HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Descendants of the man who donated portions of Hermann Park to the City of Houston 111 years ago spoke before the county agency attempting to condemn the property on Thursday.

It's the latest development in the escalating drama of a beloved Houston park that's in danger of becoming the latest parcel of land to be paved and built upon in the Bayou City.

On Thursday morning, Dorsey Parker and his brother, Scott, both spoke out during the public comment portion of Harris Health's monthly board meeting. Then men are the great-great-great-grandsons of August Warneke, who donated a portion of Hermann Park, with the understanding that it would remain green space in perpetuity.

"I'm a descendant of August Warneke," Dorsey Parker said in front of the board in his brief

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