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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF NORTM R'CHlANO HillS, TEXAS
REGULAR MEETING MELD MAY 5, 1958
WHEREAS, COUNTY COMMISS'ONE.RS COURT of Tarrant County,
Texas is ftew in the ,rocess .f acquiringr'ght"'of-way for the con-
struction of both State and County roads and highways necessary and·
essential to the growth and deyelopment .f said eounty and the
various municipalities therein situate, and .ill hereafter be so
engaged from time to time as such growth and development continues
and occurs; and,
WMEREAS, Tarrant County by majority vote has continued in
effect the thirty (.30;) cent .d yal.rem tax to finance right-Of......Y
purchases f.r road lAd highway pur,osesJ and,
WHEREAS, the Commissiofter, Court of Tarrant County by
trder No. 29892 hes requested the City of North RlchtaAd lUlls.. an
ir,,;;orfJorated municipal ity, functlon'"g as a general la. city under
the statutes .f this State, and lying wholly within the co,,"nes .f
T.rr.at County. to cte\egate to saJdCommi..i.fte,.sCourt, ..i4 tity..
general jwri.d'ctfon over its streets, r.ads and ether public ways,
to the extent, but only to the extent, of determinfng In cooperation
with or under the directio.. of the State Hlghw.y COMlssJ..., the
location of roads anG highways deemed by said Court and Commission
to be needful a..d ..ecessary and to acquire by negotfation and by
purchase and cOHem"atioft all needful right-of-way for construction
of such roads and highways; and,
'HEREAI, some questio" ha, arisen, or may arise, with
respect to a conf1ict.f JurIsdiction between the C_fasfoners
Court and of an i"corporeted municipality, and it 1& the desire of
the Comml.sio"ers Court and .fNorthRfch1and Hills to remove, to
the extent permissible, any such conflict:
MO', TNERf.FIR£, IE 'TRESOLVED:
That the eny COUft·cU of North.'eh1.nd Hills ct.es hereby
de legate to the Ceram iss i efters Court of Tarr.ftt County.. Texas, and
to said Court when acting at the request and Oft behllf .f the State
Highway Commlss loft of Texas that author ity and jur Isd let ion of the
City .f North Rich1and HI11s to determine, and when required In
coop.rat Ion with the State MlghwayCommhs ion, the locat fon for
construction of neeC'lful and necessary roacts, highways and freeways;
to acqu Ire by ft.8g0t ¡at ¡on and purchase or by conctemnlt 10", and if
necessary in condemnation proceedings to act a. agent .f the City
and to brfng anet prosecute such proceedings in the neme .fNorth
Riehl.ftd Hil1s, the right-of-way for stich roads, highways and free-
ways; to construct the same and to repair and malntai" the same;
provicted, however, that in the exercise .f the po.er and authority
here ¡ n de 1 egate" to sa hi Court that t he sa. shall be wi th.ut cost
or ex,ense to the City of North RlchtaRd MiDs, and that ift the con-
struction of any suehroa., hlgh.e)' or freeway that Tarrant County,
Texas, a1so ass.mes ful1 aftt complete relPons.bft ity for any and
al1 damage., to either per.onor pro,erty or both In any ma,..ner
.risi"gor growing out .f the acquisition .f right-ef-.ay he.eyer
acquired, or from and during construction of any such road, highway
or freeway" and that Tarrant C.unty, rexIs" sha11 Indemnify and hold
North Rich land Iff l1s free .Ad ha'M1 ess from any and .1' ,ue" ...ts,
ex,enses and damages; and further ,rovided, howeyer, that as to a11
such roat., highways .r fr..ways that all p.tice ,ower is fuHy
reseryed to North Riehtend Hnls and thisdel.gatlon has no reference
to such pol ice power whatsoever.
PASSED AND APPROVED Way 5, 1958.
I, laura Ray, Secretary, City of North Richland Hills,
hereby certify that the aboye and foregoing Is a tr__e and correct
copy of a resoJutlen passed by the City Council of North Riehl.nd
Hll1s In regular session assembleå on the 5th clay of May, 1958, to
cart ify which wltltess my sigft8ture and the offfcial seat of said
City.
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