HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-08 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-08
RESOLUTION EXERCISING THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND
AUTHORIZING A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO ORS 223.005, ORS 223.105
and ORS 35.600-625 CONCERNING ACQUISTION RIGHT OF WAY NECESSARY
FOR THE LAURA STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(Project No. P21188)
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant
to Springfield City Charter, Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 35, and the law of the
State of Oregon, generally, when the exercise of such power is deemed necessary by
the governing body to accomplish public purposes for which the City of Springfield has
responsibility;
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield has the responsibility of providing safe
transportation routes for commerce, convenience and to adequately serve the traveling
public;
WHEREAS, the project known as the Laura Street Redevelopment Project adopted
through the City of Springfield Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years FY 23-27
by the Common Council of the City of Springfield on January 18, 2022 has been
planned in accordance with appropriate engineering standards for the construction,
maintenance or improvement of said transportation infrastructure such that property
damage is minimized, transportation promoted, travel safeguarded;
WHEREAS, to accomplish the project or projects set forth above, it is necessary to
acquire permanent road right of way, permanent easements, and temporary
construction easements for various properties along the project corridor as shown in
""Exhibit A"attached to this resolution and, by this reference incorporated herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the above findings, the Common Council of the City of
Springfield does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1: The foregoing statements of authority and need are, in fact, the case. The
project for which the property is required and is being acquired are necessary in the
public interest, and the same have been planned, designed, located, and will be
constructed in a manner which will be most compatible with the greatest public good
and the least private injury.
Section 2: The power of eminent domain is hereby exercised with respect to acquiring
the easement interest in property described in Exhibit A. Each is acquired subject to
payment of just compensation and subject to procedural requirements of Oregon law.
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Section 3: The City of Springfield's staff, attorneys and consultants are authorized and
requested to attempt to agree with the owner and other persons in interest as to the
compensation to be paid for each acquisition, and, in the event that no satisfactory
agreement can be reached, to commence and prosecute such condemnation
proceedings as may be necessary to finally determine just compensation or any other
issue appropriate to be determined by a court in connection with the acquisition. This
authorization is not intended to expand the jurisdiction of any court to decide matters
determined above or determinable by the City of Springfield.
Section 4: If the City of Springfield and the owners or persons in interest as to the
compensation paid for each acquisition as described in Exhibit A agree on the amount
of just compensation, the City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute
acquisition agreements for those properties.
Section 5: The City of Springfield expressly reserves its jurisdiction to determine the
necessity or propriety of any acquisition, its quantity, quality, or locality and to change
or abandon any acquisition.
Section 6: The Common Council further declares that the real property interests
described in Exhibit A shall be used by the City of Springfield for public purposes at the
earliest possible date and, in any event, no later than ten years from the date this
Resolution is adopted by the Council.
Section 7: This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption by the Council and approval
by the Mayor.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this 6th day of
March 2023, by a vote of 4 for and _ 1 against. (1 against-Doyle)
ATTEST:
City Recorder
REVIEWED&APPROVED
AS TO FORM
Wwy 3r�Smith
DATE: March 6 2023
SPRINGFIELD CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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