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Resolution Authorizing the City Attorney to File Condemnation Actions for the Pine Grove South Intersection Improvements Project
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Department:
City Council
Meeting Date:
10/21/2025
Contact Name:
Whitley Stavish
Public Hearing:
No
Contact Phone:
910-765-0720
Advertising Date/Advertised By:
N/A
Attachments:
Attachment #1: Resolution; Attachment #2: List of Takings, Owners, and Value;
Attachment #3: Aerial Map of Properties
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this resolution is to authorize the City Attorney to file condemnation actions for ten properties related to the Pine Grove South Intersection Improvements Project ("Project"), which is part of the Transportation Bond Program, and includes 16 right-of-way acquisitions, seven permanent utility easements, one dual use permanent drainage and utility easement, five permanent drainage easements, and 12 temporary construction easements in order to complete the Project. There is one (1) "total take" of property for the Project.
BACKGROUND:
City staff have made progress towards voluntary acquisition of easements for approximately 70% of the properties in this Project. Title searches are complete for all properties, and 34 closings have been completed. City staff have not been able to make contact and/or reach an agreement with the owners as to the amount and/or specific terms of the easement agreements in order to complete the remainder of the acquisition negotiations. The impacted property owners were notified about the condemnation process and about this City Council meeting by certified letter from the City Attorney's Office, mailed on September 2, 2025. Staff will continue to work with these property owners in an effort 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.
The resolution will include Council's authori...
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