RESO 1987-01 - Elkins Lake PetitionRESOLUTION NO. 97-1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, GRANTING ITS CONSENT TO THE
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY AS THE VILLAGE OF
ELKINS LAKE, TEXAS.
WHEREAS, certain qualified voters of the hereinafter
described territory, all of which is situated within the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Huntsville, have
heretofore petitioned the City Council of such City to grant
its written consent to the incorporation of such territory as
the Village of Elkins Lake, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it appropriate to grant the
consent requested by such petition; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE:
Section 1. That the facts and recitations set forth in the
preamble of this Resolution be, and they are hereby, found to
be true and correct.
Section 2. That, acting pursuant to the provisions of
Article 970a, §8.A., Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes,
the City Council of the City of Huntsville grant its consent,
and it does hereby grant its consent, to the incorporations of
the following described territory as the Village of Elkins
Lake, Texas:
1,051.1 acres, more or less out of the H. D. Ripley
Survey, Abstract 489, the Drewry McMillian Survey,
Abstract 382, the W. M. Barrett Survey, Abstract 77,
the S. A.& M. G. R.R. Survey, Abstract 535, the J.
O'Bannion Survey, Abstract 426, and the Alexander
Brown Survey, Abstract 95, in Walker County, Texas,
more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a concrete right -of -way marker set at the
point where the West right -of -way line of Interstate
Highway 45 intersects the north line of the said
Ripley Survey in fence corner;
THENCE S 89 °39' W, 2,012.5 feet along existing fence
and the North line of said Ripley Survey to an iron
rod being the Northeast corner of said McMillian
Survey;
THENCE N 89 °50' W, 1,108.7 feet along existing fence
and the north line of said McMillian Survey to a
concrete monument set by Texas Department of
Corrections in fence corner, being the southeast
corner of said Barrett Survey;
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THENCE N 00 °38' W, 1,487.5 feet along existing fence
and the East line of said Barrett Survey to a point in
fence;
THENCE N 00 °19' W, 1300.3 feet to an iron rod for
corner in the West line of said Texas Department of
Correction Goree Unit;
THENCE N 00 °32' E, 540.3 feet with the west line of
said Goree Unit, to the Northeast corner of said
Barrett Survey, a concrete monument marking a corner
of the Texas Department of Corrections Goree Unit;
THENCE N 89 °26' W, 414.7 feet with said Texas
Department of Corrections line to the Southeast corner
of the Robt. T. Walker Survey, Abstract 589, Walker
County, Texas, said corner being a concrete monument;
THENCE N 89 °31' W, 435.3 feet with the south line of a
5- 65/100 -acre tract described in a deed from L. B.
Baldwin to L. H. Bush dated March 4, 1931 and of
record in Volume 69, Page 427, Deed Records of Walker
County, Texas;
THENCE S 88 °31' W, 409.3 feet to an iron pipe in fence
corner.
THENCE S 89 °05' W, 2,965.4 feet along existing fence
and the North line of said Barrett Survey to the
Northwest corner of said Barrett Survey in fence
corner;
THENCE S 01 °28' E, 3,333.9 feet along existing fence
and the West line of said Barrett Survey to an iron
pipe set by United States Forest Service in fence
corner being the Southwest corner of said Barrett
Survey;
THENCE N 89 °20' E, 625.6 feet along existing fence and
the south line of said Barrett Survey to an iron pipe
set by United States Forest Service in fence corner;
THENCE S 00 °06' E, 3,803.6 feet along existing fence
to an iron pipe set by United States Forest Service in
fence corner in the north line of said O'Bannion
Survey;
THENCE N 80 °07' W, 1,385.2 feet along existing fence
and the north line of said O'Bannion Survey to a
concrete monument set by United States Forest Service
in fence corner marking the Northwest corner of said
O'Bannion Survey;
THENCE S 10 °04' W, 3,791.7 feet along existing fence
and the west line of said O'Bannion Survey to an iron
pipe set by the United States Forest Service in fence
corner marking the southwest corner of said O'Bannion
Survey;
THENCE S 80 °11' E, 3,677.2 feet along existing fence
and the south line of said O'Bannion Survey to an iron
pipe set by the United States Forest Service in fence
corner marking the southeast corner of said O'Bannion
Survey;
THENCE N 09 °19' E, 2,982.9 feet along existing fence
to a point in fence corner;
THENCE N 89 °55' E, 983.3 feet to a point for corner;
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THENCE N 00 °22' W, 1229.2 feet to a point in the south
line of said McMillian Survey;
THENCE S 89 °55' W, 106.7 feet along the south line of
said McMillian Survey to a point in fence corner;
THENCE N 00 °50' E, 1,297.9 feet along existing fence
to a point in fence corner;
THENCE N 89 °51' E, 1,648.1 feet along existing fence
to a point in the east line of said McMillian Survey
in fence corner;
THENCE N 00 °36' E, 1,600.5 feet along existing fence
and the east line of said McMillian Survey to a
concrete monument set by the United States Forest
Service in fence corner;
THENCE N 71 °17' E, 156.7 feet to a point;
THENCE N 64 °46' E, 601.9 feet to a point;
THENCE N 69 °47' E, 622.5 feet to a point;
THENCE N 70 °17' E, 704.2 feet to a point;
THENCE N 73 °16' E, 114.2 feet to a concrete
right -of -way marker in the west right -of -way line of
Interstate Highway 45;
THENCE N 16 °28' W, 120.6 feet with and along the west
right -of -way line of Interstate Highway 45 to the
PLACE OF BEGINNING;
Section 3. That the City Secretary be, and she is hereby,
authorized and directed to deliver or cause to be delivered a
certified copy of this Resolution to Mr. E. L. Embrey, Elkins
Lake Box 163, Huntsville, Texas 77340, one of the signatories
to the petition heretofore referred to, and to the County Judge
of Walker County, Texas.
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PASSED AND APPROVED, this /7 day of �' , 1986.
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