Texas officials met with Freestone County leaders about Fairfield Lake State Park and eminent domain updates.
the land earlier this month. Now a district judge will assign a three-person commission of county residents to determine the value of the land. If one or both parties object to the value, the issue will go to court. David Yoskowitz, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department executive director, and Shawn Todd, Todd Interests founder and CEO, talk after a Freestone County commissioners' public meeting at Freestone County Courthouse in Fairfield on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.
There was a clear line between those in favor and in opposition, giving insight into the divide that’s grown in the community. Loud claps and drumming of support on the room’s wooden benches followed speakers on both sides of the issue. After public comment, the county commissioners and TPWD leaders spoke to one another for about an hour. The conversation became tense at times, especially between Commissioner Lloyd Lane and the TPWD employees, with the men talking over one another or looking visibly frustrated.A major concern brought up during public comment, and then again by Lane, was that the state was using eminent domain to take not only the old parkland, which was about 1,500 acres, but also the lake and additional land.
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