(A) (1) The city is authorized and empowered to:
(a) Purchase;
(b) Accept by gift or devise;
(c) Purchase real estate upon which to erect; and
(d) Erect a building or buildings for an auditorium, fire station, city building, or community house for housing city enterprises and social and recreation purposes, and other public buildings, and maintain, manage, and operate the same for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city.
(2) Except as provided below, any purchase can be made or building erected, the question shall be submitted to the electors of the city at a general city election or at an election duly called for that purpose, or as set forth in Neb. RS 17-954, and be adopted by a majority of the electors voting on the questions.
(3) If the funds to be used to finance the purchase or construction of a building under this section are available other than through a bond issue, notice of the proposed purchase or construction shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and no election shall be required to approve the purchase or construction unless a remonstrance against the purchase or construction, signed by electors of the city equal in number to 15% of the electors of the city voting at the last regular city election held therein, is filed with the City Council within 30 days of the publication of the notice. If a remonstrance with the necessary number of qualified signatures is timely filed, the question shall be submitted to the voters of the city at a general city election or a special election duly called for that purpose. If the purchase or construction is not approved, the property involved shall not then, nor within one year thereafter, be purchased or constructed.
(Neb. RS 17-953) (Prior Code, § 8-107)
(B) (1) The city shall acquire an interest in real property by purchase or eminent domain, the city shall do so only after the City Council has authorized the acquisition by action taken in a public meeting after notice and public hearing.
(2) The city shall provide to the public a right of access for recreational use to real property acquired for public recreational purposes. The access shall be at designated access points and shall be equal to the right of access for recreational use held by adjacent landowners. The right of access granted to the public for recreational use shall meet or exceed the right held by a private landowner adjacent to the real property.
(Neb. RS 18-1755) (Prior Code, § 8-108)
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city shall not purchase, lease-purchase, or acquire for consideration, real property having an estimated value of $100,000 or more unless an appraisal of the property has been performed by a certified real property appraiser.
(Neb. RS 13-403) (Prior Code, § 8-109)