HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 5815-09-2023A Resolution
NO. 5815-09-2023
A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING REAL
PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING ITS APPROPRIATION OR
CONDEMNATION FOR PUBLIC USE
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council on September 26, 2023, in M&C 23-0811, ordered and
decreed that a public necessity existed to acquire 0.288 acres in right-of-way easement, from real property
located at 1205 Avondale Haslet Road in the Stith Addition, Block 1, Lot 1, City of Haslet, Tarrant
County, Texas, as described in the exhibits attached to the above -referenced M&C; those exhibits are
incorporated herein for all purposes (the "Property");
WHEREAS, the Fort Worth City Council has determined that:
- the Property is needed for Avondale Haslet Road project (the "Project");
- the land rights in the Property are needed for new road improvements;
- public necessity required the acquisition by condemnation of the Property, located within the
alignment of the Project;
- the use of the Property will be a public use; and
- the Real Estate Division of the Property Management Department is authorized to acquire by
negotiation the Property needed for the Project.
WHEREAS, negotiations between the City of Fort Worth and the property owner, SSGN
Investments, LLC, were unsuccessful due the inability to negotiate agreeable terms for the property
interest being acquired by the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, on this 261h day of September, 2023, at a regular meeting of the Fort Worth City
Council, upon Motion of Councilmember Blaylock, to wit:
"I move that the Fort Worth City Council adopt the resolution authorizing use of the power of
eminent domain to acquire 0.288 acres in right-of-way easement from real property owned by SSGN
Investments, LLC. The land rights in the subject property are needed for the Avondale Haslet Road
project, a public use that will reconstruct and widen Avondale Haslet Road from Willow Creek Drive to
the eastern city limits of the City of Haslet at John Day Road. The property will be used for widening
and reconstructing the existing two-lane asphalt roadway to a four -lane, divided, concrete urban
arterial. The property is located at 1205 Avondale Haslet Road in the Stith Addition, Block 1, Lot 1, City
of Haslet, Tarrant County, Texas. The property interest to be acquired is described by metes and bounds
and depicted by survey exhibits attached to this Mayor and Council Communication."
Seconded by Councilmember Crain, duly put and carried: RESOLUTION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS THAT:
The City of Fort Worth, Texas, is authorized to use the power of eminent domain to acquire the
Property for the public use and inclusion in the Project; and
The City Attorney be and is hereby authorized and directed to file or cause to be filed, to spend all
reasonable and necessary legal expenses, and to carry through to final judgment proceedings in eminent
domain for the acquisition of the property interest listed above and attached to the M&C.
Adopted this 26th day of September 2023.
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Jannette S. Goodall, City Secretary
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