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Discuss and consider action to approve a resolution of the City Council of the City of Pflugerville, Texas, directing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to execute all documents to institute eminent domain proceedings for the acquisition of land situated for permanent easements, temporary construction easements, and access easements in Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas and directing the City Attorney to initiate condemnation proceedings associated with the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project.
Summary
This resolution has been included on the agenda to allow for discussion and potential action regarding eminent domain proceedings on easements (Parcels 2a, 2b, 2c, 3, 6, 7a, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51a, 51b, 51c, 51d, 51e, 52, 52a, 59, 60, 61 & 64d) needed for the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project. This item supports the Infrastructure pillar of the City's Strategic Plan for robust and resilient infrastructure.
The Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project requires the acquisition of property, involving both permanent and temporary construction easements, as well as access easements to facilitate the construction of the new raw water line. The proposed 15-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline is planned to run parallel and adjacent to the existing 30-inch pipeline within the established permanent utility easement. This route spans the City of Pflugerville, Travis County, and the City of Austin, crossing various streets, creeks, waterways, parks, and trails.
Easement acquisition for the Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line Project cover both private and public lands. As of now, the City has successfully secured two permanent easements and twenty-six temporary construction easements, with forty-one easements still pending. Unfortunately, the property owners associated with these outstanding easements have proven to be unresponsive or unwilling to accept the apprai...
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