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WHEREAS, the City Council of The City of Beaumont deems
it necessary to locate, construct, maintain, straighten, widen
and extend University Drive in The City of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, said City Council has.found that public necessity
requires the location, construction, maintenance, straightening,
widening and extension of said street on the hereinafter,de-
scribed property; and,
WHEREAS, said City Council deems it necessary to acquire
the hereinafter described interest in and to the hereinafter
described property for said location, construction, maintenance,
straightening, widening and extension of said street, and the
said City Council has found and determined that the said in-
terest in and to the hereinafter described land is suited for
such purposes and that it is necessary to acquire same for said
purposes; and,
WHEREAS, The City of Beaumont, through its duly authorized
representatives, has negotiated with the owners of the herein-
after described land and has been unable to agree with the owners
of such property as to the fair cash value thereof and damages,
if any, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
That Kenneth Wall, City Attorney, be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to file or cause to be filed against all owners of
the hereinafter described property, and claimants of interest
therein, Proceedings in Eminent Domain to acquire fee title,
for said purpose, in and to the following described parcel "of
land situated in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, to -wit:
BEING a 2400.0 square foot tract of land .out
of Lot 12 of Highland Addition to the City of
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, as per map
or plat thereof recorded in Volume 126, Page
467 of the Map Records of said County and
State, said tract being more: particularly de-
scribed by metes and bounds as follows, to wit:
For the PLACE OF BEGINNING, the intersection of
the North line of Dewey Street and the West
line of University Drive. being the Southeast
corner of Lot 12 of Highland Addition to the
City of Beaumont;
THENCE North 00°39138" East, 120.00 feet along
the West line of University Drive to a point
for corner;
THENCE North 89°28127" West; 20.00 feet to a
point for corner;
THENCE South 00°39138" West, 120.00 feet along
the proposed West line of University to a point
for corner;
THENCE South 89°28'27" East, 20.00 feet to a
point for corner being the PLACE OF BEGINNING
of the herein described tract of land;
CONTAINING 2400.0 square feet of land more or
less.
Provided, however, there.is excluded from said estate to
be condemned and reserved to the owners thereof all the.oil,
gas and sulphur beneath said land; and provided further that
the rights of access, ingress and egress to and from the said
University Drive of the remaining premises of defendants are
not to be condemned.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this the ! day of
1973.
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