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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VS. THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH HILL, DECEASED, ET AL.; EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, CASE NO. 2012-CA-4446 (B)
recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Attorney to represent the City of Gainesville in the case styled State of Florida Department of Transportation vs. the Estate of Elizabeth Hill, Deceased, et al., Eighth Judicial Circuit, Case No. 2012-CA-4446.
explanation
On November 8, 2012, the City was served with a Summons to Show Cause and Notice of Hearing Date along with a Petition in Eminent Domain and Declaration of Taking filed by the State of Florida Department of Transportation in the Circuit Court. The Department of Transportation is condemning certain property in the vicinity of Depot Park. One of the properties has a City lien on it for the City�s costs in demolishing a structure on the site. The properties will eventually be transferred from DOT to the City. The City has a lien on the property in question as a result of a Code Enforcement Board lien for demolition costs of a structure.