Title
Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider/Discuss/Act on an Ordinance Authorizing the Sale of Approximately 2.815 Acres of Land Owned by the City of McKinney that is Designated as Parkland, Which Parkland is Generally Located on the North Side of CR 164 at Its Intersection with Taylor-Burk Drive, to the State of Texas for the Construction of Its Highway 380 Bypass Project; and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Deeds and Documents Regarding the Sale of Said City-Owned Parkland Property to the State of Texas ("TxDOT")
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the City)
MEETING DATE: July 16, 2024
DEPARTMENT: Development Services/Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, PTOE, Director of Engineering
Todd Wright, Real Estate Acquisitions Administrator
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the attached ordinance and find that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to TxDOT's use of such City-owned parkland for its Highway 380 Bypass Project.
* Find that the TxDOT project includes all reasonable planning to minimize harm to the land, as a park, resulting from such use or taking.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* State law as defined in Chapter 26, Protection of Public Parks and Recreational Lands, of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code requires that:
o a municipality of this state may not approve any program or project that requires the use or taking of any public land designated and used prior to the arrangement of the program or project as a park unless the municipality, acting through its duly authorized governing body or officer, determines that:
1) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use or taking of such land; and
2) the program or project includes all reasonable planning to minimize harm to the land, as a park, resulting from the use or taking.
o A finding may be made only after notice and a hearing as required by this chapter.
* Should Council ...
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