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Home My WebLink AboutItem 13 - The Bluffs at Grapevine AdditionMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2020 SUBJECT: 30-FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT ABANDONMENT RECOMMENDATION: City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning a 30-foot wide public access easement on Lots 1A1, 1A2 and 1A3, Block 1, The Bluffs at Grapevine Addition, and take any necessary action. FUNDING SOURCE: BACKGROUND: The property owner located at 1776 State Highway 26 has requested the City to abandon a 30-foot wide public access easement. The public access easement was relocated due to the recent new development. The 30-foot public access easement was originally dedicated May 2000 as Lot 1, Block 1, The Bluffs at Grapevine Addition. Staff recommends approval. ORDINANCE NO. 2020-052 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A 30- FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the owner of lots 1A1, 1A2 and 1A3, Block 1, The Bluffs of Grapevine Addition requested that a 30-foot wide Public Access Easement, as herein after described, be abandoned and vacated; and WHEREAS, the access is not needed for public street use and will not be needed in the future for public street use; and WHEREAS, abandoning and vacating the said access easement will relieve the City of Grapevine, Texas 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 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 the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their entirety. Section 2. That the public access easement described in "Exhibit 1", "Exhibit 2", and "Exhibit 3", attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, is hereby abandoned and vacated. 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. That the fact that the public access easement 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 public access easement creates an urgency and an emergency for the immediate preservation of the publ is 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 20th day of October, 2020. APPROVED: William D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: Tara Brooks City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Ordinance No. 2020-052 2 Exhibit 1 I I I 1 I I zh Of W E Y t) uc~t~ O m Ci In 1- JZOF cri ��Q' ¢ WLUw Uaa ¢ m �Qy OJ Z - C7 SL4L`�N10tlN1S9V A3ANnsloons'H `\ OVONIOVU99V A3ANnSNOSH3ONV'M'VV %z I I r z C Z� O Eo 1 0 J ( tl% r N o�Fo eq 1F' J x IL c fYC Q OU T b w CN P kc) W b voQlO�ea ZI� � � Cp p NO' G �Mpl 01 G�JUU (� N � ae TI U Q 11 4oG�UU Co cr O coLLI r M m O Z O H 0 a f+l Z 1", Y J} wNH �nU 0 H Q � m P, C7 Vk F— H y r O INi LL If3 O m pO 2 U U o Z H b o v; L m C3 m Z m a C7 O m N d S Z W 0 O V C7 � I i w J 3NIl10Vtllsov 140OZ-131tl1YIXOVddV poi-wco pO N �Of�aO N II -j11 N II W G� ZV c G OCd1C° C a 0 CO xc �8co mO ZO j z E m Io L C Ill< m U Z y {U W Oh� 0 $ m a r jNLL ycy^ y TX� Eto M c co 0- 0 of c 2 0- 100-0p, / K 3"zyb`t�� Z N M \ LE Ill Z � U IL O w IL ova Zzlea a coi w ZWpF, � *� -_ a�� ----_ ----_ V ❑�U CL N w �'h a W Q IocZ h Exhibit 2 LAND DESCRIPTION EASEMENT ABANDONMENT BEING a tract of land situated in the A.W. Anderson Survey, Abstract No. 26, and the H. Suggs Survey, Abstract No. 1415, Tarrant County, Texas, and being a portion of Lot 1A1, Lot 1A2 and Lot 1A3, Block 1, The Bluffs at Grapevine Addition, an addition to the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, as recorded under Document No. D217293763, of the Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas, and being all of a 30' Access Easement as shown on the Final Plat of Lot 1, Block 1, The Bluffs at Grapevine Addition, as recorded under Cabinet A, Slide 5995, of the Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: COMMENCING at a 5/8-inch iron rod found at the southwest corner of said Lot 1A1, said point being on the north right-of-way line of Bass Pro Court (a variable width right- of-way) and being the beginning of a non -tangent curve to the right having a central angle of 09 degrees 07 minutes 59 seconds, a radius of 969.50 feet and being subtended by a 154.38 foot chord which bears South 70 degrees 40 minutes 27 seconds East; THENCE, along the north right-of-way line of said Bass Pro Court and said non -tangent curve to the right an arc distance of 154.54 feet to a 5/8" iron rod found; THENCE, continuing along the north right-of-way line of said Bass Pro Court, South 66 degrees 06 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 20.51 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE, over and across said Lot 1A1, Lot 1A2 and Lot 1A3 the following courses and distances: North 21 degrees 13 minutes 42 seconds East, a distance of 98.60 feet to a point at the being the beginning of a curve to the right having a central angle of 26 degrees 26 minutes 05 seconds, a radius of 415.00 feet, subtended by a 189.78 foot chord which bears North 34 degrees 26 minutes 44 seconds East, Along said curve to the right an arc distance of 191.47 feet to a point; North 47 degrees 39 minutes 47 seconds East, a distance of 95.68 feet to a point at the beginning of a curve to the right having a central angle of 84 degrees 40 minutes 27 seconds, a radius of 415.00 feet, subtended by a 559.00 foot chord which bears North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, Along said curve to the right an arc distance of 613.30 feet to a point; South 47 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds East, a distance of 100.92 feet to a point; 2of3 J:\Survey\R312986.01- Silverlake ALTA\WP\Easement Abandonment 3 Access.docx Exhibit 3 South 42 degrees 20 minutes 13 seconds West, a distance of 30.00 feet to a point; North 47 degrees 39 minutes 46 seconds West, a distance of 100.92 feet to a point at the beginning of a curve to the left having a central angle of 84 degrees 40 minutes 27 seconds, a radius of 385.00 feet, subtended by a 518.59 foot chord which bears North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, Along said curve to the left an arc distance of 568.97 feet to a point; THENCE, South 47 degrees 39 minutes 47 seconds West, a distance of 95.68 feet to a point at the beginning of a curve to the left having a central angle of 26 degrees 26 minutes 05 seconds, a radius of 385.00 feet, subtended by a 176.06 foot chord which bears South 34 degrees 26 minutes 44 seconds West, Along said curve to the left an arc distance of 177.63 feet to a point; South 21 degrees 13 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance of 100.00 feet to a point on the north right -of way line of said Bass Pro Court; THENCE, along the north right-of-way line of said Bass Pro Court, North 66 degrees 06 minutes 27 seconds West, a distance of 30.03 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and CONTAINING 0.7380 of an acre or 32,148 square feet of land, more or less. Notes: 1. Bearings are based on the Texas State Plane Coordinate System, North Central Zone (4202), North American Datum 1983 (2011). All distances are surface distances. 2. An exhibit map of even date herewith accompanies this metes and bounds description. I certify that this survey was performed on the ground under my supervision. For 7H: __. Mitchell S. Pillar Registered Professional Land Surveyor .t ,,...:.,. Texas Registration No. 5491 Huitt-Zollars, Inc. TBPELS Firm Registration No. 10025600 �.',f•;.,...;�� .; 1717 McKinney Ave., Suite 1400 Dallas, Texas 75202 (214) 871-3311 Date: October 9, 2020 3of3 J:\Survey\R312986.01- Silverlake ALTA\WP\Easement Abandonment 3 Access.dou