07-24-17 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. 2017-________________ AN ORDINANCE VACATING, ABANDONING AND CLOSING THE S. HOLMES RIGHT-OF-WAY IN BLOCKS 27 AND 28, TOWN OF LA PORTE AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A DEED TO THE ADJOINING LANDOWNERS, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has been requested by the record owner of the property abutting the hereinafter described portion of the S. Holmes right-of-way, blocks 27 and 28, Town of La Porte, and; WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has determined and does hereby find, determine, and declare that the hereinafter described portion of the S. Holmes right-of-way, blocks 27 and 28, Town of La Porte is not suitable, needed, or beneficial to the public as a public road, street, or alley, and the closing of hereinafter described portion of the S. Holmes right-of-way, blocks 27 and 28, Town of La Porte is for the protection of the public and for the public interest and benefit, and that the hereinafter described portion of the S. Holmes right- of-way, blocks 27 and 28, Town of La Porte should be vacated, abandoned, and permanently closed. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Under and by virtue of the power granted to the City of La Porte under its home rule charter and Chapter 253, Section 253.001, Texas Local Government Code, the hereinafter described portion of the S. Holmes right-of-way, blocks 27 and 28, Town of La Porte is hereby permanently vacated, abandoned, and closed by the City of La Porte, being ncorporated herein, and further described to wit: Being the southwesterly ½ of Holmes Avenue between blocks 27 and 28, Bayfront Addition to the City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, according to the plat as recorded in Volume 85, Page 441, Harris County Deed Records, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at the most northerly corner of said Block 28, also the most northerly corner of Lot 23 in said southeasterly line