Water agency to use eminent domain to secure land
“Condemning the property will enable the authority to start work on the new weir while talks continue on an equitable purchase price, Walch said. If the two sides can’t reach an agreement, the value will be determined by the courts.
Spokesman J.C. Davis said the authority has used eminent domain proceedings to secure property 22 times since 1995, though only three of those instances have come since 2000.
In every case, Davis said, the authority ended up reaching a settlement with the property owner before the matter ended up in front of a judge or jury
Greg Walch, general counsel for the authority, said the agency needs to the start the project soon because roughly 70 percent of the funding is coming from a federal grant that is due to expire in October 2014.”
Brean, Henry. Las Vegas News Journal 17 January 2013.