ORD CC 08/27/74 - Designating city parkORDINANCE 74 -14
ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A PORTION OF PUBLIC
PROPERTY AS A CITY PARK
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Hunts ille,
Texas, in co- ordination with the Parks and Recreation Boar of
the City of Huntsville, Texas, has determined that a neces ity
exists for the creation and establishment of a City Park fOr the
use and benefit of the citizens of this community for recreational
purposes; and
WHEREAS, a determination has been made that sa
Park should be located in properties owned by the City of
Texas, in the Warren Birdsell Survey, A -1, in Walker Count
and that the area to be designated as a City Park should b
as the Kate Barr Ross Memorial Park;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
Section 1: There is hereby created and designated the Kat Barr
Ross Memorial Park for use by the citizens of his
community for park and recreational purposes u der
rules and regulations established from time toitime
by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas,
or the Department of Parks and Recreation, as pproved
by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas.
Section 2: The area to be designated as the Kate Barr Ross', Memorial
Park is described by metes and bounds as follows:
Being 21.1 acres of land, more or less, located in the
Warren Birdsell Survey, Abstract 1, in Walker County,
Texas, and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point bearing N 81° 18' W 991.36' feet
from the center line of the entrance to the Wyn a Farm
fronting U. S. Highway 75, same being 485.80 fe t from the
southwest boundary of the Wynne Farm tract and he south-
east boundary of the tract conveyed to the Cityiof Hunts-
ville, Texas, by the Texas Prison Board, November 27,
1945, and also being in the north right -of -way Uine of
U. S. Highway 75 and recorded in Vol. 112, Page155, of the
Deed Records of Walker County, Texas, a stake for corner;
THENCE N 0° 46' W along the west side of a 60 foot access
road to the municipal airport 504 feet to cornet;
THENCE along a curve to the right having a central angle
of 22 °, radius of 600 feet and length of arc 230 feet, to
a point of tangency;
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THENCE along a curve to the left having a centr
angle of 35.5 °, radius of 600 feet and length o
372 feet, to a point of tangency;
THENCE N 24° 45' W 795 feet to corner;
THENCE N 84° 10' W 420 feet to corner;
THENCE S 5° 50' W 1190 feet to corner;
THENCE N 55° 50' E 120 feet to corner;
THENCE along a curve to the right having a cent
angle of 85 °, radius of 150 feet and length of
223 feet to a point of tangency;
THENCE S 39° 14' E 412 feet to corner;
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THENCE S 5° 50' W 390 feet to corner in the north
ROW line of U. S. Highway 75;
THENCE S 81° 18' W 225 feet along the north ROW line
of said Hwy. 75 to place of beginning and contapning
21.1 acres, more or less.
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 27th day of August,
1974, by unanimous vote.
ity Secretary
ROVED AS TO FARM:
MARTIN D. COLLEY,
City Attorney
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MORRIS I. WALLER, Mayor