Can a project be funded if eminent domain was used for acquisition?
Beginning in 2006, no applicant for a TBRA grant (or other LCA fund) is eligible for grant funds if the project for which funding is requested used eminent domain power to acquire the property unless eminent domain was used for a “public use or public purpose.” The term “public use or public purpose” as it pertains to this policy includes • mitigation of a blighted area • remediation of an environmentally contaminated area • reduction of abandoned property or • removal of a public nuisance as the terms above (italicized) are defined in Minnesota statute. See the Council’s policy restricting Metropolitan Council LCA grants for projects using eminent domain.
