HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-8AT A R~GULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE '~TY OF DENTON,
TEXAS, HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID CITY ON THE __
DAY OF AUGUST, A.D., 1964.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Denton, a municipal corporation, and the
County of Denton, a political subdivision of the State
of Texas, are the legal owners of a tract of land
conveyed by W. C. Potter and w~fe to the C~ty of Denton
and the County of Denton, Texas, by deed dated December
18, 1952, recorded in Volume 383, Page 187, of the
Deed Records of Denton County, Texas, and a tract of
land conveyed by W. C. Potter and wife to the C~ty of
Denton and the County of Denton, Texas, by deed dated
May 3, 1960, and recorded in Volume 456, Page 26, of
the Deed Records of Denton County, Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the Texas Highway Department, working in conjunction
wath the Un~ted States Bureau of Public Roads, has
duly designated and ls planning for the construction
of a new segment of the National Interstate and Defense
Highway System connecting the C~ty of Denton and
Denton County w~th the C~ty of Fort Worth and Tarrant
County to be and become a part of Interstate Highway 35W
and the Texas Highway Department as at this time nego-
tiating wath land owners to acquire the necessary right
of way for the construction of the aforesaid h~ghway; and
WHEREAS, the Texas H~ghway Department has formally notified the
City and the County of Denton that 2.772 of an acre
and 0.456 of the land leased to the Texas Nataonal
Guard A~aory Board (2.772 of an acre for highway right
of way purposes and 0.456 of an acre for a channel
drainage easement) wall be ~nvolved in the plan for
construction of the new segment of Interstate Highway 35W
and must be acquired from the City and County of Denton
by the Texas Haghway Department; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, has duly
considered and discussed the request of the Texas
Highway Department for the aforesald land and fands
that saad request is reasonable and proper and that
the land Ks necessary to meet and comply w~th the ex~s-
ting plans and designs for sa~d Hlghway and f~nds that
the offer of ~h~ty Thousand, Two Hundred E~ghty Seven
30,287.00) Dollars is reasonable, just and constitutes
adequate and fair compensataon for the sa~d land, and
the said Council has determined that the said offer
should be accepted;
now therefore
BE IT RE~OLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
t~a~ the request of the Texas H~ghway Department for
the grant and conveyance of a tract of land consisting
of 2.772 of an acre for haghway purposes and a tract
of land consisting of 0.456 of an acre for channel
drainage easement purposes be granted and that the
and that the offer of the Texas Highway Department
to pay to the City and County of Denton, Texas, the
sum of Thirty Thousand, Two Hundred Eighty Seven
30,287.00) Dollars as compensation for the conveyance
of the aforesaid tracts of land be accepted as full
and final payment therefor, and that the Mayor of the
City of Denton, Texas, as ~ts duly authorized agent,
be, and he is hereby, directed and authorized to execute
for and on behalf of the City of Denton, Texas, a
h~ghway r~ght of way deed and easement conveying the
right, title and interest of the C~ty of Denton, Texas,
to the State of Texas, and he ~s hereby authorized and
d~rected to do and to perform each and every act and
thing and to execute all such ~nstruments as may be
incidental and necessary to carry out the foregoing
act.[/ ~
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS // DAY OF AUGUST, A.D., 1964.
Warren Whits~n, Jr., Mayor
City of Denton, Texas
ATTESt:
Brooks Holt, City Secretary
City of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: