| Consultant asks eminent domain be used for public safety building
A resolution proposed for Mondays Roseburg Urban Renewal Agency meeting asks that the use of eminent domain be allowed to take seven properties for the new public safety building if negotiations dont quickly come to a conclusion.
The properties lie on Douglas Avenue and Rose Street, behind the old Safeway, and include six houses plus the law office of Eldon F. Caley.
Although City Manager Eric Swanson stressed negotiations may still be possible, the resolution states The agency board finds immediate possession of the described properties is necessary and directs the Agency Director (Swanson) to undertake such procedures as are appropriate to obtain immediate possession of the described properties.
The renewal agency has been in negotiations with the property owners since August, but deals have only been reached for three of the 10 properties, with the remaining property owners asking more money for their properties than a third-party appraisal.
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