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AGENDA BILL APPROVAL FORM
Agenda Subject
Date:
Conduct Public Hearing on Street Vacation No. V-05-03
01/30/44
Department:
Attachments:
Budget Impact:
Public Works
Staff Report and
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Administrative Recommendation:
City Council to conduct a public hearing on Street Vacation No. V-05-03.
Background Summa[y:
W0301-3
03.9 V-05-43
Reviewed by Council & Committees:
Reviewed by Departments & Divisions:
❑ Arts Commission COUNCIL COMMITTEES:
❑ Building
❑ M&O
❑ Airport ❑ Finance
❑ Cemetery
❑ Mayor
❑ Hearing Examiner ❑ Municipal Serv.
❑ Finance
❑ Parks
❑ Human Services ❑ Planning & CD
❑ Fire
❑ Planning
❑ Park Board ®Public Works
❑ Human Resources
❑ Police
❑ Planning Comm. ❑ other
® Legal
® Public Works
Action:
Committee Approval: ❑Yes ❑ No
Council Approval: ❑Yes ❑No
Call for Public Hearing 1 1
Referred to Until
1 1
Tabled Until
1 1
Counci Im em ber: Wagner
Staff: Dowd
Meeting Date: March 1, 2004
Item Number: I I.A. 3
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STREET VACATION STAFF REPORT--
Street Vacation Number V-05-03
Applicant:
Olympic Court Apartments (City initiated Street Vacation)
Property Location:
Right -of -Way located south of the Olympic Court Apartments (812 10t' St NE).
Proposal:
Purpose of Street Vacation
To vacate the Right -of -Way located south of the Olympic Court Apartments (812 1 oth St NE). The
Apartments would maintain and utilitize the area for a playground.
Implication of Denial
Right-of-way would continue to remain as City responsibility for maintenance and liability.
Advertising/Posting:
The legal advertising and posting requirements for the proposed vacation have been met.
Applicable Policies & Regulations:
• RCW's applicable to this situation - meets requirements of RCW 35.79.
• MUTCD standards - not affected by this proposal.
• City Code or Ordinances - meets requirements of ACC 12.48.
■ Comprehensive Plan Policy - not affected.
• City Zoning Code - not affected (zoned "R4 — Multiple Family Residential").
Public Benefit:
■ This street vacation decreases the unopened Right-of-way maintenance obligation of the City.
• The vacated area will be subject to property taxes.
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Discussion:
The vacation application was circulated to Puget Sound Energy, Comcast, and U.S. West
Communications.
• Puget Sound Energy has an existing underground and overhead facilities in the alleyway, an
easement would need to be obtained for this utility.
The vacation application was circulated to City staff. The following comments were received:
■ Staff recommends the City obtain a 10 -foot Sanitary Sewer Easement.
Assessed Value:
RCW 35.79 and ACC 12.48 allows the City to be compensated up to one-half the appraised value of
the area vacated or, in the event the property or portions thereof were acquired at public expense,
compensation may be required in an amount equal to the full appraised value of the area vacated.
The right-of-way was granted by a Quitclaim Deed in 1967 in the amount of $1.00. It is the staff's
recommendation to not charge the proponent for the right-of-way.
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that if the street vacation is granted it needs to be subject to the following condition:
1. Retain a public utility easement for the City's sewer utility.
2. Retain a private utility easement for Puget Sound Energy's utilities.
3. Maintaining exposure to the utility manhole for future City maintenance.
4. Provide ingress and egress through 812 10th Street NE for use by the City and Puget Sound
Energy for maintenance of the utilities.
5. Proponent is to clean up the debris/liter in this area and continue to maintain and use this area
as a playground for the apartment tenants.
FILE: H AStreet Vacations120031V-5-03 staff report.130C
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