Res 420 6/27/1960r
RESOLUTION NO. 46? 0
WHEREAS, on the 14th day of August, 1959, Ralph V.
English and wife, Mamie English, conveyed to the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, an easement upon and across the herein-
after described property for the purpose of constructing and
perpetually maintaining a sanitary sewer line. The considera-
tion expressed in this easement was One Dollar ($1.00) . This
easement is recorded in Volume 780 on Page460 of the Deed Re-
cords of Wichita County, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls is presently en-
gaged in a project to extend its water system to newly develo-
ped areas, and said plans call for the installation of a xix-
teen (16") inch water main upon and across the identical land
where the above described sanitary sewer line is laid which
land is described by metes and bounds as follows, to wit:
A 20-foot wide parcel of land across a tract of land
lying and being situated in Wichita County, Texas, and being a
part of the D. Leona Survey, Abstract Number. 176, described in
deed by Buddy Bowles et ux to Ralph V. English et ux, dated Feb-
ruary 244 1956, and recorded in Volume 682, Page 69, of the Deed
Records of Wichita County, Texas.
The parcel covered by this easement is described as
follows:
BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of the a-
bove referenced tract;
THENCE South zero degrees and twenty minutes
East 20.0 feet to a point;
THENCE North eighty-nine degrees and forty-
three minutes East 480.9 feet to a point;
THENCE North twelve degrees and forty-six min-
utes West 20.4 feet to the Northeast corner of
referenced tract;
THENCE South eighty-nine degrees and forty-
three minutes West 485.3 feet to the place of
beginning;
CONTAINING 0.22 acres, more or less;
and
WHEREAS, the above described property is owned by
Ralph V. English and wife, Mamie English, and is presently lea-
sed to R. K. Cross and Sam Harrison, a partnership, dba Mid-Wes-
tern Auto Parts Company; and
WHEREAS, the said Ralph V. English and wife, Mamie
English, have been requested to execute a water line easement
I
upon and across the property described above on the same
terms and conditions as the sanitary sewer easement, but
they have declined to do so; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that this easement be ac-
quired at the earliest possible date due to the fact that
construction of said water main has been suspended because of
the failure to acquire this easement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDER_-
MEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT it is hereby de-
termined that public necessity requires the extension of the
above described sixteen (16") inch water line upon and across
the above described property of Ralph V. English and wife,
Mamie English, and the City Attorney is hereby authorized and
directed to make the owners of the above described property a
reasonable offer for this easement, and if the same is rejected,
start condemnation proceedings immediately so as to acquire a
water line easement upon and across the above described property.
PASSED and APPROVED, This > / day of
A. D. 1960.
ATTEST:
d!Ptleennef . -on, AYb$
A. L. F tts, City Clerk