What Must Be Included In A Public Hearing Notice?
In a Columbia Heartbeat article, the author reminded readers that eminent domain may be utilized for the widening of Providence Road in Columbia, South Carolina. The reality is that there is no requirement that notice stating that eminent domain is to be used is necessarily required. One must look to the Environmental Impact Statement requirements and the Environmental Assessments provided by State law in each respective State. If Columbia, South Carolina did not include what would be required under State Law, it may have another public hearing at some future date, after the case is dismissed.
http://www.columbiaheartbeat.com/index.php/news/headlines/544-051613
-- An eminent domain threat that has loomed large in the debate about how to widen Providence Road has been left out of a public hearing notice that provides otherwise complete details about three road-improvement options.
The notice also lists the options out of numerical order, with the most controversial first, the previously rescinded Option IX. The moves remind of other subtle -- and not-so-subtle -- senior city administrator attempts to manipulate the hearing process.
Against opposition from Columbia public works director John Glascock and a group of Grasslands residents, Columbia City Council members on April 15 rescinded Option IX -- a two-phase, nearly $7 million road-widening project that includes demolition of eight historic homes on Providence, across from the University of Missouri.









