 property for more
than the appraised value in order to save the estimated cost of condemnation.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 7th DAY OF April 1981
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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