Consideration of and possible action approving a Resolution by the Guadalupe - Blanco River Authority declaring a public necessity for the acquisition of certain water pipeline easements and temporary

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Consideration of and possible action approving a Resolution by the Guadalupe - Blanco River Authority declaring a public necessity for the acquisition of certain water pipeline easements and temporary construction easements for the GBRA Carrizo Groundwater Supply Expansion Project ( TX-130 Project) in connection therewith, over, across, upon and under certain privately-owned real properties; authorizing all appropriate action by the General Manager/CEO, staff, retained attorneys and engineering and technical consultants in the institution and prosecution of condemnation proceedings to acquire any such needed permanent easements and temporary construction easements that cannot be acquired through negotiation; declaring further negotiations futile; ratifying and affirming all acts and proceedings heretofore done or initiated by employees, agents, and attorneys of GBRA to acquire such property interests; authorizing all other lawful action necessary and incidental to such acquisitions or eminent domain proceedings to survey, specify, define, and secure the necessary interests in real property; declaring the sections of the Resolution to be severable one from the other in the event any section of the Resolution is determined to be invalid; said properties to be identified to wit: Parcel ER-04 – Nina Schmidt Sells, Trustee of the Nina Schmidt Sells Separate Property Trust, dated December 8, 2008, being a 0.8599 of one acre (37,459 square foot) permanent easement, and 0.57 acre (24,829 square foot) temporary construction easement, out of the James George Survey No. 7, Abstract No. 9, Caldwell County, Texas, being a portion that tract described as 31.282 acres conveyed to Nina Schmidt Sells, Trustee of the Nina Schmidt Sells Separate Property Trust dated December 8, 2008

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.