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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-O-09 - Abandon Alleyway; College View Addition, Block 36, 53, 54ORDINANCE NO. 1998-9 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THAT PORTION OF AN ALLEY RUNNING FROM WEST JONES STREET ON THE NORTH TO WEST VANDERBILT STREET ON THE SOUTH LOCATED ADJACENT TO BLOCKS 36, 53, AND 54; COLLEGE VIEW ADDITION TO THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, CONTAINING 8,660 SQUARE FEET OF LAND TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED AS AN ALLEY, ORDERING THE SAME VACATED AND CLOSED, AND AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF SAME TO TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS: SECTION ONE ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, TRACT, OR PARCEL OF LAND, BE A 20 FOOT WIDE ALLEY LYING EAST OF BLOCK 36; COLLEGE VIEW ADDITION AND WEST OF BLOCKS 53 AND 54; COLLEGE VIEW ADDITION OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS AS SHOWN ON KING'S 1956 MAP OF STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: Field note description of a 8,660 square foot, or 0.199 acre tract of land being { situated in the John Blair Survey, Abstract Number 32 in Erath County, Texas, also being the 20 foot wide alley between Block 36 and Blocks 53 and 54 of the King's 1956 revised map of the College View Addition as recorded in Volume 381, Page 105 of the Erath County Deed Records, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING, at a %-inch iron rod found in place marking the southeast corner of Lot 10, Block 36 and being in the north line of West Vanderbilt Street, (50 foot R.O. W.); THENCE, along the east line of said Block 36, North 30 degrees 28 minutes 43 seconds West, a distance of 433.00 feet to a 3/8-inch iron rod found in place marking the northeast corner of said Block 36 and being in the south line of Jones Street (40 foot R.O. W.), (plat does not specify a direction for this course but shows the distance to be 433 feet); THENCE along the south line of said Jones Street, North 59 degrees 32 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of 20.00 feet to the northwest comer of Block 54, (plat does not specify a direction for this course but shows the distance to be 20 feet); THENCE along the west line of Block 54, south 30 degrees 28 minutes 43 seconds East, at 291.00 feet pass the southwest comer of Block 54 and the northwest corner R0012 of Block 53, and continuing along the same course for a total distance of 433.00 feet to the southwest corner of Block 53, said point also being in the north line of Vanderbilt Street, (plat does not specify a direction for this course but shows the distance to be 433 feet); THENCE, along north line of said Vanderbilt Street, South 59 degrees 32 minutes 17 seconds West, a distance of 20.00 feet, (plat does not specify a direction for this course but shows the distance to be 20 feet), to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 8,660 square feet or 0.199 acres of land, more or less. Is hereby declared to have been abandoned for alley purposes and is hereby declared vacated and closed for alley purposes. SECTION TWO That portion of alley herein above described is hereby found by the City Council of Stephenville, Texas, to be vacated and closed for alley purposes. It is hereby ordered and directed that the mayor of the City of Stephenville, Texas, execute a special warranty deed to said Tarleton State University, the said Tarleton State University owning Blocks 36, 53, 54; College View Addition, adjacent to said alley. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th. day of May, 1998. Moser, Mayor AT ST: Cindy St ord, Cit Seer Reviewed by Donald B. Davis, City Administrator Approved as to form and legality, Randy Thomas, City Attorney