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Authorization of Eminent Domain: Consider and Act Upon Adoption of a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Lewisville, Texas, Authorizing the Use of Eminent Domain to Acquire in Fee Simple Approximately 5.770 Acres of Land in the J. Sutton Survey, Abstract No. 1155, Tract 33, Located at the Southern Terminus of Creekside Drive, South of North Shore Place and the E. Pickett Survey, Abstract No. 1014, Tract 93, Located at the Western Terminus of Brook Cove Lane, West of Pebblebrook Drive, in the City of Lewisville, Denton County, Texas, as More Specifically Described Herein, for Use as a Trail, Pedestrian Bridge, and Public Park; Finding and Determining a Public Use and Necessity for Such Acquisition; Authorizing the City Manager (or her Designee) to Take All Steps Necessary to Acquire the Property in Compliance With All Applicable Laws and Resolutions and to Establish Just Compensation for the Property; Authorizing the City Attorney (or her Designee) to Institute Condemnation Proceedings to Acquire the Property if Negotiations Fail; and Providing Repealing, Savings, and Severability Clauses and an Effective Date.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS:
The property proposed to be acquired will be used to develop a trail, pedestrian bridge, and public park serving the Lakeland Terrace 2 neighborhood. The Healthy Infrastructure Plan (HIP) seeks to provide Lewisville residents with healthy opportunities to play, explore, and connect while enhancing community resilience using green infrastructure. The corridor along I-35E just south of Fox Avenue is identified in the plan as an area for strategic access improvements to connect residents in the neighborhood to Raldon Park and to preserve undeveloped open spaces along creeks and greenbelts to serve as sponge parks. The proposed acquisition is necessary to address these goals and objectives. This item requests authorization to acquire the necessary fee simple property interest from the affected property owner...
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