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RESOLUTION NO. 2007- 19 R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR ACQUISITION OF INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE WONDER WORLD DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT; AUTHORIZING NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THESE INTERESTS; RATIFYING PREVIOUS NEGOTIATION AND ACTION; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RECIT ALS: 1. The City of San Marcos, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, is in the process of extending Wonder World Drive (the "Project") from Hunter Road to RR 12. This project is undertaken to provide an alternate route around the City thereby relieving some of the commercial traffic that is currently passing through the City. 2. The Project is required for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the public convenience and necessity for the citizens of the City because the Project will provide a route around part of the City, and will relieve some of the present traffic congestion. 3. The Project is for the public purpose of providing better transportation in the City. 4. The Project requires the City to obtain fee estates, rights-of-way, and other interests in certain real property in Hays County, Texas, in the surveys described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, either by purchase or by proceedings in eminent domain. 5. The City has been working diligently to obtain these real property interests through negotiation with the affected property owners, and the City Council wishes to formally authorize the City's staff, retained attorneys, and consultants to proceed with and conclude these negotiations, and to initiate and prosecute proceedings in eminent domain to acquire such real property interests that cannot be acquired through negotiation. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: PART 1. The City Council finds and determines that the Project is required for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare and the public convenience and necessity for the citizens of the City, and is for the public purpose of providing better transportation in the City. PART 2. The City staff and the City's real estate acquisition consultants and retained attorneys are authorized and directed to proceed with and conclude negotiations with the owners of real property interests needed in connection with the Project, and to initiate and prosecute to conclusion proceedings in eminent domain to acquire such real property interests located in Hays County, Texas, described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, that cannot be acquired through