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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-13-2006-12.03 - Resolution - 07/13/2006RESOLUTION NO. 7-13-2006-12.03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS RELATING TO: (1) THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY TO INITIATE, COMPLETE, AND ACQUIRE, BY PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION, AN EXCLUSIVE, PERMANENT PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT REGARDING 0.60 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS, AND A RELATED TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT REGARDING 0.63 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS, IN BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, A PART OF THE STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LEAGUE NO. 9, ABSTRACT NO. 62; (2) A DECLARATION THAT A PUBLIC NECESSITY EXISTS FOR THE CITY TO ACQUIRE SAID EASEMENTS, THROUGH PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION, IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH AN AUTHORIZED AND DECLARED PUBLIC USE AND PURPOSE; (3) THE RATIFICATION OF ALL PRIOR CITY ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS; AND (4) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING STATUTES. WHEREAS, the City of College Station, Texas ("City") is a home rule municipality which is duly incorporated and chartered under the constitution and laws of Texas; and WHEREAS, the City owns, operates, constructs, repairs, and maintains a municipal water utility system ("water utility system") as a public service, in order to provide water service to the public and the City, now and in the future; and WHEREAS, the City's ownership, operation, construction, repair, and maintenance of the water utility system is a benefit to the public, because the system currently provides, and will provide in the future, an important source of water to the public and the City. Therefore, the water utility system, including the City's ownership, operation, construction, repair, and maintenance of the system, now and in the future, are hereby declared to be worthwhile public uses and purposes; and WHEREAS, the City, through a condemnation proceeding, may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property, inside or outside the municipality, in order to efficiently carry out the ownership, operation, construction, repair, and maintenance of its water utility system pursuant to the following, non-exclusive authority, the contents of which are incorporated by reference: Chapters 251 and 402 of the Texas Local Government Code; Chapter 21 of the Texas Property Code; and articles I and II of the City Charter; and WHEREAS, the City is engaged in the following project regarding the improvement and expansion of its water utility system: the Water Transmission Line Project also referred to as the Water Project ("project"). This project will benefit the public and the City because its completion and operation will enhance and improve the source and distribution of water available to the community at large. Therefore, this project, which includes the acquisition of the easements herein described, is hereby declared to be a worthwhile public use and purpose; and Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Page 2 WHEREAS, the City determines that the best interests and needs of the public, including the health, safety, and welfare of the public, require that the City's water utility system should be improved and expanded through the City's acquisition, through purchase or condemnation proceeding, of the following easements: (a) an exclusive, permanent public utility easement and right of way ("permanent public utility easement") regarding the project, on, in, over, along, under, across, and through a certain tract or parcel of land, being and situated in Brazos County, Texas, containing 0.60 acres more or less, a part of the Stephen F. Austin League No. 9, Abstract No. 62, in exchange for the payment of reasonable, adequate, and just compensation by the City to the owner or owners thereof, said property being more particularly described by metes and bounds and surrey plat in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference; and (b) a related temporary construction easement ("temporary construction easement") regarding the project, on, in, over, along, under, across, and through a certain tract or parcel of land, being and situated in Brazos County, Texas, containing 0.63 acres more or less, a part of the Stephen F. Austin League No. 9, Abstract No. 62, in exchange for the payment of reasonable, adequate, and just compensation by the City to the owner or owners thereof, said property being more particularly described by metes and bounds and survey plat in Exhibit B, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference; and (c) said permanent utility easement and temporary construction easement being hereafter referred to as the subject property unless otherwise designated; and WHEREAS, pursuant the authority stated herein, the City intends and seeks to acquire the aforementicned easements regarding the subject property for the following, declared public uses and purposes regarding the project: (a) the construction, installation, inspection, placement and removal of water lines, water pipelines, and related water utility infrastructure, facilities, and improvements by the City, on, in, over, above, along, under, across, and through said property, in order to improve, expand, and maintain the source, transmission and distribution of water within the City's water utility system, now and in the future, for the benefit of the public and the City, as described herein; and (b) the permanent ownership, operation, construction, repair, inspection, placement, removal, and maintenance of the water utility system at the location of said permanent utility easement on the subject property, including all utility infrastructure, facilities, or improvements placed on, in, over, above, along, under, across, and through said property, in order to improve, expand, and maintain the transmission and distribution of water within the City's water utility system, now and in the future, for the benefit of the public and the City, as described herein; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the project, a public necessity exists for the City to acquire, through purchase or condemnation proceeding, the permanent public utility easement and the temporary construction easement regarding the subject property for the public uses and purposes described herein, and WHEREAS, pursuant to the project, the City's acquisition of the permanent public utility easement and the temporary construction easement regarding the subject property, through 2 Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Page 3 purchase or condemnation proceeding, is necessary to accomplish, achieve, and advance the public uses and purposes described herein; and WHEREAS, upon acquisition of the permanent public utility easement, the City shall allow the owner of the subject property to use all or any part of the easement acquired for any purpose that does not damage, destroy, injure, or interfere with the City's efficient, safe, or convenient use of the easement acquired, as described herein, including the specific use limitations of said owner as described herein; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THAT: Singular nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, where necessary for a correct meaning of this resolution. 2. All prior resolutions or orders regarding the project, the permanent public utility easement, the temporary construction easement, and the subject property are hereby supplemented and incorporated by reference. 3. All prior acts of the City, including the acts of its elected officials, officers, employees, agents, or attorneys, regarding the project, the permanent public utility easement, the temporary construction easement, and the subject property are hereby authorized, ratified, approved, confirmed, and validated. 4. All statements made in the caption, preamble, preliminary recitals, and the documents attached to this resolution are true, correct, and incorporated by reference. 5. The best interests and needs of the public, including the health, safety, and welfare of the public, pursuant to the utility project described above, require that the water utility system of the City be improved and expanded by the City's acquisition of the permanent public utility easement and the temporary construction easement regarding the subject property, as described herein. 6. The permanent public utility easement and the temporary construction easement regarding the subject property, pursuant to the project and as described herein, is sought and shall be acquired by the City for the following public uses and purposes: a. the construction, installation, inspection, placement and removal of water lines, water pipelines, and related water utility infrastructure, facilities, and improvements by the City, on, in, over, above, along, under, across, and 3 Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Page 4 through said property, including but not limited to water transmission lines, connecting water pipelines, access facilities, attachment structures and equipment, and communication lines specifically related thereto, in order to improve, expand, and maintain the source, transmission, and distribution of water within the City's water utility system, now and in the future, for the benefit of the public and the City; and b. the permanent ownership, operation, construction, repair, inspection, placement, removal, and maintenance of the water utility system at the location of said permanent utility easement, including all utility infrastructure, facilities, or improvements placed on, in, over, above, along, under, across, and through said property, as described herein, in order to improve, expand, and maintain the source, transmission, and distribution of water within the City's water utility system, now and in the future, for the benefit of the public and the City; C. any other public use and purpose described in this resolution. 7. All public uses and purposes described in this resolution are hereby declared to be worthwhile, convenient, and necessary to justify and support the acquisition of the permanent public utility easement and the temporary construction easement by the City, through purchase or condemnation proceeding. 8. Regarding the permanent public utility easement and the temporary construction easement described in this resolution, and pursuant to the project, the City hereby ceclares the following: a. A public necessity and convenience exists for the City to acquire said easements, through purchase or condemnation proceeding, for the public uses and purposes stated in this resolution. b. The City's acquisition of said easements, through purchase or condemnation proceeding, is necessary and convenient to accomplish, achieve, and advance the public uses and purposes stated in this resolution. 9. Pursuant to the project, the City's elected officials, officers, employees, agents, representatives, and attorneys are hereby authorized to engage in the following conduct regarding the permanent public utility easement, the temporary construction easement, and the subject property: a. Said representatives shall have the authority to lay -out or map the exact location of the land needed regarding the subject property. Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Page 5 b. Said representatives shall have the authority to hire, engage, or direct such City staff, engineers, surveyors, appraisers, title companies, architects, attorneys, or other persons or entities needed to effect: the mapping or design of the necessary utility infrastructure, facilities, or improvements on the subject property; the establishment and acquisition of the necessary title to the subject property; and the construction, operation, inspection, and maintenance of the necessary utility infrastructure, facilities, or improvements on the subject property. C. Said representatives shall have the authority, with the consent of the property owner or through a court order, to enter upon the subject property for the purpose of. surveying and establishing title; determining reasonable, adequate, and just compensation; conducting tests; or negotiating with the owner for the purchase of the required property interests. d. Said representatives shall have the authority, after determining reasonable, adequate, and just compensation for said easements, to negotiate with the property owner for the purpose of acquiring for the City the required property interests by purchase. e. If necessary, and should the owner of the subject property fail to accept a bona fide, good faith offer from the City to purchase the required property interests, said representatives shall have the authority to initiate and complete condemnation proceedings against said owner, in order to acquire through condemnation all required property interests and title regarding the subject property. f. Said representatives shall have the authority to initiate and complete all other actions deemed necessary and appropriate to effect the accomplishment of the public uses and purposes described herein. 10. Upon acquisition of the permanent public utility easement, the City shall allow the owner of the subject property to use all or any part of the easement acquired for any purpose that does not damage, destroy, injure, or interfere with the City's efficient, safe, or convenient use of the easement acquired; however: (a) said owner shall not be allowed to lay -out, dedicate, construct, maintain, or use any house, structure, or reservoir, or to permit same to be accomplished, on, over, under, through or within said easement except as provided herein; but (b) said owner shall be allowed to lay -out, dedicate, construct, maintain, or use roads, streets, alleys, and driveways, on, over, or within said easement, provided that said use does not change the grade over the land of said easement without the prior written consent of the City. E Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Page 6 11. Upon acquisition of the temporary construction easement, said easement shall exist only for such period of time as is required for the construction, installation, completion, and inspection of all utility infrastructure, facilities, or improvements placed on, in, over, above, along, under, across, and through the subject property, as described herein, after which time said temporary construction easement shall cease to operate or be effective. 12. This resolution and order shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. 13. This resolution was considered and passed at a meeting held in compliance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the Texas Open Meetings Act. APPROVED this 13th day of July , 2006. EST: PLUI me Hooks, City Secretary APPROVED: i sS ued_0.y4-Cala;� o 4S,Q , City Attorney 6 APPROVED: RON RESOLUTION NO. 7-13-2006-12.03 Joe Orr, Inc. Surveyors & Engineers 2167 Post Oak Circle College Station, TX 77845 (979) 690-3378 Proposed Easement Nowsco Addition Stephen F. Austin League No. 9 Bryan, Brazos County, Texas September 21,2004 All that certain tract of parcel of land lying and being situated in the Stephen F. Austin League No. 9, Abstract No. 62, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, being a part of Lot 1 Block 1 of the Nowsco addition to the City of Bryan according to plat of record in Volume 470, Page 871 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas, lying along and adjoining the northeast line of the existing Lone Star Gas Company easement as described by said plat and amendment recorded in Volume 6218, Page 209 of the Official Public Records of Brazos County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a %" iron rod with a blue plastic cap stamped "College Station Easement" set in the line between the said Nowsco addition and the Amtex Subdivision Phase I according to plat of record in Volume 495, Page 449 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas, from which a concrete right-of-way monument was found S 67" 01' 21" W — 30.0 feet at the common corner of the said Nowsco addition and the said Amtex Subdivision in the northeast right-of-way line of Harvey Mitchell Parkway (F.M. 2818). Thence N 22" 53' 41" W — 508.54 feet along the northeast line of the said Lone Star Gas Company easement 30 feet from and parallel to the northeast right-of—way line of F.M. 2818 to a hole drilled in concrete at an angle point; Thence N 4" 00' 23" E — 198.92 feet along the east line of the amended TXU easement described in Volume 6218, Page 209 of the Official Public Records of Brazos County, Texas, to a %2" iron rod with a blue plastic cap stamped "College Station Easement" set at an angle point; Thence N 22" 53' 41" W — 139.86 feet along the northeast line of the platted Lone Star Gas Company easement 30' from and parallel to the northeast right-of-way line of F.M 2818 to a %z" iron rod with a blue plastic cap stamped "College Station Easement" set in the northwest line of the said Nowsco addition and the southeast line of the Union Pacific Railroad 0.64 acre tract as described by deed recorded in Volume 311, Page 27 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas from which a concrete right-of-way marker was found S 58" 57' 02" W — 30.31 feet; EXHIBIT A Nowsco Easement Page 1 of 2 Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Thence N 58" 57' 02" E — 30.31 feet along the line between the said Nowsco addition and the said Union Pacific Railroad tract to the most northerly comer of this tract; Thence through the said Nowsco addition as follows; S 220 53' 41" E — 151.33 feet to an angle point; S 4" 00' 23" W — 198.92 feet to and angle point; S 22" 53' 41" E — 453.01 feet to an angle point; S 45" 23' 41" E — 52.26 feet to the line between the said Nowsco addition and the said Amtex Subdivision; Thence S 67" 01' 21" W — 50.00 feet along the line between the said Nowsco addition and the said Amtex Subdivision to the Point of Beginning and containing 0.60 acres of land more or less. Bearings are TX State Plane, central zone, NAD-83 datum, based on City of College Station monument no. 107 and GPS observations. Nowsco Easement EXHIBIT A Page 2 of 2 CYl C-4 CD CD CI-4 1 CY) z 0 0 0 to 06 iE 0 0 a 'a CL CL cl� Union Pacific 0 co, Railroad CO. 0.643 acres (-5 0 'Vol. 311, pg. 27 Wd 20' utilirty easemeasement. VT70. pg. 871 (PI.1) 2t 22153'41" E ze d "L� .40 5' wwment Z§ oak TSoex ar aaY 2%r" .-Wnq eme.dd phr- t 6219, pg. 209 - T)(U 4AP Nowsco vol. 470, pg. 871 Lot 1 Block 1 063141* F - 453.01 Arntex Subdivision Phase I vol. 495, pg. 449 I \� �` Tract No. 2.755 Acres � LN 17 '77 ro C A ..%Ug 2 utillty(­ PU 449 5. bil. at) F4 N 'A 54M.54' --"t vol. J30, pg. 753 Ga. Co. mdeft 30' —t 470pg, 871tt toWIM ,L- St., GOV, 449 (1W) pg. 827 exiW17 2V20' -Wff�w ea""M pg. 641 - City of ar).. Harvey WOO Parkway (F.M. 2818) 40-1- N "%� 1 00, JOE ORR, IArC. Amprm" WrZom 2167 PM 0M 01ME COLIME 51AnON, IX 776/5 41 M-3y. PROPOSED EASEMENT - REVISED 50 0 50 100 150 F-t NOWSOO TRACT — I S.F. AUSTIN LEAGUE No. 9 are Tx sm a t Pf.-.CWAml —. W-83 datum,, :-d an tatty CS rps 107 and CPS obseldlc. . 3RYAN TEXAS I r-tw VAW FL WAYP Ail ..I.Ug uUrVi and eawmsnte are not b.- onW thl. P. - law bto- PW I. aeP rap, ATION MN Ur uO VKh mW =ht-l- Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Joe Orr, Inc. Surveyors & Engineers 2167 Post Oak Circle College Station, TX 77845 (979) 690-3378 Proposed Temporary- Easement Nowsco Addit_on Stephen F. Austin League No. 9 Bryan, Bravos County, Texas March 16, 2006 All that certain tract of parcel of land lying and being situated in the Stephen F. Austin League No. 9, Abstract No. 62, in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, being a part of Lot 1 Block 1 of the Nowsco addition to the City of Bryan according to plat of record in Volume 470, Page 871 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas, lying between the northeast line of the existing Lone Star Gas Company easement as described by said plat and amendment recorded in Volume 6218, Page 209 of the Official Public Records of Brazos Cg.inty, Texas, and the northeast right-of-way line of Harvey Mitchell Parkway (F.M. 281€) and being more particularly described as follows: Beginrmg at a concrete right-of-way monument found at the common comer of the said Nowsco addition and the Amtex Subdivision Phase I according to plat of record in Volume 495, -Page 449 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas, in the northeast right-of-way lme of Harvey Mitchell Parkway (F.M. 2818). Thence N 67` 01' 21" E — 30.00 feet along the line between the said Nowsco addition and the said Amtex Subdivision to a %a" iron rod with a blue plastic cap stamped "College Station Easement" set for the most easterly comer of this tract; Thence N 22` 53' 41" W — 508.54 feet along the northeast line of the said platted Lone Star Gas Company easement30 feet from and parallel to the northeast right -of — way line of F.M. 2€18 to a hole drilled in concrete at an angle point; Thence N 4° 00' 23" E—198.92 feet along the east line of the amended TXU easement described in Volume 6218, Page 209 of the Official Public Records of Brazos County, Texas, to a lii" iron rod with a blue plastic cap stamped "College Station Easement" set at an angle point; Thence N 22° 53' 41" W — 139.86 feet along the northeast line of the platted Lone Star Gas Comnan., easement 30' from and parallel to the northeast right-of-way line of F.M 2818 to a 1/2" iron rod with a blue plastic cap stamped "College Station Easement" set in the northwest line of the said Nowsco addition and the southeast line of the Union Pacific Railroad 3.6L acre tract as described by deed recorded in Volume 311, Page 27 of the Deed Records of Brazos County, Texas; Nowsco Tempo_ ary Easement Page 1 of 2 EXHIBIT B Resolution No. 7-13-2006-12.03 Thence S 58" 57' 02" W — 30.31 feet along the line between the said Nowsco addition and the said Union Pacific Railroad tract to a concrete right-of-way marker found in the northeast right-of-way line of Harvey Mitchell Parkway (F.M. 2818) at the most westerly comer of this tract; Thence along said right-of-way line as follows; S 22" 53' 41" E — 125.04 feet to an angle point from which a 3/8" iron rod was found S 68° W - 0.7; S 1010 15' 09" W—164.60 feet to a concrete right-of-way marker at an angle point S 22" 53' 41" E — 558.68 feet along said right-of-way line to the Point of Beginning and containing 0.63 acres of land more or less. Bearings are TX State Plane, central zone, NAD-83 datum, based on City of College Station monument no. 107 and GPS observations. See survey plat prepared with this written description. Ncwsco Temporary Easement Page 2 of 2 I \ \ -� Union Pacific Nowsco \ \ o - o N Railroad co. vol. 470, pg. 871 r o T ,/� O.643 acres \ Arntex Subdivision vol. 311. pg. 27 Lot 1 \ Phase I Block 1 \ voj. 495, pg. 449 tw20 0P'9 lWeoument \ iWaU ; �\ '^ I Tract No. 1 2.755 Acres r�r�'�•t N 22"S3.41' W - 139,86' exWngy 23' eo.ement - rnrnIobelieJ„ lane871 star W G�t`8 22'SS41' E — t25.t14"�J• — a s �' Pro 30' Perm an EOeement7 — �q '= e.l.tin2 20 wAty .memi vd. 4G5. py. M9 (Pbt) W 8 wbtlnp amended Pi%- eowmmt W. 6216. 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