Consideration of and possible action approving a Resolution by the Guadalupe- Blanco River Authority declaring a public necessity for the acquisition of a certain fee estates for improvement to the We

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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 a certain fee estates for improvement to the Western Canyon Transmission System in connection therewith, over, across, upon and under certain privately -owned real property; 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 certain fee estates that cannot be acquired through negotiation; declaring further negotiations fut ile; 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 and incidental to such acquisition or eminent domain proceedings to survey, specify, define, and secure the necessary interests in real property; declaring the sections of the Resoluti on to be severable one from the other in the event any section of the Resolution is determined to be invalid; said property to be identified to wit: Parcel 1 – Johnson Ranch Master Community, Inc., being a 5.00-acre parcel of land, situated in the A.L. Bueche Survey No. 582, Abstract 80, being a portion of Lot 901, Open Space Block B of the Johnson Ranch Open Space Subdivision as shown by plat recorded in Document No. 202006038519 of the Map and Plat Records of Comal County, Texas (M.P.R.C.C.T.), and being out of a 68.178 acre tract conveyed to Johnson Ranch Master Community, by Deed without Warranty, dated July 20, 2023, as recorded in Document No. 202306023128 of the Official Public Records of Comal County, Texas (O.P.R.C.C.T.), said 5.00-acre parcel being more particularly described by metes and bounds and survey as follows in Exhibit “A” attached hereto DISCUSSION ITEMS

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.0/10). 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.