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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER VW
MEETING DATE: MARCH 28, 2000
SUBJECT: ACCESS EASEMENT ABANDONMENT — TOWNE CENTER
ADDITION NO. 2
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning and vacating an access
easement on Lot 11, Block 1, Towne Center Addition No. 2, and take any necessary
action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Developer has requested that the City abandon this easement for the reconfiguration
of the existing drive entrance and access lanes that currently serve the development. This
easement was dedicated with the platting of the Taco Bell site. The new access will be
located immediately to the west of the current location.
Staff recommends approval.
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING AN
ACCESS EASEMENT IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, PROVIDING A
SERVERABILITY CLAUSE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the owner of the property containing said access easement, more
specifically described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein for all
purposes, has requested the access easement, as herein after described be abandoned
and vacated-, and
WHEREAS, the access easement is not needed for public use and will not be
needed in the future for public use; and
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 access easement located within the 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, and interest in and to said access easement 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 phase
shall be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 4. The fact that the 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 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 28th day of March, 2000.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACCESS EASEMENT ABANDONMENT
BEING A VARIABLE WIDTH ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE
HEIRS OF A. FOSTER SURVEY, ABSTRACT No. 518, IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TARRANT
COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID EASEMENT ACROSS LOT 11, BLOCK 1, TOWNE CENTER ADDITION
NO. 2, AS RECORDED AT CABINET A, SLIDE 5486 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF TARRANT
COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID EASEMENT MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS;
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 3R, BLOCK 1, TOWNE CENTER ADDITION
NO. 2, SAID POINT BEING IN THE WEST LINE OF WILLIAM D. TATE AVENUE (A VARIABLE
WIDTH R.O.W.);
THENCE: NORTH 54'39'13" WEST 77.99 FEET, TO A POINT FOR CORNER;
THENCE: NORTH 06'01'55" EAST 189.98 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER;
THENCE: NORTH 27'32'27" EAST 201.33 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER;
THENCE:
SOUTH 66'02'14" EAST
167.44 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER IN THE WEST
LINE OF SAID WM. D.
TATE AVENUE AND IN A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING
A CENTRAL ANGLE OF
02'41'39", A RADIUS OF 1382.40 FEET, AND WHOSE
CHORD BEARS SOUTH
23'55'17' WEST 65.00 FEET;
THENCE:
ALONG SAID CURVE TO
THE RIGHT A DISTANCE OF 65.01 FEET TO A POINT
FOR CORNER;
THENCE:
NORTH 66'02'14' WEST
145.50 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER;
THENCE:
SOUTH 2732'27" WEST
132.89 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER;
THENCE:
SOUTH 06'01'55' WEST
188.17 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER;
THENCE:
SOUTH 5439'13" EAST
53.79 FEET TO A POINT FOR CORNER IN THE WEST
UNE OF SAID WM. D.
TATE AVENUE;
THENCE:
SOUTH 35'20'47" WEST
10.00 FEET WITH THE WEST UNE OF WM. D. TATE
AVENUE TO THE POINT
OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 0.4616 ACRES
MORE OR LESS.
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ABANDONMENT
MARCH 23, 2000