O-78-521 - 1/19/1978ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PRO-
CEED TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN PROPERTY THROUGH EMINENT
DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS.
WHEREAS the Council of the City of Round Rock, Texas has
determined that Texas Ranch Road 620 needs to be widened and
straightened to protect the health and safety of citizens tra-
veling thereon, and
WHEREAS the State Department of Highways and Public Trans-
portation has determined that certain property should be acquired
by the City to construct the needed improvements to the highway,
and
WHEREAS one of the necessary tracts of land is described as
follows:
1.282 acres of land, more or less, out of a portion of
the Jacob M. Harrell Survey, Abstract No. 284, in William-
son County, Texas, and being part of a tract conveyed from
Charles B. Estes and wife, Mary Pauline Estes, to Michael
E. Bennett and wife, Mary Anneliese Bennett, recorded in
Volume 584, Page 661, and from Michael E. Bennet et ux to
Larry D. Preslar et al, an undivided one-half interest,
recorded in Volume 602, Page 753, and Volume 638, Page 68,
Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas; said 1.282 acre
tract of land, more or less, being more particularly de-
scribed by metes and bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at a point for the grantor's southeast property
corner, said corner being the southwest property corner
of a tract of land conveyed to Russell Koontz, recorded
in Volume 437, Page 303, Deed Records of Williamson County,
Texas; said point also being in the existing north right
of way line of R. M. Highway 620;
THENCE along said existing right of way line, along a curve
to the left the radius of which is 1195.92 feet, an arc
distance of 246.22 feet, the chord bears North 83°09'40"
West, 245.78 feet to a point of tangency;
THENCE continuing along said existing right of way line
North 89'01' West, a distance of 726.25 feet to a point
for the southwest corner of this tract, said corner being
the southeast corner of a tract of land conveyed to Michael
E. Bennett et ux by deed recorded in Volume 584, Page 661,
Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas;
THENCE along a west property line North 00°59' East, 40.75
feet to a point for the northwest corner of the tract herein
described;
THENCE along the proposed new north right of way line of R. M.
Highway 620, North 89°5.7'10" East, 120.15 feet to a point,
said point being 80 feet left of and normal to proposed R. M.
Highway 620 relocated Centerline Station 480+80.86;
THENCE continuing along said proposed right of way line North
87°11'03" East, 441.17 feet to a point of curve;
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THENCE along said proposed right of way line, around a curve
to the right with a radius of 3929.72 feet, an arc distance
of 287.02 feet, the chord bears South 86°49'27" East, 286.96
feet to a point of tangency;
THENCE along said proposed right of way line South 63°00'10"
East, 141.03 feet to a point in the grantor's east property
line, from which point the grantor's northeast property corner
bears North 08°10' East, a distance of 205 feet, said point
also being 60 feet left of and normal to R. M. Highway 620 re-
located Centerline Station 489+29.01;
THENCE along said east property line South 08°10' West, a dis-
tance of 24.58 feet to the point of beginning, and
WHEREAS, negotiations with the owners of the above described
tract to purchase said tract have not been successful, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
That the City Attorney be authorized to proceed immediately
with the acquisition of the above described tract of land through
eminent domain proceedings.
(Mark through the following alternative that is not applicable)
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirm-
ative vote of all the Council members present, the requirement
for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed
with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this /9 day
, 1978.
Alternative 2.
READ.- and APPROVED on first reading this
READ, APPROVED and ,DQI E
, 1978.
OAM/1,/
ANNE LAND, Ci Secretary
the
day of
on secon• this the
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RAY LITTON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas