HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 27 - Utility Easement Beard AdditionMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: MAY 7, 2019
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF UTILITY EASEMENT ABANDONMENT FOR 3541
NORTH GRAVEL CIRCLE
RECOMMENDATION: City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning a utility
easement on Lot 3, Block 1, Beard Addition.
FUNDING SOURCE:
BACKGROUND: The owner of the property located at 3541 North Gravel Circle has
requested the City abandon a 10 -foot utility easement. The utility
easement was originally dedicated by the Beard Addition plat. With
franchise improvements of the Beard Addition on N. Gravel Circle, this
portion of the easement is not needed. Franchise utility companies have
signed off on this request.
Staff recommends approval.
ORDINANCE NO. 2019-019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A
UTILITY EASEMENT ON LOT 3, BLOCK 1, BEARD
ADDITION IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS
HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
WHEREAS, the property owner for Lot 3, Block 1, Beard Addition located at 3541
North Gravel Circle, City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas has requested that a utility
easement of said lot, as herein after described, be abandoned and vacated; and
WHEREAS, the easement is not needed for public use, will not be needed in the
future for public use and has been signed off by franchise utility companies; and
WHEREAS, abandoning and vacating the said easement will relieve the City of
Grapevine and franchise utility companies, from the cost and expense of maintaining said
property; and
WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this
ordinance have been met, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act and Chapter
211 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated hereinabove are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That the 1,216 square foot utility easement located on Lot 3, Block 1,
Beard Addition described in Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B", 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
easement of way is concerned.
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 easement is no longer needed by the public for public
usage and would create a hardship or burden upon the City of Grapevine and franchise
utility companies to keep open and maintain such 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 7th day of May, 2019.
APPROVED:
Darlene Freed
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Ordinance No. 2019-019 2
FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION:
BEING a portion of Lot 3 in Block 1 of Beard Addition, an addition to the City of Grapevine,
Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat recorded under Cabinet A, Slide 13009, Plat
Records of Tarrant County, Texas, (P.R.T.C.T.), said portion being more particularly described
by metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at a 1/2 inch iron rod found for the northeast corner of said Lot 3, same
being the northwest corner of Lot 3 in Block 1 of Lake Park, an addition to the City of
Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat recorded under Cabinet A, Slide 3688,
(P.R.T.C.T.), said point also being in the south line of North Gravel Circle, having a 50 foot
Right of Way;
THENCE South 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds West, with the east line of said Lot 3
(A/13009), a distance of 10.00 feet to a point for THE POINT OF BEGINNING, same being
the northeast corner of the herein described tract;
THENCE South 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds West, with the east line of said Lot 3
(A/13009), a distance of 121.60 feet to a point for corner, from which a M2 inch iron rod found
for the southeast corner of said Lot 3 (A/13009) bears South 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds
West a distance of 10.00 feet;
THENCE North 89 degrees 45 minutes 56 seconds West, over and across said Lot 3
(A/13009), a distance of 10.00 feet to a point for corner,
THENCE North 00 degrees 244 minutes 58 seconds East, over and across said Lot 3, a distance
of 121.58 feet to a point for corner;
THENCE South 89 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds East, over and across said Lot 3
(A/13009), a distance of 10.00 feet to THE POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.028
acres of land, more or less.
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ABANDONMENT
0.028 Acres out of Lot 3 in
Block 1 of the Beard Addition
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