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Council authorizes eminent domain for Nettles Park title cleanup and a temporary construction easement
Summary
The council voted unanimously to authorize condemnation to clear a lost parcel within Nettles Park (estimated compensation ~$5,000) and to acquire a roughly 1.0‑acre temporary construction easement for a wastewater upsizing project (appraisal cited at ~$3,153) to avoid halting construction.
The Temple City Council authorized two eminent‑domain actions during the meeting.
Staff said a corner of Nettles Park appears to have been lost to history in prior plats and title searches; after three attorneys and a title company failed to identify an owner, staff recommended filing a condemnation petition to clean up title and allow…
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