The Feb. 10 DC Register includes the following: "The Council of the District of Columbia hereby gives notice of its intention to take action in less than fiften (15) days on PR16-641, the "Design Build and Completion Guarantee Agreement fo the DC Major League Baseball Park Approval Resolution of 2006". The Council needs to act on this resolution expeditiously in order to avoid delays in the planning and construction of the ballpark."

WTOP is reporting "Court Ruling Clears Way for Stadium Plans": "In the appeal, the Siegel Group asked the court for an injunction in D.C.'s eminent domain case, citing that the city does not have the right to take land from owners and that the District under-appraised the value of the land. In its ruling, the court said decisions about eminent domain rest with the mayor and the city council and that courts do not have the authority to second guess the city's decisions. The court also ruled that the District's estimates of the land value were made in good faith." There is still the Feb. 24 court hearing on "the District's motion to take possession of the disputed land parcels. The judge in that hearing will determine the date that owners must vacate the land so the city can begin construction. After the Feb. 24 hearing, subsequent valuations trials will be held to determine the fair market price the city must pay land owners." UPDATE: Here is the Mayor's press release.

The WashTimes Day 2 story also has actual information about the stadium construction, which of course is all I was ever really interested in :). "The construction team [...] has told the city it would like to begin preparing the site for construction by March 1. But first, the city must gain possession of 14 acres at the ballpark site. It filed a court order in D.C. Superior Court asking a judge to force out property owners by last Tuesday, but a ruling is not expected until Feb. 24. The city is focused on acquiring land in the south section of the ballpark site first because that is where the heaviest construction must take place. Meanwhile, in a somewhat surprising development, consultants hired by the sports commission to handle environmental remediation on the ballpark site have reduced their fee from $8 million to about $6.3 million because initial tests of the site do not show as much contamination as expected[...]. Heavy environmental problems had been expected because of the presence of an asphalt plant, trash transfer facility and other industrial buildings."