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Discuss and consider approval of a resolution of the City of New Braunfels, Texas, authorizing the use of eminent domain proceedings for the acquisition of right-of-way that is necessary to advance and achieve the public use of improving Kohlenberg Road to meet the existing and future needs of the City, in the event negotiations are unsuccessful: a. Property owned by The Estate of Frederick Frueho

Presented in: City of New Braunfels City Council Meeting on 2025-12-08
Meeting Agenda PDF

Official Roll-Call Vote

Expands Gov't • 8.5/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (5 - 0)
“approved”
TC
Toni Carter
Councilmember, District 1 (District 1)
YES
MC
Michael Capizzi
Councilmember, District 2 (District 2)
YES
DL
D. Lee Edwards
Councilmember, District 3 (District 3)
YES
LS
Lawrence Spradley
Councilmember, District 4 (District 4)
YES
MA
Mary Ann Labowski
Councilmember, District 5 (District 5)
YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

Discuss and consider approval of a resolution of the City of New Braunfels, Texas, authorizing the use of eminent domain proceedings for the acquisition of right-of-way that is necessary to advance and achieve the public use of improving Kohlenberg Road to meet the existing and future needs of the City, in the event negotiations are unsuccessful: a. Property owned by The Estate of Frederick Frueholz, Jr.: a 2.309 Acre (100,568 square foot) tract of land in the A.M. Esnaurizar Survey No. 98, of Comal County, Texas and being out of the called 239.708 acre tract conveyed to Frederick Frueholz Jr., recorded in Document No. 201306045302 of the Official Public Records of Comal County, Texas; and being more specifically out of the called 49.64 acre 1st Parcel of said 239.708 acres recorded as Volume 78, Page 399 - Tr. 2, Official Public Records of Comal County, Texas. (Comal County Parcel No. 71628)

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 8.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).