By Eric Mungenast | East Valley Tribune
A recent decision by the Mesa City Council will allow the City of Mesa to use eminent domain to procure property for the light rail project if other means of negotiations with the property owners fail.
Approved during the council’s July 8 meeting, the resolution opens the door for city staff to purchase properties as part of the Central Mesa Light Rail Extension Project through eminent domain if, as mayor Scott Smith noted, “all other options are exhausted.”
“It’s a very complex and very large process, which is why we have had a lot of different groups involved,” said City of Mesa’s communications director Steven Wright.
