Moreno Valley to decide whether to pursue eminent domain for land-use rights -

Published on Monday, August 25, 2008
By DAN LEE

MORENO VALLEY - The City Council will consider tonight using eminent domain to acquire land from nine property owners to help improve a section of Day Street.

City officials are planning to improve Day Street between Alessandro Boulevard and Cottonwood Avenue. The project will require officials to obtain easements or the rights to use land belonging to nine property owners temporarily during construction; a permanent easement would be needed from one property.

"Negotiations have not been successfully completed with all of the property owners, and it is therefore necessary to proceed with eminent domain to acquire the easements necessary for the project to allow the work to commence on or about December 2008," Senior Real Property Agent Monica Adamee wrote in a report to council.

The owners of the nine properties include individuals, a family trust, a loan company and a bank Read Full Article...

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