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City to explore purchase of property at 160 Marine Street to speed drainage project and avoid eminent-domain litigation
Summary
City staff reported a property owner offered to sell the central parcel needed for the Lake Maria Sanchez drainage project; commissioners authorized staff to obtain an updated appraisal and evaluate acquisition to avoid eminent-domain litigation costs and use the parcel as a construction laydown area.
City manager staff told commissioners that as the city pursues easements for a Lake Maria Sanchez drainage-improvement project, one holdout property owner offered to sell a central lot at 160 Marine Street rather than litigate eminent-domain rights.
The owner submitted an asking price of $1.4 million, and staff…
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