R-2020-15 Lots 27 and 28, Block 90 (Tax Resale Deed)

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RESOLUTION 2020-15 • THE STATE OF TEXAS § § KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF HARRIS § RESOLUTION AND ORDER WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, La Porte Independent School District, Harris County, Harris County, and San Jacinto Community College District ("Taxing Authorities") foreclosed on a property ("the property") through a delinquent tax lawsuit and judgment identified as follows: Lots 27 and 28, Block 90, Town of La Porte, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in the Map Records of Harris County, Texas and also described in Volume 2133, Page 485, Deed Records of Harris County,Texas, Texas and commonly described as 423 N. Fifth Street, La Porte,Texas 77571. HCAD Account No.023-209-000-0027 WHEREAS, the Taxing Authorities remained unpaid after exhausting all legal means to satisfy the collection of the delinquent taxes due and owing to the Taxing Authorities, and a tax sale of the property was scheduled to be conducted by the Harris County Constable; WHEREAS, At the Harris County Constable's tax sale on May 4, 1999, there were no bids for the property, and the property was struck-off to the City of La Porte, as Trustee for itself and the other Taxing Authorities, in order to secure the payment of taxes, penalties, interest and costs owed to all Taxing Authorities participating in the foreclosure judgment; WHEREAS, the City of La Porte, as Trustee for itself and the other Taxing Authorities, received a tax resale bid for the property in 2005, and the private tax resale bid was approved by the City of La Porte City Council in 2005. A tax resale deed was executed by Mayor Alton Porter conveying the property to Zion Baptist Church on August 9, 2005; WHEREAS, Zion Baptist Church failed to filed the original tax resale deed with the Harris County Clerk's Office and no longer has possession of the original tax resale deed. WHEREAS, Zion Baptist Church has respectfully requested that the City of La Porte execute a replacement tax resale deed to replace the tax resale deed that was not filed and was ultimately lost. NOW,THEREFORE,IT IS ORDERED by the City of La Porte: 1. That all of the above paragraphs are true, correct and in the best interest of the City of La Porte and all the other Taxing Authorities,and as such they are hereby incorporated in full and made part of this Resolution; Page 1 of 2