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Ordinance No. 7,010940626 -4 ORDINANCE NO. 7010 • AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST TO AN AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY FOR THE PURCHASE OF 3.51 ACRES OF LAND; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. WHEREAS, Carver Park is located on 3.51 acres of land owned by Southern Pacific Transportation Company, who has offered to sell the same for $20,000; and WHEREAS, at the May 12, 1994, City Council meeting, upon the recommendation of the Community Development Advisory Committee and Administration, Council authorized and approved the expenditure of $20,000 for the purchase of 3.51 acres of land from Southern Pacific Transportation Company; and WHEREAS, since that time, Southern Pacific Transportation Company and the Administration have drafted the agreement in order to finalize the purchase; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager and City Clerk of the City of Baytown to execute and attest to an agreement with Southern Pacific Transportation Company for the purchase of 3.51 acres of land. A copy of said agreement is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A," and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes. Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this the 26th day of May, 1994. C. a4144'w PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. L, City Clerk ACIO RAMIREZ SR., City Attorney ftv- 9rs- 2&94n"0MM-v6c- OvTH�c�Z LINES AgCIFx0 Southern Pacific Lines 4099 McEwen • Suite 600 MaDa las,�Texas Z512g4 File: "S" - Rountree City of Baytown Attn: Karen Horner - Assistant City Attorney 2401 Market,'P. 0. Box 424 Baytown, Texas 77522 -0424 Re: Proposed Purchase - Baytown, Texas Dear Mr. Rountree: Your request to purchase Southern Pacific Transportation Company property at Baytown, Texas, has been reviewed. We are now prepared to submit a sale proposal to you under the following terms and conditions: 1. SELLER: Southern Pacific Transportation Company 2. BUYER: City of Baytown Please indicate how title should be vested. 3. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Approximately 3.51* acres as indicated on attached print. 4. PURCHASE PRICE: $20,000 Total Price Firm. 5. TITLE TO PROPERTY: Property will be conveyed by Special Warranty Deed. 6. CLOSING: Buyer will be notified when Seller's management approves sale. Sale shall close on or before the 30th day immediately following subject notification unless extended by Seller. Escrow shall be handled through Chicago Title Insurance Company or its local affiliate, with the escrow fee and closing cost being shared according to the custom of Harris County, Texas. Seller will pay the cost of a standard owner's policy of title insurance. 7. DEFAULT BY BUYER: If Buyer fails to perform within the Oyer. day period, Seller may at its option extend the closing date or retain s deposit as liquidated damages and terminate this proposal. If Seller chooses to extend the closing, Buyer will be so notified in writing. 8. MINERALS: All mineral rights owned by Seller shall be retained by Seller without the right of surface entry. 9. PRORATIONS: Real property taxes and lease payments (if applicable) will • be prorated at close of escrow. 10. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS /FEES,: Buyer will be responsible for any special assessments or fees on this property. EXHIBIT • Page 2 11. REAL ESTATE COMMISSION: Seller and Buyer shall not be responsible for paying a real estate commission to any party. 12. SURVEY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A survey and legal description of the property will be provided by Buyer at Buyer's expense. Said survey shall conform with requirements set forth in attached Exhibit "B ". Said survey shall be provided by Buyer to Seller within thirty (30) days after date of Buyer's execution of this proposal. 13. TIME LIMIT: This proposal shall become null and void if not accepted and returned to this office by June 3, 1994. 14. DEPOSIT: Buyer shall remit, along with the signed copy of this letter, a cashier's check made payable to Southern Pacific Transportation Company in the amount of $2,000 representing earnest money deposit towards this transaction. Should Seller's management approve this transaction and Buyer performs pursuant to paragraph 6, then this deposit will be applied towards purchase price. However, if Buyer defaults pursuant to paragraph 7, then Seller will retain deposit as Liquidated Damages and terminate this proposal. Should Seller's management reject this transaction, then this deposit shall be refunded to Buyer whereupon this proposal shall become null and void. 15. MANAGEMENT APPROVAL: Notwithstanding the execution of this sale proposal by Seller and /or anything to the contrary herein, this sales proposal is subject to the review and approval by Seller's management and Buyer acknowledges this understanding by signing in the acceptance space below. 16. ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE: Buyer acknowledges that Seller has held title to the property since approximately 1922 and it has been used for railroad purposes including and without limitation, possible uses as a bulk oil facility, mechanical oil facility, locomotive refueling facility, gasoline service station, industrial site, manufacturing facility, agricultural or other purposes. For this reason, Seiler believes there may be hazardous substances located on or beneath the property or in the ground water underlying the property. Seller has not done a specific environmental audit of the property nor has it reviewed past records to determine the possibility of such release. Buyer is advised to undertake a thorough investigation prior to concluding the proposed purchase of the property. Since the property is being sold "as is ", Buyer assumes the risk of hazardous substances being found on or beneath the property whether or not Buyer undertakes an investigation prior to concluding the purchase. Prior to entering the property for such investigation, Buyer shall enter into and fulfill all requirements of a right -of -entry permit (the "Permit ") inrm to be agreed to by Seller and Buyer. 17. DEED FORM: The deed (conveying interest in the property) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit "C" attached hereto as modified to conform to the terms and conditions of this sales proposal and as • otherwise agreed by the parties. 18. LEASE TERMINATION: Lease by and between Seller and Buyer, shown in Seller's records as Lease No. 138027, shall be terminated at closing. • Page 3 If this proposal meets with your approval, please sign one copy and return it to me within the time limit given for acceptance. Sincerely, ' k Ed Darter Sales Manager GED /kk BAYTWN.TRM Attachments TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED THIS DAY OF , 19 . IT IS UNDERSTOOD BY BUYER THAT THIS PROPOSAL rrMJECT Td FIRE APPROVAL BY THE NANAGENENT OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. City of Baytown By: • O d ' '• •' r fir .+ ' _ • L� A .1• i • r 1 L DBE ..1, • I 11[ I I ! • .! , � i � - � ��i ran + •� • R I c � i m f YA , �� 5 �1 •i.L9i I (A 11 '(: ,A l u \ a :I, r : Lit- 11 O 1�� o CO) s •YE. CiA M Ul m n ;v , [mn > �aKf•r+.i./n�.ia... �.iF /sue i cwanccid f m N m t 't 1,,,;a,..;r. � J pp \ QA ZCS O tl ' J ;Wig � N . �•�. '� � _!_ • a n n i11 C Q x _ W�� Z vmro m =10 I n a- � x n V G'° y o Dg�� w� • EXHIBIT "B" Survey Requirements The following items should be included in the Survey: 1. Reference in preamble, including recording data, to deed(s) whereby Owner acquired title to the property being surveyed (the "Property "); 2. Tie -ins and proper references to prior deeds whereby Owner sold land abutting the Property to others; 3. Distance(s) from centerline of nearest trackage to boundaries of the Property; 4. Tied -in location(s) of all improvements (including, but not limited to buildings, trackage, pipelines, polelines and utilities) located within the limits of the Property; 5. Ownership of improvements described in item 4, if known; 6. Tied -in location(s) of all encumbrances which affect the Property along with proper references to instruments creating such encumbrances; 7. Standard certification embodying language similar to the following: "The survey is based on an actual survey of the property on the ground, and there are no easements, improvements, encroachments and /or provisions, except as shown thereon "; 8. Separate gross area and net area as depicted on Exhibit "A" and /or explained in attached cover letter; (Should Surveyor have any questions regarding gross versus net area, Surveyor should contact Ed Darter at (214) 770 -4325 for clarification.) 9. A copy of the traverse, subdivision and plat maps used in preparing the legal description and other pertinent data used in constructing the Survey should accompany the Survey; 10. Metes and bounds legal description(s) of the Property on separate 8 1/2" x 11" page(s) bearing Surveyor's certification and seal. The format of such description should conform as closely as possible to attached blank SAMPLE form; and 11. Properly tied -in location of all fiber optics lines and /or facilities located on or within ten feet (10') of any boundary line of the Property. 12. Curve information, for all curves, must include the RADIUS, the CHORD BEARING and the CENTRAL ANGLE (delta). n lJ • EXHIBIT "B" Survey Requirements (Page 2) Notes applicable to item 11 above: (i) Copy of fiber optics "as- builts" showing known fiber optics lines and /or facilities in the vicinity of the Property ,_I are 1_1 are not (check appropriate box) attached. The name of fiber optics carrier responsible for such lines and /or facilities shown on such "as- builts" and their phone number is /are as follows: Carrier: M.C.I. Telecommunications Corpordtion Phone f: (A.C. 800) 344 - 8377 Carrier: U. S. Sprint Phone 1: (A.C. 800) 521 - 0579 Carrier: Other (Specify) Phone #: (if known) (A.C. - (ii) Surveyor should telephone 1 -800- 283 -4237 (a 24 -hour number) for general assistance in determining if fiber optics line(s) and /or facilities are located on or about the Property being surveyed. (iii) THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN NOTES (i) AND (ii) ABOVE PROVIDED BY OWNER OR BUYER TO SURVEYOR IS BEING PROVIDED ONLY AS A COURTESY. BY SIGNING THE SURVEY AGREEMENT AND /OR ACCEPTING THE SURVEY ASSIGNMENT, SURVEYOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT SUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY OWNER OR BUYER TO SURVEYOR WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, CONCERNING THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS THEREOF AND THAT SURVEYOR WILL NOT RELY ON THIS INFORMATION BUT INSTEAD WILL RELY ON SURVEYOR'S FIELD INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY FIBER OPTICS LINE(S) OR FACILITIES LOCATED ON OR WITHIN TEN FEET (101) OF THE PROPERTY BEING SURVEYED. (iv) To assure that the fiber optics line(s) and /or facilities are properly located on the ground and properly shown on survey plat, Surveyor should contact fiber optic carrier's representative at above phone number(s) for assistance in locating such lines and /or facilities. LI • Exhibit SAMPLE FORMAT Survey for City, State & Buyer Surveyed by Surveyor Name & Address BEING a portion of that land described in deed from to as recorded in Deed Book , Page dated in (Office, Courthouse, District, County. State), also being and being more particularly described as: BEGINNING THENCE THENCE THENCE ; THENCE to the point of beginning, and containing gross acres and net acres. 0 EXHIBIT "C,'i SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED THE STAVE OF TEXAS i KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF THAT a corporation, hereinafter styVed GRANTOR, for and in consideration of the sum of TEN AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($10.00), and other good and valuable considerations to it in hand paid b with address of hereinafter styled GRANTEE, whether one or more, the receipt of which is heriby acknowledged, by these presents does Grant, Sell and Convey unto the said GRANTEE, subject to the exceptions, reservations and conditions hereinafter set forth, land lying and being situated in County, Texas (the "Property "), more particularly described in Ex Mit 'A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Grantor hereby excepts from the Property hereby conveyed and reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns, all minerals and mineral rights, interests, .and royalties, including. without limiting the generality thereof, oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances, as well as metallic-or other solid minerals, in and ,..der said Property; however, Grantor or its successors and assigns shall not have the right for any purpose whatsoever to enter upon, into or through the surface of said Property in connection therewith. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, this conveyance is made subject to all covenants, conditions, restrictions, exceptions, easements, rights of way, rights of access, agreements, reservations, encumbrances, liens and other matters as the same may be of record; any matter which would be disclosed by survey, investigation or inquiry; and any tax, assessment or other governmental lien against said Property. Grantee, by signing below expressly acknowledges that Grantee is buying the Property in an "AS IS" condition and that Grantee has relied solely upon its own independent investigation of the physical condition of the Property. nates 6-..4... -A in,i 4-F4nv ifwan•ww d r - 4-o%ni . eRz=Qh9J9i0...C�,Ai- 7'-7•Q To have and to hold the above. described premises, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto-in anywise belonging unto the said GRANTEE and to GRANTEE'S heirs, successors and assigns forever, and GRANTOR does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns, to warrant and forever defend all and singular the premises unto GRANTEE, and GRANTEE'S heirs, successors and assigns, against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof by, through and under GRANTOR only, but no further. WITNESS the execution hereof this day of A.Q. 19_. By: —(Title) Attest: Tit e This deed is accepted in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth on this day of 19_ By: THE STATE OF COUNTY OF BEFORE ME a Notary Public in and for said County and State, on this day personally appeared , known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this day of , 19 NOTARY PUBLIC in and for County of State of • THE STATE • COUNTY OF This instrument was acknowledged before me on the day of 19 , by for a corporation, on behalf of said Company. NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS (Print Name) My commission expires: .3