Res 2560 6/24/1980RESOLUTION NO. i P
RESOLUTION FINDING AND DETERMINING NECESSITY
FOR AND ORDERING THE ACQUISITION OF A RIGHT
OF ENTRY LICENSE FOR CORE DRILLING AND SUR-
VEYING FOR SITE INVESTIGATION OF PROPERTY
FOR A SANITARY LANDFILL.
WHEREAS, as the present sanitary landfill site utilized
by the City of Wichita Falls will soon be exhausted, it is
necessary that a new sanitary landfill site be acquired; and,
WHEREAS, the site hereinafter described has been determined
to be a proper site for such a landfill, subject to a site
investigation to determine if the site will meet the technical
requirements for a sanitary landfill as determined by the
Texas Department of Health; and,
WHEREAS, such technical investigation will require
soil testing, and for such soil testing it will be necessary
to drill nine holes, three and one-half inches in diameter,
on the property hereinafter described; an independent appraiser
has appraised the damages caused by such core holes to be
50.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The Board of Aldermen hereby finds and
determines the necessity for the City to acquire a right of
entry license for drilling nine core holes and surveying the
following described tract of land lying in Wichita County,
Texas, to wit:
Being a tract of land out of Blocks 21, 22, & 26
Southside Farms Subdivision, Abstract 241 Wichita
County Texas being more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of Block 26, Southside
Farms Subdivision, the beginning point of this tract.
Thence North 1000 feet along the East line of said
Block 26.
Thence West 4200 feet parallel to the South lines of
Blocks 21 and 26 Southside Farms Subdivision.
Thence South 2200 feet parallel to the East lines of
Blocks 21 and 22 Southside Farms Subdivision.
Thence East 1561. 2 feet parallel to the South line
of Block 21 Southside Farms Subdivision.
Thence North 1200 feet along the East line of Block 22
Southside Farms Subdivision to the Southwest corner of
Block 26 and the Southeast corner of Block 21 South-
side Farms Subdivision.
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Thence East 2638 . 8 feet along the south line of
Block 26 Southside Farms Subdivision to the place of
beginning and containing 139. 4 acres of land more or
less.
SECTION 2. The value of $50 is hereby approved for this
right of entry license, and the City Manager is authorized to
purchase such right of entry license for this amount. 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 right of entry license for more than this value in order
to save the estimated cost of condemnation.
SECTION 3. In the event the City Manager is unable to
purchase such right of entry license for such value, he is
hereby authorized and directed to cause to be instituted
condemnation proceedings to obtain such right of entry license
in the name of the City of Wichita Falls.
SECTION 4. Such right of entry license shall be for
a period of 60 calender days from the date of the award of
Special Commissioners, in the event of condemnation.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 24th day of June, 1980.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk