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          of the Lubbock Industrial Park.  One lot was labeled "Lubbock               
          Industrial Park Add. Lot 1" and was located directly south of the           
          11.656 acres on the opposite side of the intersection of Loop 289           
          and MLK.  The other lot was labeled "Lubbock Indus. Park Add. Lot           
          5" and was located to the east of the Litton property.  Neither             
          the 11.656 acres nor the parcel of 30.3 acres was labeled as part           
          of the Lubbock Industrial Park on the maps submitted by the                 
          experts.                                                                    
               While we do agree with petitioners that the Lubbock                    
          Industrial Park indeed existed, on the basis of the evidence                
          presented we do not believe that the parcel of 30.3 acres was a             
          part of the Lubbock Industrial Park.  The parcel of 30.3 acres              
          was unplatted, and we believe from the evidence and testimony               
          that the lots in the Lubbock Industrial Park were platted.  Mr.             
          Cantrell's report fails to mention that the parcel of 30.3 acres            
          was part of the Lubbock Industrial Park.  Furthermore, the parcel           
          of 30.3 acres was not zoned with the special industrial park                
          classification about which Mr. Huneke testified.                            
               Although the parcel of 30.3 acres was zoned M-1 for light              
          industrial use, we do not believe that there existed a reasonable           
          probability that the parcel of 30.3 acres would be used for                 
          industrial purposes in the reasonably near future at the time of            
          its donation.  See Olson v. United States, 292 U.S. at 255.  The            
          evidence suggests that access to the parcel of 30.3 acres was               





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