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CC Resolution No. 442 RESOLUTION NO. 442 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS , OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING THE TRACT OF LAND ACQUIRED BY THE CITY FROM EDWIN RICE BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY, AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MYRA CABANISS BROWN , DECEASED, AND AS TESTAMENTARY TRUSTEE UNDER HER WILL; EDWIN RICE BROWN , INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF ADELE BROWN HARVEY, DECEASED, AND AS TESTAMENTARY TRUSTEE UNDER HER WILL; AND MARTHA TSCHUDIN, A FEME SOLE; MYRA TSCHUDIN PARSON , ET VIR M. H. PARSON; GERALD BROWN HARVEY; JEOFFREY TALIAFERRO BROWN ; MICHAEL DONOGHUE BROWN ; KATHERINE SILVERBERG, A FEME SOLE ; MYRA SILVERBERG, A FEME SOLE; AND ANN CABANISS BROWN HEYBURN , ACTING THROUGH THEIR AGENT AND ATTORNEY IN FACT, EDWIN R. BROWN , AS A PUBLIC PARK AND OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING AND NAMING SUCH TRACT AS THE MYRA C. BROWN WILD BIRD SANCTUARY AND PARK. WHEREAS, Edwin Rice Brown, Individually, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Myra Cabaniss Brown, Deceased, as Testamentary Trustee under her Will ; Edwin Rice Brown, Independent Executor of the Estate of Adele Brown Harvey, Deceased, and as Testamentary Trustee under her Will ; and Martha Tschudin, a feme sole; Myra Tschudin Parson, et vir M. H. Parson ; Gerald Brown Harvey; Jeoffrey Taliaferro Brown; Michael Donoghue Brown; Katherine Silverberg , a feme sole; Myra Silverberg, a feme sole; and Ann Cabaniss Brown Heyburn, acting through their agent and attorney in fact, Edwin R. Brown, by a deed, conveyed to the City land situated in the Nathaniel Lynch Survey, A-44, being more particularly described as follows , to-wit: BEING a parcel of land out of the Nathaniel Lynch Survey, A-44, and being a part of Lots 12, 13 and 14 of the Wooster Subdivision, recorded by plat in Volume 65, at Page 274 and 275 of the Harris County Deed Records , Harris County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds, as follows : BEGINNING at the Point of Intersection of the West right of way line of Steinman Avenue with the North right of way line of Shreck Avenue; THENCE, Southwesterly with the North right of way line of Shreck Avenue to the Point of Intersection of said right of way line with the Northeast right of way line of Brownwood Drive; THENCE, Northwesterly with the Northeast right of way line of Brownwood Drive to the Point of Intersection with the Northeast lot line of Lot 18, Block BB, Brownwood Subdivision; THENCE, North 30°36 ' West, with the Northeast lot line of said Lot 18, a distance of 482.5 feet, to the intersection of said lot line with the Burnett Bay shoreline; THENCE, Northeasterly with the meanders of Burnett Bay shoreline to the confluence of the centerline of Fresh Water Bayou; THENCE, Northeasterly with the meanders of centerline of said Fresh Water Bayou to its Point of Intersection with the Southerly property line of a tract of land conveyed to Gene B. Hazelwood by deed recorded in Volume 5152 at Page 130 in Harris County Deed Records ; THENCE, South 60°30' East with said Southerly property line a distance of 279.65 feet to the Point of Intersection with the West right of way line of Steinman Avenue; THENCE, Southerly with the West right of way line of Steinman Avenue to the POINT OF BEGINNING, enclosing a tract of land containing 37 acres more or less . WHEREAS, in recognition of Myra C. Brown , the City Council desires to officially dedicate such land for use as a wild bird sanctuary and park and de- sires to officially name said tract; NOW THEREFORE , Section 1 : That the City Council hereby dedicates the tract acquired from Edwin Rice Brown, Individually, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Myra Cabaniss Brown, Deceased, and as Testamentary Trustee under her Will ; Edwin Rice Brown Independent Executor of the Estate of Adele Brown Harvey, Deceased, and as Testamentary Trustee under her Will ; and Martha Tschudin , a feme sole; Myra Tschudin Parson, et vir M. H. Parson, Gerald Brown Harvey ; Jeoffrey Taliaferro Brown ; Michael Donoghue Brown; Katherine Silverberg, a feme sole; Myra Silverberg, a feme sole; and Ann Cabaniss Brown Heyburn, acting through their agent and attorney in fact, Edwin Rice Brown, for use as a wild bird sanctuary and public park. Section 2: That the City Council hereby officially designates and names the above described tract of land as the MYRA C. BROWN WILD BIRD SANCTUARY AND PARK. Section 3: This resolution shall take effect from and after its passage by the City Council . INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 14th day of June 1973. y9ny... /_ 56-t�400 TOM GENTRY, Mayor ATTEST: rLA- Bb OLIVER, City Clerk APPROVED: NEEL IC R SON,�' * City Attorne -2-