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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 88-~ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION FINDING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION <br />OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES~ AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY <br />OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO ACQUIRE SAID PROPERTY BY NEGOTIATION WITH <br />THE OWNERS THEREOF, OR BY PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN. <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has found and <br /> <br />determined that public necessity requires the location, construc- <br /> <br />tion, operation and maintenance of public park facilities on the <br /> <br />hereinafter described real property, in the City of La Porte, Harris <br /> <br />County, Texas~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City'of. La Porte has found and <br />determined that the fee simple title in and to the hereinafter. <br />described real property is suitable and needed for such purpose, and <br />that it is necessary to acquire same for the construction of ~uch <br />public park facilities as aforesaid~ and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte deems it . <br /> <br />advisable to authorize, and does hereby authorize Knox W. Askins, <br /> <br />its City Attorney, to represent it in the acquisition of the <br /> <br />hereinafter described property: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the said Knox W. Askins, as City Attorney for <br /> <br />the City of La Porte, be and he is hereby authorized to negotiate <br /> <br />with the owners of the hereinafter described land, concerning the <br /> <br />acquisition by the City of La Porte of the fee simple title thereto, <br />at the fair market value for same, and, should said legal counsel, <br /> <br />as duly authorized representative of the City of La Porte, be unable <br /> <br />to agree with such owners as to the fair market value of such fee <br /> <br />simple title, then, and in that event, said City Attorney for the <br /> <br />City of La Porte be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to <br />file against all owners and lienholders, proceedings in eminent <br /> <br />domain to acqui~e the fee simple title to the hereinafter described <br />real property, for public park purposes, to wit: <br /> <br />Lots l5 through 26, both inclusive, all in Block 4l, <br />TOWN OF LA PORTE, Harris County, Texas, together with <br />all improvements thereon situated. <br /> <br />Section 2. The City Council officially finds, deter~ines, <br /> <br />recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, <br />