2001-006-RES ACCEPTING DEED OF DONATION OF PROPERTY FROM HASKELL BRATCHER AND ELAINE BRATCHER
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-006
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, ACCEPTING A DEED OF DONATION OF PROPERTY
FROM HASKELL BRATCHER AND ELAINE BRATCHER; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Code Enforcement office of the City of Paris has initiated the City's
demolition process against a substandard house located at 603 3rd Street N.W. in the city of Paris;
and,
WHEREAS, the aforesaid substandard house is owned by Haskell and Elaine Bratcher; and,
WHEREAS, the aforesaid owners have attempted through their own resources to tear down
and remove the substandard structure located at 603 3rd Street N.W. but are unable to complete the
process due to personal reasons; and,
WHEREAS, the Code Enforcement office has received an estimate of $3,800 as the cost
necessary to demolish the aforesaid substandard structure; and,
WHEREAS, in lieu of the City tearing down the aforesaid structure and placing a lien on
the property, thereafter to initiate collection proceedings on the property for the lien cost, the
property owners have offered to convey the aforesaid substandard property to the City tax free, under
a general warranty deed, with the City to thereafter demolish the substandard structure located
thereon and utilize the property thereafter as the City would deem appropriate; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is in receipt of a deed of donation from
Haskell Bratcher and Elaine Bratcher as owners conveying Lot 7, City Block 90-A, located at 603
3rd Street N.W., Paris, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that it would be in the best interest of
the City of Paris to accept the offer of donation of the aforesaid property, to complete the demolition
of the structure in conformance with the City's standard procedures, and to thereafter utilize the
aforesaid property as the City Council deems appropriate; 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 donation of Haskell Bratcher and Elaine Bratcher of Lot 7, City Block
90-A located at 603 3rd Street N.W., described in the deed attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the
same is hereby, in all things accepted.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after the date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of January, 2001.
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ichael J. Pfiest , ayor
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
GENERAL WARRANTY DEED
STATE OF TEXAS ~
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF LAMAR ~
That We, Haskell Bratcher and wife, Elaine Bratcher, of the County of Lamar, State of Texas,
for and in consideration of the sum of TEN and NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00), and other valuable
consideration to the undersigned paid by the grantee herein named, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, have Granted, Sold, and Conveyed, and by these presents do Grant, Sell, and Convey
unto the CITY OF P ARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, of the County of Lamar, State of Texas, whose mailing
address is P. O. Box 9037, Paris, Texas 75461-9037, all that certain tract or parcel of land situated
in Lamar County, Texas, and described as follows:
SITUATED within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, County of Lamar,
and State of Texas, a part of the Larkin Rattan Survey, and being Lot 7, City Block
90-A, described in deed from W. T. Irion to Haskell Bratcher and wife, Elaine
Bratcher, dated August 6, 1955, and recorded in Volume 232, Page 160, Deed
Records, Lamar County, Texas, and also the same property conveyed by O. W.
Boswell, Trustee, on August 2, 1955, and being more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the north boundary line of Boothe Street, the
southeast corner of lot described in deed from G. T. Wortham and wife to J. S.
Minton, dated July 7, 1881, recorded in Deed Book L-2, Page 366 of the Lamar
County Deed Records, being more particularly described as follows:
THENCE East with the north boundary line of said street a distance of 150
feet to a stake in the west boundary line of3rd Street N.W., formerly designated Mill
Street;
THENCE North with the west boundary line of said street a distance of 75
feet, a stake;
THENCE West a distance of 150 feet, a stake in the east boundary line of said
Minton lot;
THENCE South a distance of 75 feet to the place of beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described premises, together with all and singular,
the rights and appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging unto the said CITY OF PARIS, its
successors and assigns forever; and we do hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and
administrators, to Warrant and Forever Defend all and singular the said premises unto the said CITY
EXHIBIT A
OF PARIS, its successors and assigns, against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming, or to
claim the same or any part thereof.
WITNESS our hands at Paris, Texas, this _ day of
,2001.
Haskell Bratcher
Elaine Bratcher
STATE OF TEXAS }
COUNTY OF LAMAR }
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Haskell Bratcher
and Elaine Bratcher, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration
therein expressed.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this _ day of
_,2001.
Notary Public, State of Texas
RETURN TO,
City Attorney. City of Paris
P. O. Box 9037
Paris, Texas 75461~9037