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File #: 15117    Version: 1
Type: Consent Agenda - Engineer Status: Adopted
File created: 11/17/2023 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 11/28/2023 Final action: 11/28/2023
Title: Close, Vacate, and Abandon Part of a Public Road and Its Rights-of-Way of Record in Abstract 10 (Precinct 1)
Indexes: Platting
Code sections: ยง251.051 - Texas Transportation Code
Attachments: 1. ExhibitA_CR599.pdf
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Close, Vacate, and Abandon Part of a Public Road and Its Rights-of-Way of Record in Abstract 10 (Precinct 1)
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Whereas, the Court finds that the requisites of Texas Transportation Code 251.051 - Closing, Vacating and Abandoning Public Road - have been met in regards to a Public Road and its right-of-way accepted as County Road 599 by Commissioners' Court Order #12, June 26, 1967, within the Henry Austin 13 Labor Grant Survey No. 1, Abstract 10; and

Whereas, a 1004-acre-parcel out of the Henry Austin 13 Labor Grant Survey No. 1, Abstract 10, in Brazoria County, Texas, County Clerk's Document No. 2021-073027 of the Brazoria County Clerk's Records, as are currently divided by certain public rights-of-way; and

Whereas, Bailey and Bailey Farms, the current owner of the tracts of land that abut said public rights-of-way, in the Henry Austin 13 Labor Grant Survey No. 1, Abstract 10, Brazoria County, Texas being that certain 1004-acre-parcel out of the Henry Austin 13 Labor Grant Survey No. 1, Abstract 10, in Brazoria County, Texas, as recorded in County Clerk's Document No. 2021-073027; and

Whereas, County Road 599 has been gated for more than 20 years; and

Whereas, County Road 599 is not being used for access to any adjoining properties; and

Whereas, the Court finds that no apparent public interest would be served by retaining the portion of the public road and its right-of-way; and

Whereas, the Court finds that this conveyance is subject to the continued use by any
public utility or common carrier of utility infrastructure as set forth in Texas Transportation Code Section 251.058(f) located in the road rights-of-way and in existence prior to the date this Order is approved; and

Pursuant to Texas Transportation Code, Section 251.058 - Closing, Abandoning, and Vacating Public Road - title to part of a Public road and its rights-of-way, shall vest on this date to the owners of the following property that abuts the portion public rights-of...

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