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HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER
MARCH 1, 2005
STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY ABANDONMENT — SCRIBNER
STREET
City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning street right-of-way on Scribner
Street approximately 1,000 feet north of College Street, authorizing the City Manager to
execute a Quit Claim Deed to the abutting property owner, and take any necessary
action.
BACKGROUND:
The property owner abutting the cul-de-sac located at the north end of Scribner Street,
approximately 1,000 feet north of College Street, has requested the City abandon and
vacate the street right-of-way.
The abandoned right-of-way will be incorporated into a plat of the abutting property
scheduled for consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council
on March 15, 2005.
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
BEING a 0.329 acre tract of land in the A Foster Survey, Abstract No. 518 and the William
Dooley Survey, Abstract No. 422 situated in the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas and
being a portion of the right-of-way of Scribner Street in the Original Town of Grapevine and
being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a "Y" found cut in the concrete base of a fence corner post and being the
northeast corner of that certain tract of land as described in deed to Joe L. Wright as recorded in
Volume 11201, Page 1839 D.R.T.C.T.;
THENCE South a distance of 55.24 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set with a "TQ Burks #5509" cap;
THENCE S 890 42'30" E a distance of 24.49 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set with a "TQ Burks #5509"
cap in the easterly right-of-way line of Scribner Street (50' R.O.W.)
THENCE S 000 OF 51" E along said east right-of-way line a distance of 194.96 feet to a 1/2" iron
rod set with a "TQ Burks #5509" cap;
THENCE West a distance of 50.00 feet to a 1/2" iron rod found with a cap in the west
right-of-way line of said Scribner Street and being a Point of Curvature of a curve to the left with
a radius of 79.00 feet, a central angle of 53° 07'48", a chord bearing of N 26° 33' 31" W and a
chord distance of 70.66 feet;
THENCE along said curve and continuing along said westerly right-of-way line in a
northwesterly direction 73.26 feet to a 1/2" iron ron set with a "TQ BURKS #5509" cap at the
Point of Reverse Curvature of a circular curve concave to to the northeast haveing a central angle
of 148° 05'36", a radius of 51.00 feet a chord bearing of N 20° 55'23" E and a chord length of
98.07;
THENCE along said curve in a northeasterly direction 131.82 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set with a
"TQ Burks #5509" cap;
THENCE N 120 57'21 " E along the westerly right-of-way line of Scribner Street (50' R.O.W.)
98.02 feet to the Point of Beginning and containing in all 14334 square feet or 0.329 acres of
land.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A
SEGMENT OF SCRIBNER STREET RIGHT OF WAY IN THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER
DESCRIBED; DECLARING EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the property owner of Tract 10 L and Tract 10 K 1, A. Foster Survey,
Abstract No. A 518, Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas has requested that the right of way
of Scribner Street bordering subject tract, located approximately one thousand feet north
of College Street, as herein after described be abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS, the right of way is not needed for public use and will not be needed in
the future for public use; and
WHEREAS, abandoning and vacating the said right of way will relieve the City of
Grapevine, Texas from the cost and expense of maintaining said property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated in the preamble of this ordinance are true and
correct and are hereby incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their
entirety.
Section 2. That the public street right of way located adjacent to the subject
property described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes,
is hereby abandoned and vacated for public use and the same is hereby abandoned and
vacated insofar as all public right, title, interest in and to said right of way is concerned,
subject to the retention by the City of said right of way as a public drainage and utility
easement.
Section 3. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase shall
be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 4. The fact that the right of way is no longer needed by the public for
public usage and would create a hardship or burden upon the City of Grapevine to keep
open and maintain such access easement creates an urgency and an emergency for the
immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare which requires that
this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and it is accordingly
so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 1st day of March, 2005.
ATTEST:
ORD. NO. 2