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Council approves resolutions of necessity for LAX modernization after property-owner objections
Summary
The City Council voted 14-0 to adopt ordinances authorizing eminent domain as a last resort for property acquisitions tied to the LAX Airfield and Terminal Modernization Project; Los Angeles Community College District and property owners objected and urged further negotiation or full acquisition.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to adopt ordinances approving resolutions of necessity to authorize eminent domain proceedings for multiple properties needed by the LAX Airfield and Terminal Modernization Project (ATMP), the council announced after a scripted public hearing.
Mark Adams, director of government affairs for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), told the council the ordinances are intended to allow staff to proceed with condemnation only after voluntary acquisition efforts failed. "These ordinances do not address in any way disagreements over the amount of compensation to be paid for the taking of the property interests," Adams…
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