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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRight of Way Easement Deed - 57075 - Austin Consolidated, Inc. • d 1O .�.. E O BCJ:,f U� 7 G E 17 THE STATE OF TEXAS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS : COUNTY OF GALVESTON : RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT DEED THAT AUSTIN CONSOLIDATED, INC. , a Texas Corporation, acting by and through its officers hereunto duly authorized, (herein called "Grantor") , for and in consideration of the sum of Ten and No/100 ($10. 00) Dollars and other good and val- uable consideration to Grantor in hand paid by the Grantee herein named, the receipt and sufficiency thereof being hereby acknowledged, has SOLD, GRANTED and CONVEYED, and by these presents do SELL, GRANT and CONVEY, unto the CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS , a Texas Home-Rule Municipal Corporation (herein called "Grantee") , its successors and assigns , a right-of-way and easement , as hereinafter described, for the purpose of con- structing, reconstructing, maintaining and repairing of a drainage channel , canal , dike, ditch or drain on, over and across and within the boundaries hereinafter described, and for the purpose above specified, such right-of-way and easement (herein called the "easement") being on, over and across those certain strips or parcels of land in Galveston County, Texas , and particularly described as follows : A Sixty (60 ' ) foot wide drainage easement and right-of-way, on and out of Lot 3 , Block "C" , of the Central Park Subdivision, Sarah McKissick League, Galveston County, Texas , and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows : Centerline description: Commencing at the original West corner of Lot 3 , Block "C" ; THENCE North 45 deg. 00 min. East, along the Northwest line of Lot 3 , Block "C" , a distance of 20 . 00 feet ; THENCE South 45 deg . 00 min. East , parallel to the Southwest line of Lot 3 , Block "C" and along the Northeast right of way line of Greenbriar Drive, a distance of 740 . 36 feet to the place of beginning of the centerline of a 60 foot wide drainage ease- s BOO 26l7 WE PO ment ; THENCE from said beginning point along the center- line of said 60 foot wide drainage easement , North 28 deg. 34 min. 25 sec . East , 249 . 70 feet , North 0 deg. 39 min. 48 sec . West , 177. 07 feet, north 3 deg . 25 min. 23 sec. East, 150. 74 feet , North 7 deg. 55 min. 26 sec. West , 105 . 70 feet , North 37 deg. 11 min. 28 sec. West , 220. 14 feet , North 16 deg. 44 min. 50 sec. West , 139 . 58 feet to the ending point, said point lying in the Southeasterly right of way line of Falling Leave Drive as recorded in Volume 2115 , page 822 , in the Office of the County Clerk of Galveston County, Texas . This instrument is made and accepted subject to the following provisions , conditions , and reservations : 1 . Grantee shall have the right to enter upon the land covered by this easement at any time the Grantee deems proper for the purpose of exercising Grantee' s rights and privileges hereunder; and, for the purpose of ingress and egress to and from the easement, to the extent reasonably necessary. 2 . Grantee shall at all times conduct Grantee' s opera- tions on and with respect to the easement in such manner as not to create a nuisance or to cause any detrimental affects to the land covered by this easement. 3 . Grantee shall have the right to remove trees , bushes , undergrowth and other obstructions interfering with the loca- tion, construction, re-construction, maintenance or repair of the drainage facilities authorized hereunder. 4. Grantor herein excepts from this easement and reserves for itself, its successors and assigns forever , all oil , gas and other minerals , if any , in and under the land covered by this easement , but said Grantor for itself and its successors and assigns , waives all right of ingress and egress to and from the surface of the land covered by this easement for the purpose of drilling, mining, exploring or developing such minerals . 151)(1c2617 VAI 19 5 . This easement is granted to and accepted by Grantee with the understanding that Grantee will open and construct a drainage channel , canal , dike, ditch or drain upon and/or across the hereinabove described easement within a period of fifteen years (15) from date hereof, and upon Grantee' s failure to do so within said time shall operate as a reversion of the above described easement to the Grantor herein, its successors and assigns . Upon abandonment this instrument shall be declared null and void and Grantee , at its own expense , shall cause the surface of the easement to be restored as nearly as practicable to its original surface condition. 6. This easement is granted to and accepted by Grantee with the understanding that the land covered thereby is subject to a valid and existing lien presently held by Bank of North America of Houston, Harris County, Texas . TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the easement, together with all and . singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in any manner belonging unto Grantee, its successors and assigns , and Grantor does bind itself, its successors and assigns to warrant and forever defend all and singular the easement unto Grantee, its successors and assigns , against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming, or to claim the same or any part thereof, subject to the matters herein stated. Bank of North America, acting by and through its officers hereunto duly authorized, the beneficial owner and holder of lien rights affecting the land covered by this grant of easement, joins in the execution of this instrument to evidence its agreement, and it does hereby agree , that the existing lien and/or liens insofar and only insofar as they affect the easement and • sOOK261'7 ia� land covered thereby, are hereby subordinated and made inferior to the rights and privileges granted to Grantee hereunder with respect to the easement, and that any foreclosure of the existing lien and/or liens shall be made subject to the easement and shall not terminate or otherwise impair the rights of Grantee in the easement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed this 5th day of August , 1975 . AUSTIN� CCOONSOLIDATEE/D, _INC. ATTEST: B ,6 6,,,,e,// 1.„.. i} 77' e /z Grantor Its Secretary BANK qg RIC ATTEST: By: 4 (44.f.4 ,L itsItskR460 Assitant Cashier THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF Harris BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day per- sonally appeared Samuel H. Vester, Jr. President of Austin Consolidated, Inc . , a corporation, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considera- tion therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and deed of said corporation. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and seal of office this the 5th ;' * day of August , 1975 . j m; wee nun Notary Public n and for r P Harris County, Texas 1. 1) AMv f i17 PAA. 21. THE STATE OF TEXAS . COUNTY OF HARRIS BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day per- sonally appeared V. B. Dishongh President of Bank of North America, a corporation, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument , and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considera- tion therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated and • as the act and deed of said corporation. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and seal of office this the 5th day of August , 1975 . Notary Puofic i_h and for Harris County, Texas