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Seguin declares need for Bear Creek Trail easements for wastewater project

Seguin residents now have a council resolution identifying three easements for a 36-inch wastewater line, with condemnation proceedings authorized only if negotiations fail.

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Illustration: A creek and marked trail evoke the land interests sought for Seguin’s wastewater project; this does not depict the council action.Original editorial illustration; not a photograph and does not depict the reported event or an exact property.Guadalupe.News Visual Desk · Original illustration · Source ↗ · Guadalupe.News original illustration ↗

After a closed session Oct. 20, Seguin City Council unanimously adopted a resolution declaring a need for permanent utility, permanent access and temporary construction easements for the 36-inch Geronimo Creek wastewater interceptor project.

The verified account of the public action records a motion by Council Member Keller and a second by Council Member Raya.

From the source record

Areas listed in Seguin’s Oct. 20 agenda for three easement interests.Agenda item 9a, file 26-471

Before the Oct. 20 action, the listed item proposed acquiring three easement interests in part of a 183.7-acre tract in the John Sowell Survey No. 16. The posted agenda identifies the tract by deed Document No. 202199005689 and lists a 0.2840-acre permanent utility easement, a 0.5217-acre permanent ingress and egress easement, and a 0.2872-acre temporary construction easement.

What the easements are for

The listed easements would provide space for wastewater infrastructure and access for its construction, operation and maintenance. The agenda also describes installation, repair, upgrade and removal of multiple water, wastewater and reuse lines and related equipment as purposes of the proposed utility interest. Those descriptions establish the scope sought for the property; they do not describe construction work already underway.

The resolution permits condemnation proceedings if negotiations fail. That condition is consequential for how the city could obtain the interests, but the verified action is the resolution itself. The council record reviewed for this story identifies the public action after closed session; the agenda supplies the parcel and acreage descriptions. Readers can inspect the agenda’s file 26-471 entry to see the proposed interests and the cited deed number.

Next record to watch

The next useful documents are the signed Resolution 26-471 and its Exhibit A, followed by any recorded easement instrument or court filing. Those records can establish the final legal description and show which acquisition path followed the council’s conditional authorization. The city’s Oct. 20 meeting page is the public route to the action; the agenda identifies the property under file 26-471.

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