Res 795 3/25/1968I
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls and Wichita County
Water Improvement District No. 2 have contracted with the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers for the reconstruction of the
dam and spillway at Lake Kemp, and under said contract it is
necessary to acquire the interests in land as follows :
FIRST TRACT: The fee simple title in and to that
certain tract of land containing approximately 433 acres ,
more or less , which has been designated on maps by the Corps
of Engineers , and which are now on file in the office of
the Director of Water Development. This tract of land is
in the vicinity of the present dam and spillway at Lake Kemp
in Baylor County, Texas .
SECOND TRACT: A flowage easement on all that portion
of the lands of Waggoner around the perimeter of Lake Kemp
in Baylor County, Texas, excepting the first tract above, said
lands lying below elevation 1163 feet m.s . l. and adjoining that
land described and acquired by easement, for Lake Kemp, from
W. T. Waggoner by contract dated January 16th, 1922 , and recorded
in Volume 62 , Page 22 of the Records of the County Clerk of
Baylor County, Texas, comprising approximately 7500 acres, more
or less .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS :
That it is found to be necessary to obtain the above
described interests in land for the reconstruction of the Lake
Kemp dam and spillway, and for the operation and maintenance
of Lake Kemp as a reservoir for water for municipal, irrigation
and flood control purposes ; in the event such interests cannot
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be purchased by negotiation, the City Manager is directed to
proceed to condemn such interests in land.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 25th day of March, 1968.
Ar C21-4
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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