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Board authorizes eminent domain for Castro Valley storm‑drain bypass after owner objects
Summary
Alameda County approved a resolution of necessity allowing the Flood Control District to seek a permanent storm‑drain easement through the Valley Inn property in Castro Valley and to commence eminent domain proceedings if negotiations fail. The vote was 4–0 with one excused.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on June 3 adopted a resolution of necessity authorizing the Flood Control District to pursue a permanent storm‑drain easement and, if needed, commence eminent domain proceedings for a Line C8 bypass in Castro Valley.
Public Works staff told the board that an unrecorded, corrugated storm‑drain line serving the area is more than 70 years old, cannot be reliably located by video inspection and has failed; the proposed bypass would reroute storm flows to prevent repeated flooding of nearby properties and to meet…
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