South Belt Press (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 3, 1977 Page: 4 of 6
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SOUTH BELT PRESS, W.Ami
3, 1977
BY BARBARA McCARVER
McCMWr
tion": How much will the property owner be paid for
the property being taken over?
Most courts have ruled that he must be paid fair
market value, but that he is not entitled to moving
expenses, compensation for loss of profits because the
business had to be moved, and most other intangibles
resulting from condemnation — or the invoking of the
power of eminent domain.
If only part of the property is taken under condemna-
tion, thus reducing the market value of the whole par-
cel. the property owner is entitled to just compensation
as worked out in an agreement or established by a
court This is known as “severance damage "
If part of the land is taken and, as a result, the fair
market value of the property increases, the increased
value of what remains more than compensates for loss
of acreage In that case, the property owner, receiving
“special benefit" would not be entitled to compensation
Another effect of eminent domain is “inverse con-
demnation For example, if the water department puts
up a maintenance station next door to your property,
but pays nothing for the decrease in value that the high
block wall now near your property line has caused, you
can institute a suit for “inverse condemnation” and
hope that the court agrees with your claim
Eminent domain is one of many factors that may
apply to a particular real estate property Before in-
vesting in real estate, it is wise to learn which public
rights apply to your property. Interpreting these factors
and right is the business of a realtor or other real estate
broker.
You've probably seen the effects of the power of
eminent domain: the tearing down of tenements for a
city park or the taking over of property for a freeway
Some aspects of that power are not always visible,
however, even though they can
profoundly affect the owner of
real estate The man who owns a ■F
busy service station would be af ■ ,
fected drastically should the city y* .
put in an underpass nearby Sud Bf JHHK
denly he's forced either to some \
how attract drivers going by at a
lower grade level, be satisfied S
with less volume, or go out of •
business *
That’s form of eminent domain
that causes consequential dam
age. and if the controlling govern
mental body has not paid com-
pensation for it, there is probably
cause for a damage suit. Actions surrounding eminent
domain are grounded in law
The federal government, states, cities, counties, im-
provement districts, public utilities, public educational
Institutions and similar public and semipublic bodies
may use the power of eminent domain When they do,
the main issue is almost invariably "just compensa-
The Real Estate Beat
How can eminent domain affect you?
Unique GPO book store
The United States Govern-
ment Printing office, often
referred to as the world’s
largest printing plant ex-
panded Its operations to In-
clude a retail sales outlet
In Houston a year ago.
Located at College and
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let Is one of twenty-four
such facilities in the United
States, nineteen of which are
located outside of Washing-
ton D. C.
The Houston GPO book-
store is unique in that it is
the largest and only book-
store to date that is located
in a commercial shopping
area rather than in a federal
building.
Operators of the GPO are
finding it less expensive to
lease space in commercial
buildings than in federal
buildings under General Ser-
vice Administration (GSA).
Consequently the trend is
to move some of the estab-
lished outlet to commercial
areas; to date the Houston
based outlet is the only one
open.
Last year’s best sellers
throughout the United States
at GPO outlets were books
on infant care; with the pub-
lication "Infant Care” lead-
ing in sales.
In fact, of the top four
publications sold across the
country at GPOs, all four
were on child care.
Not so in the Houston
store. Here Aviationand
space related publications
lead the pack by far. Com-
ing in close behind are home
improvement publications.
The official publications
of the federal aviation ad-
ministration occupy a prom-
inent place in the bookstore
and comprise a significant
portion of the total titles
available. Constant research
is performed by bookstore
Too Long
An imaginative executive
of a credit service sent the
following letter to one of his
delinquent accounts: “Dear
Sir: After checking our files,
we note that we have done
more for you than your
mother did....we’ve carried
you for 15 months!"
personnel to Insure that the
latest issues of saleable gov-
ernment aviation publica-
tions are in stock.
In addition, trained per-
sonnel can provide informa-
tion as to hoW to obtain free
advisory circulars direct
from FFA and can assist in
the ordering of documents
which are sold on a sub-
scription basis by the Super-
intendent of Documents.
The students, as well as
the veteran pilot will find
something Instructional and
interesting in the realm of
aviation.
Federal government pub-
lications, however, are not
limited to aviation subjects,
as they contain information
on almost ever facet of
human life, from aviation to
zoology.
"JUst name the subject and
we have a book on it”, states
John McPherson, who has
managed the store since it
opened a year ago.
The outlet is designed to
be a self-supporting, but not
a money making operation.
Pricing of the publications
are regulated by federal con-
trol.
McPherson reported that
the students are making use
of this unlque-to-Houston fa-
cility.
To help promote this pa-
tronlzatlon, GPO carries a
complete line of publications
related to "How can the
Health Care of United States
Citizens be Improved”,
which is the official topic
of the 1977-78 National De-
bate competition..
In addition to publications,
GPO also carries a supply
of posters, such as WWI
Navy posters.
Even if you're not look-
ing for something to read,
or a government poster, the
GPO is still a fun place to
just visit and brouse around
in.
It is open Monday through
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. till
6:00 p.m. For more infor-
mation, call 226-5453.
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Ellington is step closer
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to a federal complex
Rep. Bob Gammage (D-
Texas) said recently that the
creation of a federal complex
at Ellington Air Force Base
is a step closer with ap-
proval by a congressional
committee of the transfer of
the property from the Air
Force to the General Ser-
vices Admlnlsyration.
The House Subcommittee
on Military Installations and
Facilities approved the Air
Force disposal request on
the property with Gam-
mage’s recommendation af-
ter he told the panel's mem-
bers of the plans for a pro-
posed federal center at El-
lington Air Force to the
llngton.
Gammage had blocked the
disposal for several months
while working on a plan to
retain the Ellington property
Intact, and retain the present
flying facilities of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the Air Na-
tional Guard, the Coast
Guard, and other federal ten-
nan ts.
"We are now ready to pro-
ceed with plans to make
portions of Ellington avail-
able to other federal Instal-
lations and offices”, Gam-
mage said. The General Ser-
vices Administration is
studying the potential for the
property.
"While many details are
still to be worked out, I am
convinced that the potential
to make the federal complex
a reality Is very favorable
and that we are now ready
to transfer the facility to
the General Services Ad-
ministration so that plans
can go forward”.
Gammage explained that
federal agencies wishing to
Dobie FFA
students
Three members of the J.
Frank Dobie Future Farm-
ers of America Chapter re-
cently attended the 49th State
FFA convention In Fort
Worth, Texas at the Fort
Worth Convention Center.
The theme of the conven-
tion was, "FFA-Agricul-
ture's new generation”.
The three day meeting of
representatives of approxi-
mately 900 FFA chapters
from throughout the state
included the awarding of ad-
vanced degrees, scholar-
ships and awards to the out-
standing members of the or-
ganization.
Darren Garner and Deb-
bie Horner served as the
voting delegates from Dobie.
The highlight of the con-
vention for Darren and Deb-
biee was watching Debbie
Hannah from Dobie accept
the Lone Star Farmer De-
gree.
Debbie is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Han-
hal of 10010 Klrkglen.
Also attending the con-
vention was David Berrler,
Dobie Chapter advisor.
There were over 5,000
FFA members, advisors and
guest attending the conven-
tion.
Help still
needed
Teachers, both volunteer
and paid, are still being
sought for the YMCA class-
es which are scheduled to
begin in the South Belt area
this September.
Linda Christiansen,
ehalrman of the YMCA
steering committee reported
that the group is looking
for Instructors who can teach
such subjects as French,
Spanish, soccer, basketball,
bridge, guitar, yoga, etc.
Classes will be held in
facilities located Inthe local
area, such as the Sagemont
Community Center, as op-
posed to the East End YMCA
facility.
This is the first step In
establishing a YMCA In the
South Bolt area.
Classes are tentatively
scheduled to begin Septem-
ber 19.
Registration is scheduled
to be held Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday of the week
of September 12.
More registration infor-
mation will follow in future
Issues of the South Bolt
Press.
Anyone Interested in help-
ing with this program is
urged to contact Mrs. Nor-
man Berts at 11107 Saga-
trail.
locate at Ellington cannot
do so until the property is
declared excess and under
the control of GSA. He said
his office has discussed the
potential at Ellington with a
number of agencies and that
control of GSA. He said his
office has discussed the po-
tential at Ellington with a
number of agencies and that
he believes a number of them
will seek to located facili-
ties there.
It would be premature to
name the specific agencies,
Gammage said, since all of
the proposals are still In
the "tentative” stage.
"We are confident enough
in them to recommend that
the disposal be allowed to
proceed”, Gammage said.
"My office will now devote
its full efforts to making
Hurricane
season
readiness
Hurricane season will be
with us now through October,
and the Red Cross is busy
gearing up for any such
major disaster.
The Houston-Harris
County Chapter is also look-
ing for persons who would be
willing to work without pay
to assist the community af-
ter a large disaster.
Red Cross volunteers are
needed to provide immediate
emergency needs such as
food, shelter, and clothing,
to victims of a disaster.
Disaster volunteers are
asked to register the vic-
tims at disaster assistance
centers and to Interview
them to determine the kind
of assistance they need.
Briefing sessions will be
held for persons interested
in becoming a disaster
volunteer August 23 from 10-
11:30 a.m. and from 7-8:30
p.m. at the Red Cross Chap-
ter House, 2006 Smith St.,
in Houston.
Call the Red Cross Volun-
teer Office, 659-8300, and
enroll In the briefing of your
choice.
the plans for the federal
complex work”.
The Air Force originally
announced plans to close El-
lington and dispose of the
property in 1974, but the
plans were first stymied by
former Rep. Bob Casey, who
represented the 22nd district
at the time, and by Sen. Lloyd
Bentsen. Gammage then as-
sumed leadership in the fight
to save Ellington. He and
Bentsen worked out the plan
for the federal complex.
"It would be a tremendous
loss to the taxpayers of our
area and of the nation to
get rid of this valuable feder-
al property at a time when
we are spending millions of
dollars of tax money to buy
land and construct buildings
for federal agencies”, Gam-
mage said.
"Here we have a prime
location In the heart of one
of the fastest growing areas
of the nation. Federal prop-
erty needs in the immediate
Houston area have Increased
60 percent in the last 10
years alone. The need will
grow even more in the next
10 years”.
"The federal complex plan
will allow us to utilize avail-
able land now owned by the
federal government at El-
lington and at the same time
preserve the vital flying fa-
cilities necessary to opera-
tions of the Johnson Space
Center, the Air National
Guard, and the other mili-
tary units now based there”.
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