Title
An Ordinance determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring for public use certain Permanent Easements and Temporary Construction Easements for road improvements associated with the Jefferson Street Improvement Project (Oldham Pkwy to Persels Road); 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.
(First reading by City Council on October 16, 2018. 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 Temporary Construction Easements for road improvements associated with the Jefferson Street Improvement Project (Oldham Pkwy to Persels Road); 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.
Proposed City Council Motion:
I move for a second reading an Ordinance determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring for public use certain Permanent Easements and Temporary Construction Easements for road improvements associated with the Jefferson Street Improvement Project (Oldham Pkwy to Persels Road); 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 the power of eminent domain (condemnation) to acquire Property, Right of Way, Temporary Constru...
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