The Coachella Valley Water District board has delayed a vote on whether to buy private property for a long-planned Thousand Palms flood-control project for what one owner alleges is far less than it’s worth. After board President John Powell could not obtain a second to his motion to approve the eminent domain proceedings, fellow directors voted instead Tuesday to reconsider the item in late February, after a possible study session and closed-door session on a related lawsuit. The potential purchase by CVWD is the first of several acquisitions that will be needed for the $110 million project, which aims to protect 10,000 acres of current and future development and designated conservation lands from flooding from three watersheds, by lacing dikes and channels from the Classic Club Golf Course to Del Webb/Sun City Homes north of Interstate 10, documents show.