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Resolution taking, appropriating and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh, for public roadway purposes certain property in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, owned by German and Francoise Barrionuevo, located along Schenley Farms Terrace, and authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto.
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WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code, 26 Pa. C.S. ? 101 et seq., authorizes the City of Pittsburgh to take by eminent domain private property for a public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania General Municipal Law, 53 P.S. ? 1081, authorizes the City of Pittsburgh to take by eminent domain private property for roadway purposes; and
WHEREAS, shifting land around Andover Terrace, a public street, endangers the stability of Andover Terrace and certain other public assets; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh deems it proper and expedient to exercise the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of certain temporary construction easement rights over a parcel located along Schenley Farms Terrace to be used for the express public purpose of mitigating land movement through excavation of the landscape and installation of limited erosion control measures to prevent further risk to public assets and infrastructure, including Andover Terrace; and
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Certain temporary construction easement rights in property along Schenley Farms Terrace, designated by the following Block and Lot numbers: 27-C-198, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh owned by German and Francoise Barrionuevo, shall be and are hereby taken in fee simple for public safety and public highway purposes.
Section 2. The Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is hereby authorized to use, occupy, and control the property required.
Section 3. The cost and expense of this condemnation, including but not limited to payment of estimated ju...
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