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Home My WebLink About(8) PR13931: LOGAN PARKinteroffice MEMORANDUM To: Mayor, City Council, City Manager From: Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney {/~ ~ Date: December 22, 2006 Subject: P. R. No. 13931; Council Meeting of January 2, 2007 Attached is P. R. No. 13931 as it pertains to Logan Park. (Requested by Councilman Beard). MTS:ts Attachment Cc: Jimmy Dike, Director of Pleasure Island Commission z.pr13931 memo P. R. No. 13931 12/22/06 ts RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION AS IT PERTAINS TO LOGAN PARK (REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN BEARD) WHEREAS, an area of '~A"; and, WHEREAS, set aside as recreation purposes; pursuant to Resolution No. land was dedicated as a park, this Resolution stated a park for the people and 703, dated May 29, 1951, as delineated in Exhibit that said property shall be of Port Arthur for parks and WHEREAS, a portion of this land has been historically utilized as a music park; and, WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council that this area will continue to be primarily utilized as a music park; and the City Council further believes that any other use, the location of recreational vehicles, should only be for example, ancillary to the use Resolution No. 703. NOW, THEREFORE, OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS: Section 1. That correct. Section 2. of the area as a park, in conformance with BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY the facts in the preamble are true and That the Pleasure Island Commission shall only z .pr13931 use said areas as denoted in Resolution No. 703 for the purposes as primarily denoted therein. Section 3. That a copy of the caption of this Ordinance be spread upon the Minutes of the City Council. READ, ADOPTED and APPROVED this the __ day of the City Council following vote: Councilmembers 2007, at a Council Meeting of of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the AYES: Mayor ; NOES: ATTEST: MAYOR CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION: STEVE FITZGIBBONS, CITY MANAGER z.pr13931 EXHIBIT "A" A RI, iSOLUTION DEDICATINO~ TO TI-~ 9UBLIC USE AS A 95~K A CERTAIN PIECE OF LAI'~ LOCATED ON THE %~BTERLY E~'D 0F THE SABI~ LA~ ~ET~, ~ 'IS DESCRIBED RE~EINAFTER BY METES A}~ BOU~S, AND c~LING sUCH TRACT OF LA}~ "LOGAN PAEK" IN HONOR OF' TRE EIGHT TI~.~S MAYOR J. P. LOGAN, WITH RESERVATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS T~REIN AND AU~0RIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CI~ OF PORT ARTI{~ T0 SIGN SUCH ~soLUTION AI~ TO FILE THE s~ME OF RECORD IN T~ OFFICE 0F T~ COUN~ CL~RK OF JEFF~SON COUNt, TEXt. ~EAS, the City of Pot{ Arthur, a municipal corporatio~ org~ized uuder and by virtue of the constitution and Laws of the State of Texas ~d domiciled in Jefferson co~ty, Texas, is the .ownem in fie simple of a tract of land generally referred to' ~he McI~ee Survey, t~e s~e having been deeded by patent from the state, of Texas to the City of port Arth~; and, wH~EAS, certain citizens are now desirous and ~ious that a portion of such Suruey be dedicated and set aside for 6he use of the public as a ~ark wherein citizens may go~ for recreation, pleas~e and enjo~ent; ~-IEREAS', kb is now deemed wise in bbs discretion of the City Co~Ssi~n that the property herein~ter described be set aside ~d dedicated for park purposes forever, and that the right of the public to use and enjoy the s~e shall not hereinafter be ~.~abridged, save and except that the City of port Arth~ may exercise at all times over ~d across such proper~ ~d beneath such property all powers that a municipal government may exercise over land which it owns a fee si~ple title, subject to this Dedication; ~d, I~IEREAB, it is thought that through the years such pro- p~rty will become of great value not in the financial sense, but will serve a greater value by having the smue impressed for t~e public use as a recreation c~nter ~d public p~k, reserving therein the right of the City~to' run roads through the s~e, ditches t~ough the s~e, ~d to place'therein or permi't others to place therein thereon equipment for ente~rtai~uent and recreation, ~d to lay therein ~d thereon utility lines, standpipes, towers, etc., w~t~ the right of the City 9f Port Arth~:, or its successors, of i~ress ~d egress for 'a~ and all utilities through such park and for all. police powers over such park. I~OWj THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL~qED by the Oity Cormuission of the 01ty of Port Arthur, Texas, that the following described p~operty be set aside aud dedicated as a park for the people of Port Arthur for pa~k a~d recreation purposes, viz.: Beginning at the most westerly end of the ~ Sabine ~ake concrete revetment, said point being South 39 des~ees west 139% feet from the most southerly corner of the Pleasure Pier bulk head, thence, continuing south 39 degrees, west along the creosote pile bulk head for a distance of 1000 feet, said point being at the extreme west end of the creosote pilin8 bulk head thence north 51 degrees west 1~33.6, more or less, to the south right of way line of the Louisiana Shortline Road, thence north 39 degrees east, along the south right of way line of road, a distance of 1000 feet thence south 51 degrees east a distance of 1833.6, more or less, to point of beginning. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the name of such above- described property shall henceforth be known as LOGAN PARE as a monument to the long years of faithful public service of the Honorable Jo P. Logan; and, BE IT FURT2rER RESOLVED that the City reserve from the above and foregoing grant the right of ingress ~ud egress thereon, the right to open streets.through the same or to lay roads ~d ~'thoroughfam'es, and the right to construct therein memorials, buildings, structures, statues and similar articles; further reserving the right therein and thereunder to any snd all mineral rights; further permitting by this Dedication the right of the City', or its successors, to place upon such property playground equipment, recreation equipment, swimming pools and similar equipment for the recreation and entertainment of the public; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this instrument, duly acknowledged, be filed in the office of the County Clerk of Jefferson County, Texas, in orde~ that the public may be put on notice as to the intention of the City Cormaission and the people of Port A~thur through them that the above and foregoing property has been impressed for public use as a park and can neither be leased nor sold, save and except by vote of the people at an election cslle& therefor and passed by a majority of the v~te of the citizenry of .the City of Port Arthur. READ, ADOPTED AND APPRO~D at a Regular Meeting of the City Commission of the,City of, Port, Arthur, Texas, held on the 29th day of May, A. D. 19~l. THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF JEFFERSON ) BEFORE I,[~, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in m~d for Jefferson Counby, Texas~ on this day p~sonally a~pes~-ed J. ~. Logs:~, ~.Iayo~- o~ thc City o~ Port Arthur, T~xas, and Ernest W. ,',~yer, Ciby Clerk of the Cz~y of Port Arthur, Texas~ kno~*n bo"me to be the persons ~.J~ose n~ues are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged 'bo rae that they executed t~e s~e for the purposes s~d csnsideration therein ~ressed, and in the capacity stated. O~!Iu~, th~s 29th day Nota~/~'~c in an~i~or Je~ferj' $011 fJ'Ot/llty, Texas. T~'IE STATE OF TEXAS ' C0uI1Ly 0£ Jc££0rson f I, 1 RED G. ~-IILL, County Cleric, of Jef£c~'.~on County, Texas hereby ccetiiy that thc foregoing h~trument of writing was ~iled ~or record on the 2~ day of , Jun 195_~, at~_~o'~lo~lr A M., and recorded oa iht 6 day of ,hi] 195~, at~_~o'clock P ~., in the Records, Jefferson County, Texas; in volume 8~ . page ~ et ~eq. Withes my hand and seal of office at Beaumont, Te~s, ~e day and year last above written. FRED G. HILL, By ~ Deputy. . County Clerk, Jefferson County, Texas