2001-079-RES AUTHORIZING PROCUREMENT OF EASEMENTS FOR SOUTHEASET WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO 18-0340-83-50
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-079
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PROCUREMENT OF EASEMENTS
FOR THE SOUTHEAST WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. IS-
0340-83-50; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO
THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of Paris has undertaken a project of construction
entitled Southeast Water Line Replacement Proj ect No. 18-0340-83-50 in accordance with plans and
specifications prepared by Prank Davis, Acting City Engineer of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the easement descriptions necessary for the cornpletion of said water line
replacement project are shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the above-described utility easements are necessary
for said improvement project and that the same should be condemned; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things
approved.
Section 2. That the City Attorney, Larry W. Schenk and the Director of Public Works, Terry
Townsend, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to proceed to acquire by eminent domain
or otherwise the properties described on Exhibit A, attached hereto, to be used for the Southeast
Water Line Replacement Project No. 18-0340-83-50.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after the date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 11th day of June, 2001.
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
UTILITY & DRAINAGE EASEMENT
SOUTHEAST WATERLINE REPLACEMENT
Gibson/Maberry Property
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar and State of
Texas, a part of the Joseph Leach Survey No. 524, and being a part of a tract ofland described in
deed to W. G. Gibson and wife, Mattie Beulah Gibson, recorded in Volume 283, Page 459, Deed
Records of Lamar County, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING on the south side ofClarksville Street, the south right-of-way ofU S. Hwy 271,
the north boundary line of said Gibson tract;
THENCE South to a point in the north right-of-way of the abandoned Texas and Pacific
Railroad;
THENCE crossing said railroad proceeding approximately S 220 E along and west of an
existing fence line to a point on the north side of a road and utility easement granted said City of Paris
by deed recorded in Volume 138, Page 196 of the Real Property Records of Lamar County, Texas;
THENCE along said road easement and south of an existing fence, proceeding approximately
S 670 E, to a point in the west right-of-way of Loop Hwy 286, the east boundary line of said Gibson
tract;
THENCE South, with the west boundary line of said Loop Hwy 286, to a point abutting a
utility easement granted said City of Paris, of record in Volume 690, Page 325 ofthe Real Property
Records of Lamar County, Texas,
and further give and grant a temporary construction easement described as follows:
BEING a strip ofland thirty (30) feet in width situated within the corporate limits of the City
of Paris, County of Lamar and State of Texas, a part of the Joseph Leach Survey No. 524, and being
a part ofa tract ofland described in deed to W. G. Gibson and wife, Mattie Beulah Gibson, recorded
in Volume 283, Page 459, Deed Records of Lamar County, Texas, said thirty (30) foot temporary
easement being thirty (30) feet west of the west boundary line of said permanent easement.
EXHmIT A
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UTILITY & DRAINAGE EASEMENT
SOUTHEAST WATERLINE REPLACEMENT
Donald R. Howell Property
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar and State
of Texas, a part of the Joseph Leach Survey, Abstract No. 524, being a part ofa 50 acre tract of
land described in a Deed to Elizabeth Harris Smith, recorded in Volume 422, Page 238 of the
Lamar County Deed Records, and being a part of Lot 4-A, City Block 346, described as Tract
One in deed from Rebecca Lynn Howell to Donald R. Howell dated December 1, 1988, recorded
in Volume 62, Page 54, Real Property Records, Lamar County, Texas, and being more
particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron pipe set for a comer, being the northwest comer of Lot 4-A, City
Block 346, in the east boundary line of the S.E. Loop 286 right-of-way line;
THENCE S 0045' W along said S.E. Loop 286 right-of-way boundary line a distance of
348.1 feet to an iron pipe set for comer;
THENCE S 680 44' E a distance of 20 feet to a point for comer;
THENCE N 0045' E parallel with said S.E. Loop 286 right-of-way boundary line a
distance of approximately 348.1 feet to a point for comer in the north boundary line of said Lot
4-A;
THENCE N 680 44' W a distance of 20 feet to the place of beginning and containing
approximately 6,962 square feet, more or less,
and further give and grant a temporary construction easement described as follows:
BEING a strip ofland thirty (30) feet in width situated within the corporate limits of the
City of Paris, County of Lamar and State of Texas, a part of the Joseph Leach Survey, Abstract
No. 524, being a part of a 50 acre tract of land described in a Deed to Elizabeth Harris Smith,
recorded in Volume 422, Page 238 of the Lamar County Deed Records, and being a part of Lot
4-A, City Block 346, described as Tract One in deed from Rebecca Lynn Howell to Donald R.
Howell dated December 1, 1988, recorded in Volume 62, Page 54, Real Property Records,
Lamar County, Texas, said thirty (30) foot temporary easement being thirty (30) feet ea~t of the
east boundary line of said permanent easement.
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UTILITY & DRAINAGE EASEMENT
SOUTHEAST WATERLINE REPLACEMENT
Theodore L. McLemore Property
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar and State
of Texas, a part of the Joseph Leach Survey, Abstract No. 524, and being a part Lots 1,2 and
3, City Block 346, described in a Deed to Theodore L. McLemore and wife, Linda M.
McLemore, from Tom Cobb, Jr. andJoeP. Cobb, recorded in Volume 195, Page 290 of the Real
Property Records of Lamar County, Texas, and being a part of a 31.06 acre tract of land
described in deed from Paris and Mt. Pleasant Railroad Company to Texas Power & Light
Company recorded in Volume 505, Page 487, Lamar County Deed Records, being in City
Block 346, and described in deed from Texas Utilities Electric Company to Joe Cobb and Tom
Cobb, Jr., recorded in Volume 682, Page 265, Deed Records, Lamar County, Texas, and being
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a concrete marker (t) for corner at the northwest corner of said 31.06 acre
tract, said point being the southwest corner ofa 1.634 acre tract;
THENCE South 68 Deg. 16 Min. East along the north boundary line of said 31.06 acre tract
a distance of 20 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE South 5 Deg. 01 Min. East a distance of275.5 feet to a point;
THENCE South 12 Deg. 54 Min. East a distance of324.5 feet to a point;
THENCE South 1 Deg. 15 Min. East a distance of98.2 feet to a point;
THENCE South 6 Deg. 43 Min. East a distance of 20 1.1 feet to a point;
THENCE South 0 Deg. 57 Min. East a distance of 665.4 feet to a point for corner in the
south boundary line of said 73.43 acre tract;
THENCE along said south boundary line a distance of20 feet to a point for corner, being the
southwest corner of said 73.43 acre tract;
THENCE along the east boundary line of Farm Road 905 and 41st Street S.E. as follows:
North 0 Deg. 67 Min. East a distance of665.4 feet to a concrete marker (t); North 6 Deg. 43 Min.
East a distance of201.1 feet to a concrete marker (t); North 1 Deg. 15 Min. East a distance of98.2
feet to a concrete marker (t) for corner;
THENCE along the east boundary line of Loop Hwy 286 as follows: North 12 Deg. 54 Min.
East a distance of324.5 feet to a concrete marker (t); North 5 Deg. 01 Min. East a distance of275.5
feet to the place of beginning and containing approximately 3 1,294 square feet of land,
and further five and grant a temporary construction easement described as follows:
BEING a strip ofland thirty (30) feet in width situated within the corporate limits of the City
of Paris, County of Lamar and State of Texas, a part of the Joseph Leach Survey, Abstract No. 524,
and being a part Lots 1 and 2, City Block 346, described in a Deed to Theodore L. McLemore and
wife, Linda M. McLemore, from Tom Cobb, Jr. and Joe P. Cobb, recorded in Volume 195, Page 29
of the Real Property Records of Lamar County, Texas, being a part of a 31.06 acre tract ofland
described in deed from Paris and Mt. Pleasant Railroad Company to Texas Power & Light Company
recorded in Volume 505, Page 487, Lamar County Deed Records, being in City Block 346, and
described in deed from Texas Utilities Electric Company to Joe Cobb and Tom Cobb, Jr., recorded
in Volume 682, Page 265, Deed Records, Lamar County, Texas, said thirty (30) foot temporary
easement being thirty (30) feet east of the east boundary line of said permanent easement.
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