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Kennedale council approves EDC purchase of 18-acre Oakcrest site despite calls for environmental testing
Summary
Kennedale’s council voted 3–1 April 2 to approve a potential Economic Development Corporation purchase of three Oakcrest parcels totaling about 18 acres for $1.5 million; one council member urged a formal environmental assessment before closing.
Kennedale’s City Council voted 3–1 on April 2 to approve a potential Economic Development Corporation purchase of three parcels in the Oakcrest Addition — a combined roughly 18 acres where salvage operations have long operated — for a proposed price of $1,500,000.
The measure, presented by city staff, would have the EDC take ownership of the lots, which staff said contain about 10 acres of buildable land outside the floodplain and about 7–8 acres within the floodway. The parcels currently are associated with Red’s Auto Salvage and have been used as salvage yards for decades.
City staff said the purchase is intended to give the EDC control of the land so the city can clean up salvage operations and guide…
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