1-1 By: Uher, Hochberg (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 1840 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 1999; 1-3 April 12, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Education; May 11, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of 1-9 Texas System to acquire certain properties for campus expansion and 1-10 other university purposes. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. The board of regents of The University of Texas 1-13 System is authorized to acquire by purchase, exchange, gift, or in 1-14 any other manner, for campus expansion or other university 1-15 purposes, any or all of the following real property located in 1-16 Harris County and not already acquired by the board of regents: 1-17 1. All land in the P. W. Rose Survey, Abstract No. 645, Houston, 1-18 Harris County, Texas, that is bounded by Fannin, Cecil, and Lehall 1-19 Streets and Braeswood Boulevard, including, without limitation, all 1-20 lots within Blocks 1 and 2, University Park Addition, according to 1-21 the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 450, Page 564 of the 1-22 Deed Records of Harris County, Texas, and all adjacent strips, 1-23 gores, streets, alleys, alleyways, thoroughfares, and real 1-24 property, whether or not vacated, specifically including, but not 1-25 limited to, Lyndon, Lehall, and Cecil Streets, SAVE AND EXCEPT all 1-26 such real property previously acquired by the Board of Regents and 1-27 SAVE AND EXCEPT Lots 1 through 6, inclusive, and Lots 27 and 28 in 1-28 Block 2, University Park Addition. 1-29 2. All of Blocks 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 22, Institute Addition, 1-30 according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 3, Page 5 1-31 of the Map Records of Harris County, Texas, and all adjacent 1-32 strips, gores, streets, alleys, alleyways, thoroughfares, and real 1-33 property, whether or not vacated, specifically including, but not 1-34 limited to, Cecil, Selma, St. Agnes, Eaton and Princeton Streets 1-35 and Braeswood Boulevard, SAVE AND EXCEPT all such real property 1-36 previously acquired by the Board of Regents. 1-37 3. Approximately 1.0447 acres, or 45,505 square feet, more or 1-38 less, of land in the P. W. Rose Survey, Abstract No. 645, Houston, 1-39 Harris County, Texas, said tract being more particularly described 1-40 by metes and bounds in the Warranty Deed dated effective June 26, 1-41 1987, recorded in the Real Property Records of Harris County, 1-42 Texas, under Clerk's File No. L195838, together with all adjacent 1-43 strips or gores of real estate. 1-44 4. Approximately 39,540 square feet out of the P. W. Rose Survey, 1-45 Abstract No. 645, Houston, Harris County, Texas, said tract being 1-46 more particularly described by metes and bounds in the Special 1-47 Warranty Deed dated May 22, 1987, recorded in the Real Property 1-48 Records of Harris County, Texas, under Clerk's File No. L184468, 1-49 together with all adjacent strips or gores of real estate, and 1-50 together with any right, title and interest in the land lying 1-51 between the above described 39,540 square foot tract of land and 1-52 the center line of Wyndale Drive. 1-53 5. All of the land that is bounded on the south by Braeswood 1-54 Boulevard, on the west by the property described in the deed to 1-55 Homegate Hospitality, Inc., recorded in S376020 of the Deed Records 1-56 of Harris County, Texas, and on the east by the property described 1-57 in the deed to the Board of Regents recorded in M54663 of the Deed 1-58 Records of Harris County, Texas, "including, without limitation," a 1-59 0.3940 acre (17,162 square feet) parcel, more or less, out of a 1-60 called 9.19 acre tract as conveyed in deed recorded under Harris 1-61 County Clerk's File No. P626553, said 0.3940 acre tract being out 1-62 of the P.W. Rose Survey, Abstract No. 645, in the City of Houston, 1-63 Harris County, Texas, and being more particularly described by 1-64 metes and bounds as follows with all bearings referenced to the 2-1 recorded plat of M. Sanders as recorded in Volume 340 at Page 103 2-2 of the Harris County Map Records; 2-3 BEGINNING at a 5/8-inch iron rod set in the northerly 2-4 right-of-way line of South Braeswood Boulevard (based on a width of 2-5 120 feet) as described in instrument recorded in Volume 4414 at 2-6 Page 107 of the Harris County Deed Records, same point being in the 2-7 centerline of an abandoned 60-foot right-of-way formerly known as 2-8 Cecil Street, the southwest corner of a tract of land conveyed to 2-9 The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center by instrument 2-10 recorded under Harris County Clerk's File No. M546653 and the 2-11 southeast corner of the herein described tract; 2-12 THENCE, S78 35' 21" W, along said northerly right-of-way line 2-13 of South Braeswood Boulevard, a distance of 94.73 feet to a 2-14 5/8-inch iron rod set for the southwest corner of the herein 2-15 described tract; 2-16 THENCE, N 00 50' 34" W, along the westerly line of the herein 2-17 described tract, a distance of 189.90 feet to a 5/8-inch iron rod 2-18 set for the northwest corner of the herein described tract in the 2-19 southerly line of a Harris County Flood Control District 2-20 right-of-way for Brays Bayou as described in instrument recorded in 2-21 Volume 3488 at Page 56 of the Harris County Deed Records; 2-22 THENCE, N 85 22' 57" E, along said southerly right-of-way 2-23 line of Brays Bayou, a distance of 93.33 feet to a 5/8-inch iron 2-24 rod set for the northeast corner of the herein described tract and 2-25 the northwest corner of said tract conveyed to The University of 2-26 Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in the centerline of said 2-27 abandoned 60-foot right-of-way formerly known as Cecil Street; 2-28 THENCE, S 00 50' 34" E, along the easterly line of the herein 2-29 described tract, the westerly line of said tract conveyed to The 2-30 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the centerline 2-31 of said abandoned 60-foot right-of-way, a distance of 178.67 feet 2-32 to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.3940 of an acre of land. 2-33 SECTION 2. If all or any portion of the property described 2-34 by this section that is currently owned by the United States is 2-35 made available by the United States by auction, by negotiated sale, 2-36 as surplus property, or in any other manner, the board of regents 2-37 of The University of Texas System is authorized to acquire that 2-38 property by purchase, exchange, gift, or in any other manner, for 2-39 campus expansion or other university purposes. This section 2-40 applies to the following property: 2-41 All property located south of Old Spanish Trail, north of El Paseo 2-42 Street, west of Cambridge Street and east of Fannin Street in 2-43 Houston, Harris County, Texas, that is now owned by the United 2-44 States of America and that is more particularly described as: 2-45 A tract of land containing 790,951.44 square feet (18.1578 acres) 2-46 of land situated in Harris County, Texas. 2-47 Commencing at a Highway Department right of way monument at the 2-48 southeast corner of Knight Road and U.S. Highway 59 (Old Spanish 2-49 Trail). 2-50 THENCE WITH THE SOUTHERN LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY AND IN A COURSE NORTH 2-51 7436' EAST A DISTANCE OF 821.06 FEET TO A POINT OF BEGINNING; 2-52 THENCE NORTH 74 DEG. 28 MIN. 47 SEC. EAST A DISTANCE OF 592.49 FEET 2-53 TO A POINT FOR CORNER; 2-54 THENCE NORTH 74 DEG. 41 MIN. 57 SEC. EAST A DISTANCE OF 720.06 FEET 2-55 TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER; 2-56 THENCE SOUTH 15 DEC. 16 MIN. 58 SEC. EAST A DISTANCE OF 603.88 FEET 2-57 TO A 1/2 INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER; 2-58 THENCE SOUTH 74 DEG. 36 MIN. 13 SEC. WEST A DISTANCE OF 719.87 FEET 2-59 TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER; 2-60 THENCE NORTH 15 DEG. 46 MIN. 43 SEC. WEST A DISTANCE OF 3.94 FEET 2-61 TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD FOUND FOR CORNER; 2-62 THENCE SOUTH 74 DEG. 44 MIN. 27 SEC. WEST A DISTANCE OF 592.27 FEET 2-63 TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD SET FOR CORNER; 2-64 THENCE NORTH 24 DEG. 00 MIN. 00 SEC. WEST A DISTANCE OF 600.00 FEET 2-65 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 790,951.44 SQUARE FEET 2-66 (18.1578 ACRES), MORE OR LESS, together with all adjacent strips or 2-67 gores of real estate. 2-68 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-69 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-5 passage, and it is so enacted. 3-6 * * * * *