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Fairfax council adopts resolutions of necessity to acquire land for Meadoway Bridge replacement
Summary
The Town Council voted unanimously to adopt two resolutions of necessity enabling eminent-domain acquisition of two unresolved parcel interests needed to replace the Meadoway Bridge, a structurally deficient crossing over San Anselmo Creek. Staff said failure to acquire title would force repayment of roughly $2 million in federal grant funding.
The Fairfax Town Council voted unanimously to adopt two resolutions of necessity on a long-running Meadoway Bridge replacement project, authorizing the town to pursue eminent-domain acquisitions of two parcels where title has not been legally transferred.
The measures, covering the Hollister property and the Cascade Land Company parcel adjacent to the bridge, were approved after staff and the town's outside counsel presented the legal findings required for eminent domain. Kristen Arnold, the town’s public works director, told the council the existing 1950s wooden bridge “was found to be structurally deficient” and that the bridge is the only ingress and…
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