RESO CC 06/24/75 - Public property saleRESOLUTION 75 -22
WHEREAS, the City of Huntsville, Texas, is the owner
of a certain tract or parcel of land located in Block 14 of
the City of Huntsville, Texas, and also located in the P. Gray
League in Walker County, Texas, a portion of which property is
not utilized by the City and is not needed for public purposes
and after due consideration by the City Council of the said City
has been determined to be surplus property and by virtue thereof
the said City Council has further determined that it would be in
the best interest of said City and the public interest, to dispose
of said real estate by public sale; and
WHEREAS, Section 14.14 of the City Charter of the City
of Huntsville, Texas, requires that no sale or lease of real estate
shall be made without first advertising for bids by notice in the
official newspaper of the City for two consecutive weeks which
notice the City Council desires to publish.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Huntsville, Texas, that said City Council has made
a determination and finding that the following described real
property is surplus property and that the public interest would best
be served by the public sale of same after due notice as required
by the Charter of said City. Said real property is described as
follows:
Being 3229 square feet of land, more or less, situated in Block
14 of the City of Huntsville, P. Gray League, Abstract No. 24, Walker
County, Texas, and being out of and a part of the following two
tracts of land:
(1) that certain lot described in a deed from Harris G. Eastham, Jr.
et al to the City of Huntsville dated December 21, 1965, and recorded
in Vol. 197, Page 406, Deed Records, Walker County, Texas, and
(2) that certain lot described as the "Second Tract" in a deed
from Harris G. Eastham, Jr., et al to the City of Huntsville dated
December 16, 1959, and recorded in Vol. 165, Page 380, Deed Records,
Walker County, Texas,
said 3229 square feet being more definitely described by metes and
bounds as follows:
BEGINNING at the most easterly northeast corner of said City of
Huntsville lot described in said deed recorded in Vol. 197, Page
406, Deed Records, same being an ell corner of a 49,168 square
foot tract described in a deed from Fred Aubrey Bobbitt to Haney -
Canon dated February 25, 1975, and recorded in Vol. 276, Page 157,
Deed Records, a 5/8" iron rod with aluminum cap for corner, 3.6
feet south of the most westerly south wall of the Piggly Wiggly
grocery building, and from which an ell corner of said building
brs. N 69° 55' E- 10.4 feet;
THENCE S 89° 52' 54" W, with the common boundary of said City of
Huntsville lot and said Haney -Canon property, 67.85 feet to the
most westerly southwest corner of said Haney -Canon tract and an ell
corner of said City of Huntsville lot, a 5/8" iron rod with alum-
inum cap for corner from which the most westerly southwest corner
of said Piggly Wiggly building brs. N 19° 19' E 3.6 feet and a cy-
clone fence corner post (fence north and east)brs. S 76° 09' W 6.7
feet;
THENCE S 00° 02' 31" W, at approximately 24.4 feet pass the south
line of said City of Huntsville lot described in Vol. 197, Page
406, and the north line of said City of Huntsville lot described in
Vol. 165, Page 380, a total distance of 47.51 feet to the south-
west corner of the 3229 square feet herein described, a stake for
corner;
THENCE S 89° 58' 36" E 67.86 feet to the most southerly west line
of said Haney -Canon tract and the east line of said City of Hunts-
ville lot described in Vol. 165, Page 380, a stake for the south-
east corner of the 3229 square feet herein described;
THENCE N 00° 01' 22" E, with the most southerly west line of said
Haney -Canon tract„ at approximately 23.3 feet pass the northeast
corner of said City of Huntsville lot described in Vol. 165, Page
380, and the southeast corner of the said City of Huntsville lot
described in Vol. 197, Page 406, a total distance of 47.67 feet
to the Place of Beginning.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Secretary of the
City of Huntsville shall cause to be published for the time required
by law in the Huntsville Item, the official newspaper of said City
the following notice:
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City
of Huntsville, Texas, will receive sealed bids in the office of
the City Secretary for the sale of real estate hereinafter de-
scribed until JJ }OO o'clock, /9 M. on the / /yhday of
C/v , 1975, at which time such bids shall be opened
and purl icly read. Said real estate is described in caption as
follows:
Being 3,229 square feet of land, more or less, situated
in Block 14 of the.City of Huntsville, P. Gray League,
A -24, Walker County, Texas.
A plat showing the location and exact dimensions of said
real estate may be seen in the office of the City Secretary between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m Monday through Friday for pur-
poses of a better description of the property.
Each bid shall be in writing, signed, and accompanied by
cashier's check or certified check in the amount of Ten (10 %) per
cent of the bid price, which sum shall be retained as earnest money
by said City if such bid is accepted, applied to purchase price
at consumation of said sale or forfeited if bidder thereafter
fails to perform for any reason other than defects of title in
City. Terms of such sale shall be cash and the City reserves
the right to reject any and all bids. Bids received after the
time and date stated above will be returned unopened. The City
shall furnish a deed of conveyance and all other expense shall
be borne by buyer.
Consumation of sale shall be no later than ten (10) days
after acceptance of bid.
WHEREUPON, said Resolution was duly made, seconded and
passed by unanimous vote on this the .f17-day of June, 1975.
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HAW, City Secretary
MORRIS I. WALLER, Mayor