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Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire the property interests needed for the Corridor Program Project - East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard/Farm to Market Road (FM) 969 project for the public use of street right-of-way and wastewater improvements, shared-use path routes, and landscaping within the project area to address congestion and enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists, requiring the acquisition of 0.173 acres (7,537 square feet) of wastewater easement, being out of and a portion of the James Burleson Survey No. 19, Abstract No. 4, in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, being out of that tract called 1.677 acres conveyed to David Fudge by Tax Resale Deed recorded in Document No. 2019110153, Official Public Records, Travis County, Texas, being described as 1.667 acres in Volume 2768, Page 502, Deed Records, Travis County, Texas, currently appraised at $3,769 subject to an increase in value based on updated appraisals or a Special Commissioners' award. The owner of the needed property is David Fudge. The property is located at 7501 FM 969, Austin, Texas 78724. The general route of the project is along FM 969 between United States Route 183 and Decker Lane.
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Financial Services Department
Fiscal Note
Funding is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water.
Prior Council Action:
September 3, 2020 - City Council approved an ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to purchase in fee simple or acquire other real property interest in properties throughout the City that are necessary to construct mobility improvements for the Corridor Construction Program in a total amount not to exceed $23,000,000 establishing acquisition and relocation guidelines, and waiving requirements of City Code Chapter 14-3.
For More Information:
Michael Gates, Financial Services Department, 512-974-5639; ...
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