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 and drainage easements

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

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 and drainage easements for the Bunton Lane Relocation 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 certain permanent pipeline and drainage 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 1 – Casetta Ranch Residential Community Inc., a Texas non -profit corporation, Permanent Water Pipeline Easement: being a 0.5108 acre (22,250 square foot) permanent easement situated in the Milton B. Atkinson Survey, Abstract 21, Hays County, Texas; and being a portion of Lot 1, Block A, Casetta Ranch Section One, a Legal Subdivision, as shown on plat recorded in Document No. 20032056 of the Official Public Records of Hays County, Texas (O.P.R.H.C.T.); more particularly described by metes and bounds and survey as follows in Exhibit “A” attached hereto; and Permanent Drainage Easement: being a 0.2855 acre (12,436 square foot) permanent drainage easement situated in the Milton B. Atkinson Survey, Abstract 21, Hays County, Texas; and being a portion of Lot 1, Block A, Casetta Ranch Section One, a Legal Subdivision, as shown on plat recorded in Document No. 20032056 of the Official Public Records of Hays County, Texas (O.P.R.H.C.T.); more particularly described by metes and bounds and survey as follows in Exhibit “B” attached hereto.

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.