COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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DATE: 10-21-02 |
SUBJECT: FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 2002-O-268 Approving and authorizing
the City Manager to execute an underground utility easement conveying to the Texas
Department of Transportation for the purpose of installing fiber optic cable
to integrate the City of Laredo Traffic Management Center to the TxDOT’s Traffic
Management Center. Said proposed utility easements are located at the Laredo International
Airport on land known as Lots 1, 2, 3 & WPT of 4 Blk 1988;ED, and
continue onto Block 1965-B;ED and block 1965-A;ED; providing for an effective
date. . |
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INITIATED
BY: Cynthia
Collazo Acting City Manager |
STAFF SOURCE: Jose L. Flores Airport Director |
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PREVIOUS ACTION: On October
7, 2002, Ordinance was introduced by City Council, and Staff was instructed
to proceed. BACKGROUND:
The Texas Department of Transportation is
requesting that it be granted an underground utility easement for the purpose
of installing Fiber Optic Cable to integrate the City of Laredo Traffic
Management Center with TxDOT’s Traffic Management Center. The installation of the fiber optic lines along US
Hwy 59 will interconnect both the City and TxDOT’s existing computerized
traffic management facilities. Integrating both Traffic Management Center’s
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will allow for better traffic
management opportunities in the City of Laredo. . |
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FINANCIAL: No financial impact. |
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COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION: The Airport Advisory Committee recommends approval. |
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Manager be authorized to execute said
utility easement to TxDOT. |
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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-O-268
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY EASEMENT CONVEYING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO INTEGRATE THE CITY OF LAREDO TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER TO THE TXDOT’S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER. SAID PROPOSED UTILITY EASEMENTS ARE LOCATED AT THE LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON LAND KNOWN AS LOTS 1, 2, 3 & WPT OF 4 BLK 1988;ED, AND CONTINUE ONTO BLOCK 1965-B;ED AND BLOCK 1965-A;ED; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation is requesting that it be granted four (4) easements for the purpose of installing Fiber Optic Cable to integrate City of Laredo Traffic Management Center with TxDOT’s Traffic Management Center; and
WHEREAS, integrating both Traffic Management Centers will allow for better traffic management opportunities in the City of Laredo; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation agrees to abandon a portion or the entire easement and agrees to relocate the fiber optic cable to another easement to be provided by the City in the event the easement herein provided interferes with a future airport project; and
WHEREAS, The Airport Director and Airport Advisory Committee recommend that this easement be granted to the Texas Department of Transportation being in the best interest of the Airport and City of Laredo; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAREDO THAT:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Laredo approves the granting of an underground utility easement and authorizes the City Manager to execute said easements to the Texas Department of Transportation; and
Section 2: Said easements is described as follows;
County: Webb
Account No.:
CSJ No.: 0922-33-042
Highway: U.S.
59
FIELD NOTES FOR COMMUNICATION
UNDERGROUND
EASEMENT PART 1
Being 0.077 of one acre (3,373 square feet) of land, situated in the Eastern Division of the City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, being a part of that certain Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Block 1988, conveyed in deed from Jose Ricardo Benavides, and wife, Maria Guadalupe Benavides, to the City of Laredo, by deed dated July 24, 2000, as recorded in Volume 938, Page 834, Official Records of Webb County, Texas; said 0.077 of one acre of land, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set at the northwesterly corner of the Re-plat of a 6.4150 acre tract of land, recorded in Volume 3, Page 37-A, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, and the northwest corner of that certain 0.8912 acre tract, conveyed to Ruben Garibay, d/b/a/ A-1 Auto Stop, by deed dated April 19, 1996, recorded in Volume 400, Page 899, Official Records of Webb County, Texas, being the northeasterly corner of that certain Block 1965-B; said Block 1965-B, being a portion of that abandoned north one-half of Saunders Street, (based on a width of 55.56 feet wide), re-plated under Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, also being a re-entrant corner on the southerly line of the Laredo International Airport, as recorded in Volume 5, Page 1, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod found bears, South 01° 44’ 50” West, a distance of 36.34 feet, thence as follows:
SOUTH 00°35'41" WEST, with the westerly line of said 0.8912 acre tract, the east line of said Block 1965-B and the east line of said Lot 4, Block 1988, a distance of 182.27 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for the POINT OF BEGINNING, having surface coordinates of X= 672,174.18 and Y=17,083,212.28. All bearings and coordinates are based on the State Plane Coordinate System of Texas, South Zone, North American Datum 1983 (1996 adjustment), Imperial units. All distances and coordinates are surface and may be converted to grid by dividing by a surface adjustment factor of 1.00003;
1. THENCE, SOUTH 00°35'41" WEST, continuing with said easterly line of said Lot 4, Block 1988, a distance of 10.10 feet to a PK nail set for corner on the existing north right of way line of U.S. 59, (based on a width of 80.00 feet);
2. THENCE, NORTH 81°17'19" WEST, with the said existing north right of way line of U.S. 59, a distance of 241.56 feet to an “X” in concrete set for the southwest corner of the herein described easement, being the southwest corner of Block 1988 and the southeast corner of that certain Lot5, Block 1965-A, a Re-plat of Block 1965, as shown on map or plat hereof, recorded in Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas;
3. THENCE, NORTH 00°35'41" EAST, with a line parallel to the easterly line of said Block 1965-A, a distance of 105.17 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner on the southerly line of said abandoned Saunders Street;
4. THENCE, SOUTH 88°48'46" EAST, with said southerly line a distance of 10.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
5. THENCE, SOUTH 00°35'41" WEST, a distance of 96.39 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
6. THENCE, SOUTH 81°17'19" EAST, with a line parallel to and 10 feet north of the existing north right of way line of U.S. 59, a distance of 231.48 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.077 of one acre (3,372 square feet) of land.
A plat of same date accompanies this metes and bounds description.
County: Webb
Account No.:
CSJ No.: 0922-33-042
Highway: U.S.
59
FIELD NOTES FOR COMMUNICATION
UNDERGROUND
EASEMENT PART 2
Being 0.166 of one acre (7,223 square feet) of land, situated in the Eastern Division of the City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, being a part of that certain portion of Saunders Street, re-plated as Block 1965-B, recorded under Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas; said 0.166 of one acre of land, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set at the northwesterly corner of the Re-plat of a 6.4150 acre tract of land, recorded in Volume 3, Page 37-A, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, and the northwest corner of that certain 0.8912 acre tract, conveyed to Ruben Garibay, d/b/a/ A-1 Auto Stop, by deed dated April 19, 1996, recorded in Volume 400, Page 899, Official Records of Webb County, Texas, being the northeasterly corner of that certain Block 1965-B; said Block 1965-B, being a portion of that abandoned north one-half of Saunders Street, (based on a width of 55.56 feet wide), re-plated under Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, also being a re-entrant corner on the southerly line of the Laredo International Airport, as recorded under Volume 5, Page 1, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod found bears, South 01° 44’ 50” West, a distance of 36.34 feet, thence as follows:
NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, with the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport, the northerly line of said Block 1965-B, a distance of 229.17 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for the POINT OF BEGINNING, having surface coordinates of X= 671,946.37 and Y=17,083,343.73. All bearings and coordinates are based on the State Plane Coordinate System of Texas, South Zone, North American Datum 1983 (1996 adjustment), Imperial units. All distances and coordinates are surface and may be converted to grid by dividing by a surface adjustment factor of 1.00003;
7. THENCE, SOUTH 00°35'41" WEST, a distance of 55.56 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
8. THENCE, NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, a distance of 10.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
9. THENCE, NORTH 00°35'41" EAST, a distance of 35.56 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
10. THENCE, NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, a distance of 333.35 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
11. THENCE, NORTH 00°35'41" EAST, a distance of 20.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner on the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport;
12. THENCE, SOUTH 88°48'46" EAST, with the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport, a distance of 343.35 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.166 of one acre (7,223 square feet) of land.
A plat of same date accompanies this metes and bounds description.
County: Webb
Account No.:
CSJ No.: 0922-33-042
Highway: U.S.
59
FIELD NOTES FOR COMMUNICATION
UNDERGROUND
EASEMENT PART 3
Being 0.179 of one acre (7,778 square feet) of land, situated in the Eastern Division of the City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, being a part of that certain portion of Saunders Street, based on a width of 55.56 feet, located west of Block 1965-A, Eastern Portion of the City of Laredo, as shown on re-plat or map thereof recorded in Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas; said 0.179 of one acre of land, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set at the northwesterly corner of the Re-plat of a 6.4150 acre tract of land, recorded in Volume 3, Page 37-A, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, and the northwest corner of that certain 0.8912 acre tract, conveyed to Ruben Garibay, d/b/a/ A-1 Auto Stop, by deed dated April 19, 1996, recorded in Volume 400, Page 899, Official Records of Webb County, Texas, being the northeasterly corner of that certain Block 1965-B; said Block 1965-B, being a portion of that abandoned north one-half of Saunders Street, (based on a width of 55.56 feet wide), re-plated under Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, also being a re-entrant corner on the southerly line of the Laredo International Airport, as recorded under Volume 5, Page 1, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod found bears, South 01°44’50” West, a distance of 36.34 feet, thence as follows:
NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, with the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport, a distance of 572.52 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for the POINT OF BEGINNING, having surface coordinates of X= 671,603.67 and Y=17,083,406.41. All bearings and coordinates are based on the State Plane Coordinate System of Texas, South Zone, North American Datum 1983 (1996 adjustment), Imperial units. All distances and coordinates are surface and may be converted to grid by dividing by a surface adjustment factor of 1.000030;
13. THENCE, SOUTH 00°35'41" EAST, a distance of 20.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
14. THENCE, NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, a distance of 388.91 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
15. THENCE, NORTH 00°35'41" EAST, a distance of 20.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner on the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport;
16. THENCE, SOUTH 88°48’46’" EAST, a distance of 388.91 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.179 of one acre (7,778 square feet) of land.
A plat of same date accompanies this metes and bounds description.
County: Webb
Account No.:
CSJ No.: 0922-33-042
Highway: U.S. 59
FIELD NOTES FOR COMMUNICATION
UNDERGROUND
EASEMENT PART 4
Being 0.128 of one acre (5,558 square feet) of land, situated in the Eastern Division of the City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas, being a part of that certain portion of Saunders Street, based on a width of 55.56 feet, located west of Block 1965-A, Eastern Portion of the City of Laredo, as shown on re-plat or map thereof recorded in Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas; said 0.128 of one acre of land, being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:
COMMENCING at a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set at the northwesterly corner of the Re-plat of a 6.4150 acre tract of land, recorded in Volume 3, Page 37-A, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, and the northwest corner of that certain 0.8912 acre tract, conveyed to Ruben Garibay, d/b/a/ A-1 Auto Stop, by deed dated April 19, 1996, recorded in Volume 400, Page 899, Official Records of Webb County, Texas, being the northeasterly corner of that certain Block 1965-B; said Block 1965-B, being a portion of that abandoned north one-half of Saunders Street, (based on a width of 55.56 feet wide), re-plated under Volume 6, Page 88, Plat Records of Webb County, Texas, also being a re-entrant corner on the southerly line of the Laredo International Airport, as recorded under Volume 5, Page 1, plat Records of Webb County, Texas, from which a 5/8-inch iron rod found bears, South 01°44’50” West, a distance of 36.34 feet, thence as follows:
NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, with the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport, a distance of 961.43 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for the POINT OF BEGINNING, having surface coordinates of X=671,214.85 and Y=17,083,414.46. All bearings and coordinates are based on the State Plane Coordinate System of Texas, South Zone, North American Datum 1983 (1996 adjustment), Imperial units. All distances and coordinates are surface and may be converted to grid by dividing by a surface adjustment factor of 1.000030;
17. THENCE, SOUTH 00°35'41" EAST, a distance of 20.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
18. THENCE, NORTH 88°48'46" WEST, a distance of 278.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner;
19. THENCE, NORTH 01°11'14" EAST, a distance of 20.00 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with a yellow plastic cap marked “RODS SURVEYING INC” set for corner on the southerly line of said Laredo International Airport;
20. THENCE, SOUTH 88°48’46’" EAST, with said southerly line, a distance of 277.79 feet, to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.128 of one acre (5,558 square feet) of land.
A plat of same date accompanies this metes and bounds description.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR ON THIS THE _____ DAY OF __________________, 2002.
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ELIZABETH G. FLORES
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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GUSTAVO GUEVARA, JR.
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JAIME L. FLORES
CITY ATTORNEY
BY:________________________
VALERIA M. ACEVEDO
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY