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An Ordinance determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring for public use certain permanent easements and right of way for street construction improvements associated with the proposed Browning Street extension between SE Oldham Pkwy and SE Hamblen Rd; authorizing the City manager and his designees to negotiate for the purpose of acquiring the necessary interests in land; and authorizing the City Attorney and his designees to negotiate for the purpose of acquiring the necessary interests in land; and authorizing the City Attorney and his designees to institute condemnation proceedings if such interests in land cannot be acquired by purchase through good faith negotiations.
(Note: First reading by City Council on September 22, 2020. Passed by unanimous vote.)
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring for public use certain permanent easements and right of way for street construction improvements associated with the proposed Browning Street extension between SE Oldham Pkwy and SE Hamblen Rd; authorizing the city manager and his designees to negotiate for the purpose of acquiring the necessary interests in land; and authorizing the City Attorney and his designees to institute condemnation proceedings if such interests in land cannot be acquired by purchase through good faith negotiations.
Key Issues:
? This Ordinance would provide for the City to use to power of eminent domain (condemnation) to acquire drainage easements, temporary construction easements and public right of way through 3 parcels for a new extension of SE Browning Street between SE Oldham Parkway and SE Hamblen Road.
? The extension of Browning Street will provide additional access to the existing industrial development in this area as well as reducing the amount of left turn traffic on SE Oldham Pkwy near the interchange of MO 50 and MO 291.
? The City has tried to acquire ...
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