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e e RESOLUTION NO, 89-6 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has found and determined that public necessity requires the location of a public right-of-way on the hereinafter described real property, in the City of La Porte, Harris 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 a public sidewalk on said public right-of-way, 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, City Attorney of the City of La Porte, to represent the City of La Porte in the acquisition of the hereinafter described property: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: 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 City Attorney, as the 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 attorney be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to file against all owners and lien holders, proceedings in the eminent domain to acquire the fee simple title to the hereinafter described real property, for public right- of-way purposes, to-wit: A 810 square foot tract of land out of Outlot 424, LaPorte Outlots, Harris County, Texas, according to the plat as recorded in Volume 61, Page 374 of the Harris County Deed Records: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Outlot 424; THENCE South along the West line of said Outlot 424, a distance of 448.55 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set at the Point of Beginning of the herein described tract; THENCE N. 890 08' 46" E 104.01 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set at an angle point;