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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1989-1642 . . ORDINANCE NO. 1642 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ANNEX CERTAIN TERRITORY~ CALLING TWO (2) PUBLIC HEARINGS AT WHICH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD~ PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUCH HEARINGS BY THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE~ FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW~ AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby declares its intention to institute annexation proceedings, to annex the following described territory to the City of La Porte by the passage of an ordinance of annexation extending the general corporate limits of the City of La Porte for all purposes to include within such territory all of the following described territory now situated within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction"of the City of La Porte. As used herein, the term extraterritorial jurisdiction shall have the same meaning ascribed to it as is ascribed to it in the Municipal Annexation Act of 1963, compiled as Chapter 43, Texas Local Government Code: The boundaries of the tract of land comprising the area proposed to be annexed (hereinafter Annexation Area), are as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a point"in the William M. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 482, Harris County, Texas, within the city limits of La Porte, Texas, said point being Copperwe1d (C.W.) rod stamped 2682, at the intersection of the South right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway, and the West right-of-way line of Baypark Road (100.00 feet wide) as recorded under File Number E7l7339, Film Code 138-02-1094 of the Harris County Official Public Records of Real Property (H.C.O.P.R.R.P.)~ THENCE southerly along the said West right-of-way line of Baypark Road to a point for the Northeast corner of a 60.792 acre tract of land conveyed to Quaker Oats Chemicals, Inc. per the deed recorded under File Number H406373, Film Code 011-97- 2240 of the H.C.O.P.R.R.P.~ THENCE, South 02027'59n East, 1476.25 feet along a line common to said 60.792 acre tract and said West right-of-way line of Baypark Road, to a C.W. rod stamped 2826 found for the Southeast corner of said 60.792 acre tract and being in the North right-of-way line of a railroad. easement (50.00 feet wide), also being in the South line of a drainage easement (40.00 feet wide) as recorded under File Number E233742, Film . Code 108-12-1079, of the H.C.O.P.R.R.P.~ THENCE, South 87031'40n West, along a line common to said 60.792 acre tract, the North right-of-way line of said railroad easement, and the South line of said drainage easement, at 1593.89 feet passing a point for the Southeast corner of Friendswood Development Company Water Well Site Site Number 11 as recorded under File Number E233742, Film Code 108-12-1079 of the H.C.O.P.R.R.P., at 1694.38 feet passing a point for the Southwest corner of said Water Well Site Number 11, in all a total distance of 1794.38 feet, to a point for corner, said point being a 5/8n iron rod in the East right-of-way line of Big Island Slough, as recorded in Volume 4860, Page 268, of the Harris County Deed Records (H.C.D.R.)~ . e ORDINANCE NO. 1642 Page 2 THENCE, North 02024'31" West, 1442.29 feet along a line common to said 60.792 acre tract and said East right-of-way line of Big Island Slough to a Copperweld (C.W.) rod stamped 2829 found for the most southerly Northwest corner of said 60.792 acre tract and also being an angle point of said East right-of-way line: THENCE, North 34059'38" West, 40.27 feet continuing along said common line to a 5/8-inch iron rod found for the most northerly Northwest corner of said 60.792 acre tract: THENCE, Northerly along the East right-of-way line of Big Island Slough (230.00 feet wide) as recorded in Volume 4860, Page 268 of the Harris County Deed Records (H.C.D.R.) to its point of intersection with the South right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway. THENCE, Easterly with the South right-of-way line of Fairmont Parkway to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Section 2. On May 1, 1989, the City Council of the City of La Porte passed and approved Ordinance No. 1641, an Ordinance directing the City's Department of Community Development to prepare a Service Plan that provides for the extension of municipal services to the area comprising the Annexation Area. The proposed Service Plan shall be made available for public inspection and explained to the . inhabitants of the area to be annexed at the public hearings. Section 3. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby calls two (2) public hearings at which all interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard upon such proposal to annex the territory described above, which two (2) public hearings shall be held as follows, to-wit: (1) in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 P.M., on May 22, 1989: and (2) in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 P.M., on May 30, 1989. Section 4. The annexation proceeding.of which notice of intention to annex is given by this Ordinance shall be instituted not less than twenty (20) days nor more than forty (40) days subsequent to such public hearings. Section 5. The City Secretary of the City of La Porte is hereby directed to cause notice of such public hearings to be given by publication of this Ordinance in the Bayshore Sun, a newspaper having general circulation in the City of La Porte and in the . . ORDINANCE NO. 1642 Page 3 territory proposed to be annexed, such publication to be made at least once, not more than twenty (20) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such public hearings. Additional notice by certified mail shall be given to railroad companies serving the city and on the city's tax roll where the right-of-way thereof is included in the territory to be annexed. Section 6. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall 9f the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting thereof. Section 7. This Ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage and approval, and it is so ordered. PASSED AND APPROVED, this 1st day of May, 1989. CITY OF LA PORTE BY~~~ ATTEST: ~~ Cherie Black City Secretary ~D~~ Knox W. Askins City Attorney