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City seeks authority to use possession-and-use agreements, pursue eminent domain for Brookside realignment
Summary
City engineering staff asked council to authorize possession-and-use agreements and, if necessary, eminent domain to acquire five parcels adjacent to Nevada Avenue for the Brookside Realignment Project using PPRTA funds; staff said at least one occupied home would need removal and owners will be compensated according to appraisal and city real-estate manual.
City engineering staff told council they will seek authorization to use possession-and-use agreements and eminent-domain authority if needed to assemble five adjacent parcels for the Brookside Realignment Project, a PPRTA-funded safety and operational improvement along Nevada Avenue.
Gail Sturdivant, city engineer and deputy public works director, said the project realigns Brookside Road to eliminate an offset that produces multiple conflict points with South Nevada Avenue and that completing construction requires acquiring…
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