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Seguin declares need for Bear Creek Trail easements for wastewater line

The Bear Creek Trail parcel's landowner now faces negotiations over utility, access and construction easements for a wastewater line. Seguin authorized condemnation if negotiations fail.

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Seguin City Council adopted a resolution on Oct. 20 declaring the need for easements on a Bear Creek Trail parcel for a wastewater interceptor. The action concerns property interests needed for a 36-inch Geronimo Creek wastewater interceptor, according to the reviewed outcome and resolution.

The resolution puts the parcel's landowner in negotiations over utility, access and construction easements, with condemnation authorized if negotiations fail. The council's declaration of necessity is a step toward obtaining those interests; it does not itself document a completed conveyance or a compensation amount.

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After closed session, the council adopted a resolution declaring the necessity of acquiring permanent utility, access and temporary construction easements.
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The Oct. 20 council record identifies the action on the Bear Creek Trail parcel.

What the resolution covers

The project is the 36-inch Geronimo Creek wastewater interceptor. The resolution identifies a 0.2840-acre permanent utility easement, a 0.5217-acre permanent ingress and egress easement, and a 0.2872-acre temporary construction easement from the remainder of a 183.7-acre tract in the John Sowell Survey No. 16, Abstract 35. Those figures describe three kinds of property interest; they are not three separate council votes.

The reviewed council outcome records a unanimous voice vote on item 8.A, on a motion by Council Member Keller seconded by Council Member Raya. The action authorized condemnation if negotiations fail, while leaving the disposition of the property interests to a later agreement or legal process.

What comes next

A recorded conveyance or court filing is the next public record that could establish how the easements are obtained and what compensation is set. Readers can inspect the city's Oct. 20 meeting record for the council action while those property records are tracked.

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