CC Resolution No. 229 RESOLUTION NO. 229
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE, FOR AND IN THE NAME OF THE CITY, A DEED
CONVEYING A CERTAIN .2547 ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO
S . V. ROBBERSON, G. C. LANNOU AND B. B. ELLIOTT,
TRUSTEES FOR BAYTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
STATION NO. I ; INSTRUCTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO
PREPARE AN APPROPRIATE DEED FOR THE CONVEYANCE
OF SAID PROPERTY; AND INSTRUCTING THE CITY CLERK
TO ATTEST THE SAID DEED AND PLACE THEREON THE
OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
WHEREAS , by a deed executed in 1956 , the City of
Baytown granted, sold and conveyed unto S . V. Robberson,
G. C. Lannou and B. B. Elliott, Trustees for Baytown Volun-
teer Fire Department Station No. I , subject only to a re-
versionary interest retained in said deed, the following des-
cribed tract of land lying and being situated in the City
of Baytown, Harris County, Texas , to-wit:
OUT of the Southwest one-quarter of that
certain 3 acre tract of land conveyed from
F. T. Pelly to the City of Pelly, Texas
(now the City of Baytown) , by Deed dated
the 15th day of November, A. D. 1939 , and
recorded in Vol. 1148, at Page 122 , Deed
Records of Harris County, Texas , said
tract herein conveyed being more particu-
larly described by metes and bounds as follows :
BEGINNING at a point Northerly and 6 feet
perpendicular from the Northerly curb line
of existing pavement on Nazro Street pro-
jection, said point also being S . 66 Deg.
.05 Min. W. , 203 . 42 feet from the SW corner
of Block No. 22 , of Middletown Addition to
the City of Pelly (now the City of Baytown) ,
Harris County, Texas ;
THENCE, S . 59 Deg. 35 Min. W. , 119 . 25 feet,
for corner;
THENCE, N. 00 Deg. 25 Min. E. , in a line
parallel to and at all points 16 feet Easterly
from the curb of the paving on the East
side of Lee Drive, 138. 17 feet, for corner;
THENCE, N. 87 Deg. 24 Min. E . , 98.25 feet,
for corner;
THENCE, S . 02 Deg. 46 Min. E . , 82 . 17 feet,
more or less , to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and
containing 0 . 2547 acres of land, more or less .
and
WHEREAS , the said Baytown Volunteer Fire Department
Station No. I erected upon the land so conveyed certain im-
provements , used as a training building and recreation center
under the supervision of the said Baytown Volunteer Fire De-
partment Station No. I ; and
WHEREAS , the said Baytown Volunteer Fire Department
Station No. I has continually, from the date of said conveyance ,
utilized the premises and the improvements constructed thereon
for the use and benefit of said department in its official
training and for the recreation of its members ; and
WHEREAS , the said Baytown Volunteer Fire Department
Station No. I is no longer to be utilized by the City of
Baytown in its present status , and as a department, is to be
dissolved with its members being transferred to other depart-
ments ; and
WHEREAS , the City of Baytown desires to release its
reversionary interest in and to the property so conveyed, and
to transfer and convey the same to the said Baytown Volunteer
Fire Department Station No. I for an adequate consideration;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN :
Section 1: That the Mayor of the City of Baytown
be, and he is hereby, duly authorized and empowered to execute
for and in the name of the City of Baytown a deed conveying
the above described tract of land to S . V. Robberson, G. C.
Lannou and B. B. Elliott, Trustees for Baytown Volunteer Fire
Department Station No. I , for the purpose of divesting the
City of its reversionary interest in the property previously
conveyed to the said Grantees.
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Section 2 : That the City Attorney is hereby duly
authorized to prepare an appropriate deed for the conveyance
of the said tract of land.
Section 3 : That the City Clerk is hereby duly
authorized to attest the deed when executed, and to affix
thereto the official corporate seal of the City of Baytown,
Texas .
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the City Council of
the City of Baytown on this the 12th day of December, 1968 .
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST :
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Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney