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170 TUESDAY APRIL 26, 1977 the property owners hold to their written offer, Council was informed by City Attorney Worthy of the probable costs (legal and court) the City might incur if it institutes condemnation proceedings to acquire said right-of-way. Mean- while, Vice-Mayor Cole and Councilman West, concurring in the need for this connector street, expressed reservations about instituting comdemmation proceedings in this case because of the possibility that an award by a condemnation proceeding-- despite the value placed upon the property by ~ty officia1s--might cause the project cost to exceed the Federal grant already tentatively approved for this project. Upon motion, duly seconded, Council authorized the filing of a final application for said Federal grant (of $8,500.00), the filing with the property owners the City's official purchase offer, and the instructing and directing the City Attorney to institute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of said property (in the event the property owners refuse the City's written offer), with Mayor Hobson and Councilmen Greene and Oakes voting in the affirmative on the motion and with Vice-Mayor Cole and Councilman West voting in the negative. Upon recommendation of City Manager Noland, Council authorized the spending of up to $26,000.00 from Revenue-Sharing funds during the current fiscal year for the rebuilding of a fire pumper engine, inasmuch as the rebuilding work is currently underway, in lieu of allocating $20,000.00 from 1977-78 Revenue-Sharing funds and the encumbering of $6,000.00 from the 1976-77 appropriation for this work as authorized by Council during its meeting of March 8, 1977. Also, upon recommendation of City Manager Noland, Council allocated and appropriated the sum of $38,029.00 from Federal Anti-Recession funds, already received, with authorization to encumber this appropriation at June 30, 1977, to finance--in part-- the cost of 1977-78 street paving and resurfacing.