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An Ordinance determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring for public use certain permanent easements and temporary construction easements for the proposed Douglas Complete Street Improvements Project; 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.
(Note: First read by Council on August 5, 2025.)
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Issue/Request:
An Ordinance determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring for public use certain permanent easements and temporary construction easements for the proposed Douglas Complete Street Improvements Project; 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:
· Pursuant to the FY2023 Capital Improvement Plan and Thoroughfare Master Plan and Greenway Master Plan, the City planned for improvements along Douglas Street between Chipman Road and 2nd Street to enhance safety, revitalize the downtown area, and accommodate non-motorized transportation (hereinafter "Project").
· City staff have tried to acquire the necessary land interests for the Project through negotiation and have been unsuccessful pertaining to those remaining easement needs to date.
· The City Council for the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, deems it necessary, desirable, advisable and in the public interest to obtain permanent easements and temporary construction easements for the purpose of constructing the Project.
· The City has the authority by virtue of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, the Missouri Constitution, and by virtue of the Charter o...
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