Ordinance No. 980ORDINANCE NO. 980
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, APPROVING THE EXCHANGE OF TRACTS
OF LAND OF EQUAL SIZE BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN AND TIFFANY HOMES, INC., AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE APPROPRIATE
INSTRUMENTS EFFECTING SUCH EXCHANGE; AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE, AND THE CITY
CLERK TO ATTEST, A DEED EFFECTING SUCH CONVEYANCE
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY; ACCEPTING THE CONVEYANCE TO
THE CITY FROM TIFFANY HOMES, INC. AND FINDING THAT
SUCH CONVEYANCE IS FULL AND ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION
FOR SUCH EXCHANGE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Tiffany Homes, Inc., a Texas corporation,
by and through its duly authorized officers, has requested
that the City of Baytown convey a tract of land of approxi-
mately .45 acres to the said corporation in exchange for the
conveyance of a tract of land of equal size to the City; and
WHEREAS, the tract of land which the corporation
desires to convey in exchange to the City is adjacent to
the City's Craigmont Sewage Treatment Plant, and is described
as follows, to -wit:
BEING all that certain tract or parcel of land lying
and being situated in the Harvey Whiting Survey, A -840,
in Harris County, Texas, and being part of a 181.51
acre tract described in Deed dated October 13, 1955,
from I. S. Deutser, et al, to W. D. Laird, recorded
in Volume 3043, at Page 123 of the Harris County Deed
Records, and being more particularly described by
metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at the Northeast corner of that certain
181.51 acre tract described in Deed dated October 13,
1955, from I. S. Deutser, et al, to W. D. Laird, re-
corded in Volume 3043, at Page 123, of the Harris
County Deed Records;
THENCE, with the East line of said 181.51 acre tract,
South 00 1' East, 118.13 feet to the POINT OF BEGIN-
NING of the tract herein described;
THENCE, with the East line of said 181.51 acre tract,
South 00 1' East, a distance of 147.68 feet to the
corner of the North right -of -way line of Craigmont
Boulevard;
THENCE, South 570 35' 26" West with the North right -
of -way line of Craigmont Boulevard, a distance of
117.37 feet to a corner;
THENCE, North 320 24' 34" West, a distance of 125.16
feet to a corner;
THENCE, North 570 43' 30" East, a distance of 196.48
feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.450 acres
of land, more or less.
WHEREAS, the tract of land presently owned by the
City which is desired by the said corporation in exchange for
its tract described above also lies adjacent to the City's
Craigmont Sewage Treatment Plant, and is described as follows,
to -wit:
BEING all that certain tract or parcel of land lying
and being situated in the Harvey Whiting Survey, Ab-
stract No. 840, in Harris County, Texas, and being
part of a 181.51 acre tract described in deed dated
October 13, 1955, from I. S. Deutser et al to W. D.
Laird, recorded in Volume 3043 at Page 123 of the
Harris County Deed Records, also being part of a
2.102 acre tract described in deed dated April 17,
1957, from 0. L. Richardson to Harris County Water
Control and Improvement District No. 58, and being
more particularly described by metes and bounds as
follows:
COMMENCING at the Northeast corner of that certain
181.51 acre tract described in deed dated October
13, 1955, from I. S. Deutser et al to W. D. Laird
recorded in Volume 3043 at Page 123 of the Harris
County Deed Records;
THENCE, with the East line of said 181.51 acre tract,
South 00 1' East 118.13 feet to corner;
THENCE, South 570 43' 30" West 389.50 feet to the
POINT OF BEGINNING of the tract herein described;
THENCE, from the POINT OF BEGINNING continuing
South 570 43' 30" West 166.66 feet to corner;
THENCE, North 890 45' 53" West 30.02 feet to corner;
THENCE, North 010 20' East 152.90 feet to the South
line of Humble Oil & Refining Company 3 acre tract;
THENCE, along the South line of the Humble Oil &
Refining Company 3 acre tract South 890 45' 53"
East 168.92 feet to corner, being the Southeast cor-
ner of said Humble Oil & Refining Company 3 acre
tract;
THENCE, South 010 20' West 63.31 feet to the POINT
OF BEGINNING, containing 0.45 acre of land, more or
less.
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed
exchange of land would facilitate the City's requirement to
enlarge and expand the aforesaid Craigmont Sewage Treatment
Plant; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that in all
other respects the proposed exchange of land would be in the
best interest of the City of Baytown and that the value of
the tract to be conveyed to the City would be full and ade-
quate consideration for the City's presently owned tract;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the proposed exchange by and be-
tween Tiffany Homes, Inc., a
of Baytown, of tracts of lan
0.45 acres, be, and the same
approved and agreed to; that
from and to each of the said
herein.
Texas Corporation, and the City
d each containing approximately
is hereby, formally accepted,
the said tracts to be conveyed
parties are fully described
Section 2: That the City Attorney is hereby au-
thorized and directed to prepare appropriate deeds to effect
the exchange of land herein authorized and approved.
Section 3: That the Mayor is hereby authorized and
directed to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, a deed
for and on behalf of the City of Baytown effecting the con-
veyance of the 0.45 acre tract of land above described to
the said Tiffany Homes, Inc.
Section 4: That the City Council hereby formally
accepts the deed from Tiffany Homes, Inc. to the City of
Baytown conveying the 0.45 acre tract of land above described
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and finds that said conveyance is full and adequate considera-
tion for the conveyance of land from the City to the said cor-
poration herein approved and authorized.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage by the City Council of the City of
Baytown, Texas.
vote of the city council of the City of Baytown, this 26th
day of June, 1969.
MN WAEKER, Mayof"
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