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~ . . RESOLUTION NO. 88-J[ A RESOLUTION FINDING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR SANITARY LANDFILL PURPOSES~ AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO ACQUIRE SAID PROPERTY BY NEGOTIATION WITH THE OWNERS THEREOF, OR BY PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has found and determined that public necessity requires the location, construc- tion, operation and maintenance of sanitary landfill and resource recovery facilities on the hereinafter described real property, in the City of La Porte, Barris County, Texas~ and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has found and determined that the fee simple title in and to the hereinafter described real property is suitable and needed for such purpose, and that it is necessary to acquire same for the construction of such sanitary landfill and resource recovery facilities, as aforesaid~ and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte deems it advisable to authorize, and does hereby authorize Knox W. ASkins, its City Attorney, to represent it in the acquisition of the hereinafter described property: Section l. That the said Knox W. Askins, as City Attorney for the City of La Porte, be and he is hereby authorized to negotiate with the owners of the hereinafter described land, concerning the acquisition by the City of La Porte of the fee simple title thereto, at the fair market value for same, and, should said legal counsel, as duly authorized representative of the City of La Porte, be unable to agree with such owners as to the fair market value of such fee simple title, then, and in that event, said City Attorney for the City of La Porte be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to file against all owners and lienholders, proceedings in eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to the hereinafter described real property, for sanitary landfill and resource recovery purposes, to wit: That certain 80.972 acre tract, being part of a 203.713 acre tract, in the George B. McKinstry League, A-47, Harris County, Texas, being more particularly described by metes and bounds on Exhibit nAn attached hereto, and incorporated by reference herein.