04-9-92-6.8 - Resolution - 04/09/1992RESOLUTION NO. 4-9-9 2-6.8
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND
CITY ATTORNEY TO ACQUIRE A 0%206 ACRE TRACT IN THE CRAW-
FORD BURNETT SURVEY FOR USE AS A PARK FOR THE LINCOLN
CENTER/WAYNE SMITH PARK CORRIDORMASTER PLAN.
WHEREAS, the City of College Station having determined
the necessity of acquiring a 0.206 acre tract for use
as a park for the Lincoln Center/Wayne Smith Park
Corridor Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council having determined that it is
necessary to acquire the tract of land attached to this
Resolution, and that the public need requires the
acquisition of same in such manner as to make the
property available for lawful use for such purpose;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of College Station that the property described
in Exhibit A attached hereto shall be acquired by the
City; and the reasonable cash market value of same
shall be determined and paid according to law, either
by voluntary purchase or by condemnation; and that the
City Manager, the Mayor, and the City Attorney are
authorized to take any and all necessary actions to
obtain and pay for such property, including the
marketable fee simple title thereto, free and clear of
any restrictions or covenants inconsistent with the use
of same for all lawful purpose. Further, that the City
Attorney is by this resolution expressly authorized to
initiate and pursue condemnation proceedings and any
other necessary litigation incident to the purpose
herein set forth.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 9th day of April 1992
EST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
EXHIBIT
All that 0.206 acre tract or parcel of land lying and being
situated in the Crawford Burnett Survey, A-7, in Brazos County,
Texas, and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake set on the Southwest line of the extension
of Eleanor Street, which state is N 45 W 400 feet from the North
corner of a tract of land conveyed by Edward Hrdlicka et ux to
A&M Colored consolidated school;
THENCE N 45 W with the Southwest line of the extension of said
Eleanor Street, a distance of sixty feet and corner a stake set
for the North corner of this lot;
THENCE S 45 W 150 feet and corner a stake for corner;
THENCE S 45 E 60 feet and corner a stake for corner;
THENCE N 45 E 150 feet to the place of beginning, containing a
lot 60 feet in width and 150 feet in length, and being the same
tract described in a Warranty Deed from Edward V. Hrdlicka et us
to Thelma Walker on May 25, 1949, as recorded in Volume 139, Page
387 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas.