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has been unable to acquire said tracts by purchase notwithstanding these negotiations, and further negotiations have become futile. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: PART 1. Public necessity requires the City to acquire the Cornerstone Tracts and the Harris Tract for the public purpose of providing for the transportation needs of the citizens of the City and of persons traveling through the City by acquiring said tracts for an alley, street, or other roadway, and for the straightening, widening, or extending of any alley, street, or other roadway. Public necessity also that the City acquire said tracts either through purchase or by the process of eminent domain and that the City take all other lawful action necessary and incidental to such purchases or eminent domain proceedings. Part 2. The City Council directs and authorizes the City Manager, staff, agents, and retained attorneys to institute and prosecute to conclusion all necessary proceedings to condemn fee simple title to the Cornerstone Tracts and the HarrisTract, and to take any other legal action necessary and incidental to such acquisition or eminent domain proceedings to survey, both lineal and archaeological, and to appraise, define, specify, and secure such property interests. PART 3. All acts and proceedings done or initiated by the employees, agents, and attorneys of the City for the acquisition of such property are hereby authorized, ratified, approved, confirmed, and validated and declared to be valid in all respects as of the respective dates thereof with and in regard to the owners from whom such rights are being acquired. PART 4. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately from and after its passage. ADOPTED on April 26, 2004. Robert Habingreither Mayor City Clerk