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Resolution Authorizing Filing of Condemnation Actions for Acquisition of Conservation Easements, Permanent Drainage Easements, and Temporary Construction Easements for Stage II of the Wisteria Clearbrook Drainage Improvement Project
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Department:
City Attorney
Meeting Date:
6/17/2025
Contact Name:
Nicole Ratliff
Public Hearing:
No
Contact Phone:
910-341-1607
Advertising Date/Advertised By:
N/A
Attachments:
Attachment #1: Resolution
Attachment #2: List of Takings, Owners, and Value
Attachment #3: Maps of Properties
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the City Attorney's Office to file condemnation actions for 4 properties related to Stage II of the Wisteria Clearbrook Drainage Improvement Project ("Project").
BACKGROUND:
The Project is a Stormwater Capital Improvements Project, and four (4) conservation easements, two (2) permanent drainage easements, and temporary construction easements are needed in order to complete the Project. City Staff has made progress towards voluntary easement acquisitions of approximately 80% of the properties in this Project. Title searches are completed for all properties, and thirty (30) closings have been completed. The impacted property owners were notified about the condemnation process and about the City Council meeting by certified letter from the City Attorney's Office, mailed on June 4, 2025.
Staff will continue to work with these property owners to resolve these claims, but if resolutions cannot be reached in the near future, it will be necessary to file condemnation claims in order for the City to timely obtain the property rights needed to complete this capital improvement project. Staff is preparing to bid this project for construction by September, 2025, so the City must obtain the needed property rights for these properties prior to that bid date.
This resolution will include Council's authorization to file condemnation actions in New Hanover County Superior Court. T...
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