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Mayor and City Council May 11, 2007 Page 4 <br /> renewal, governments shall make reasonable efforts to those displaced by the project to relocate <br /> those persons within the urban renewal area. ORS 35.505(1). <br /> Authority to Acquire Property for City Parks <br /> Oregon statutes provide specific authority for cities with populations over 5,000 to <br /> acquire property for parks. <br /> When city authorities pass an ordinance to do so, cities may acquire through the exercise <br /> of their eminent domain powers property within or outside city boundaries for public parks. <br /> ORS 226.320(1). <br /> Cities may acquire more property than they currently need for park lands. ORS 226.330. <br /> When it is determined that property in excess of that needed for parks has been acquired, the <br /> excess property may be sold with such restrictions as are needed to assure protection of the <br /> public parks, their environs, and "preservation of the view and appearance, light, air, health or <br /> usefulness" of the park property. ORS 226.350. <br /> The condemnation procedures applicable to acquisition of park property are the same <br /> procedures used for condemnations in general. ORS 226.380. <br /> HARRANG LONG GARY RUDNICK P.C. — <br /> CITY ATTORNEYS 1/17"— <br /> Je e 7. MaCthe s <br /> ry <br /> JJM:kdp <br /> 00174870.DOC <br />