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Council authorizes eminent domain for Leon Creek Greenway easement
Summary
The council approved an ordinance authorizing acquisition, by negotiation or condemnation, of 1.321 acres in NCB 34760 as permanent easement interest for the Leon Creek Greenway project (Rim to Raymond Russell County Park) in District 8.
The City Council approved an ordinance authorizing the city to acquire, by negotiation or condemnation, 1.321 acres of privately owned land in New City Block 34760 along Leon Creek to support the Leon Creek Greenway project from the rim to Raymond Russell County Park.
The clerk read the item's caption, which described the acquisition as permanent easement interest for the Greenway project (a 2015 proposition sales-tax-funded initiative). A councilmember moved to authorize the use of eminent domain to acquire the described tracts; after a second and no substantive discussion the council voted and the motion carried on the floor.
The ordinance identifies the acquisition as a public-use project and the easement acreage and block identifiers were recorded in the meeting packet. Staff indicated the property is located in City Council District 8 and referenced attached exhibits that more particularly describe the tracts to be acquired.
What's next: the city will proceed with acquisition activities consistent with the ordinance and the exhibits incorporated into the item; staff indicated the transaction will be used to construct and preserve the Greenway alignment as scoped in the 2015 initiative.
