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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1958-001 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. -2-