1194 RES DETERMINING UPON NECESSITY OF ACQUIRING EASEMENTR ESO LU Ti0'.V NO, 1194 .
A RESOLUTION DETERMINING UPON T"rIE iVECESSITY OF ACQUIRING
AN EASEMEIVT UNDER, OVER AN:D ACROSS Ti3E ~IEREiNAFTEIZ. DESCRIBED
LAND., TO BE USED IN CONNECTION W.T.TH TtIE CONSTRUCTION, OPERA-
TIO'V AND MAINTENANCE OF THE 1NDUSTRIAL SEWAGE PROJECT NORTH
WEST OF THE CiTY O!= PARIS,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS:
Section 1. That it is hereby determined that public necessity requires
the construction of a certain sewer program in the industrial area North West of
Paris, and that the City of Paris should acquire an easement necessary for said
pro j ect.
Section Z. Tnat an easement under, over and across the hereinafter de-
scribed property owned by the hereinafter named persons is hereby determined
to be necessary for the above mentioned project.
Section 3. That for the purpose of acquiring an easement under, over
and across said property and believing that the sum of money hereinafter set
forth represents the fair cash market value of an easement under,over and across
said property and the full damages legal].y allowable by law, it is hereby required
that J. E. A.lbright, the City Engineer, or any designated employee, is hereby
authorized and empowered to offer to the hereinafter named property owners the
amount of money shown.
Section 4. That J. E. Albright, City Etigineer, or the designated em-
ployee, is hereby authorized to offer to the hereinafter named persons and other
persons having an interest in said property the amount of money hereinafter set
forth, and in all particulars to comply with the statutes of the State of Texas wzth
reference to the necessary legal prerequisites existing in or relating to the exer-
cise of the right of eminent domain. and in particular Title 52, Articles 3264 to
3271, inclusive, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, and the applicable
Charter provisions of the City of Paris.
Section 5. That the said J. E. Albright, City Engineer, or the flesignated
employeea shall make said tender in person if said persons can be located in the
City of Paris, or the immediate vicinity thereof, in Lamar County.
Section 6. That the City of Paris determines to appropriate an easement
under, over and across said property for the purpose of constructing an outfall
sewer line, under the exercise of the right of eminent doma.in as set forth in
Title 52, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, being Articles 3264 to 32719
inclusive, and the provisions of the Charter of the City of Paris and the Statutes
of the State of Texas authorizing condemnation.
Section 7. That the persons claiming an interest in said property, the
amount to be offered, and the description of said property, are as follows:
Situated about 3 miles Northwest of the City of Paris, County of
Lamar, State of Texas, a part of the Joseph Ames Survey, and being
a part of tracts No. 1 and 2 as conveyed Earl Leonard by deed recorded
in Volume Z659 Page 578, of the Deed Records of said County and 5tate.
Being a strip of land 20 feet in width9 10 feet each side of center-
line for maintenance purposes, and 60 feet in width, 30 feet each side
of centerline for construction purposes and said centerline being more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a stake for corner in the West Boundary Line of
said tract No. 1, said point being South 00 42 Min, East a distance
of 553 feet from the Northwest corner of said Tract No. 1;
Thence South 76° 12 M:n. East a distance of 143 feet to a stake
for corner;
Thence South 45° 42 Min. East a distance of 325 feet to a stake
for corner in the South Boundary Line of said Tract No. 2, said point
being South 890 57 Mzn. East a distance of 371 feet from the Southwest
corner of said Tract No. 1.
The parties owning an interest in and to the above described property
are as follows:
Earl Leonard and wife, Hattie Lee Leonard, R. F. D. #l, Paris,
Lamar County, Texas.
That you are authorized to offer to Earl Leonard and wife, Hattie Lee
Leonard, the owners of said premises, the sum of $200.00 for the above de-
scribed easement.
Section 8. Tnat upon acceptance of the offer, the City D'zrector of Finance
is authorized and directed to pay the amount set forth herein, wliich shall be paid
out of the Water and Sewer Fund.
Section 9. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage9 as in the Charter in such cases is made and provided.
Passed and adopted this 23rd day of May, A„ Dq, 1966.
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ATTEST:
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AP1'Ra3TED A5 FORM:
dj City Attorney.