Res 2578 7/8/1980RESOLUTION NO. , S7
RESOLUTION DECLARING CERTAIN LAND OWNED BY
CITY IN BLOCK 240, ORIGINAL TOWN, TO BE EXCESS
AND SURPLUS LAND, AND DIRECTING THAT SAID LAND
BE ADVERTISED FOR SALE ON SEALED BIDS.
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2173, adopted July 11, 1978,
the Board of Aldermen determined the necessity of acquiring
Block 240, Original Town of Wichita Falls, for midtown
improvements project, specifically a Human Resource Center,
and they authorized the City Manager to purchase or condemn
such land; and,
WHEREAS, since that time the City has purchased by
negotiation all of such block except Lots 8, 13, and 14; and,
WHEREAS, although the adoption of such Resolution 2173
and the acquisition of such property by the City were made in
good faith for the construction of such Human Resource Center,
it is now found that such public purpose is no longer viable,
and such land is excess and surplus, and should be sold by
the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The necessity of acquiring Block 240, Original
Town of the City of Wichita Falls, as determined in Resolution
2173, and the public purpose on which it was based, no longer
exist.
SECTION 2. The land owned by the City of Wichita Falls
in Block 240, Original Town, the same being all of such
Block 240 except Lots 8 , 13, and 14, is declared to be excess
and surplus land, and should be sold by the City.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to publish in a newspaper of general circulation in
Wichita County, Texas, a notice that such land is to be offered
for sale to the general public on sealed bids in accordance with
Article 5421c-12, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas; notice shall
be so given on at least two separate occasions, and no sale
shall be held less than fourteen days after the last notice.
The sale shall be made subject to the following qualifications:
A. A minimum bid of $295 ,200 will be required.
B. The sale and deed would be subject to a condition
subsequent that the title to the land would revert to the City
unless the purchaser submitted to the City within six months
of the deed preliminary plans for private development, begin
actual construction of improvements on such land within
eighteen months of the deed, and invested a minimum of 5
million dollars in the development of such property.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 8th day of July, 1980.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk