Title
Approval of Resolution Setting a Public Hearing Date for Consideration of a Street Vacation Petition for a portion of Hillside Drive SE
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve a resolution to schedule a Public Hearing on December 6, 2016 to hear public testimony regarding the vacation petition of a portion of Hillside Drive SE and a portion of the pedestrian access trail known as Tract "A" of Henderson Commercial Park Binding Site Plan.
Report
Issue:
Whether to schedule a public hearing on December 6, 2016 to hear pubic testimony regarding the vacation petition.
Staff Contact:
Ladd F. Cluff, City Surveyor, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8389
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The property owner adjacent to Hillside Drive SE has asked the City to initiate the process to abandon a portion of Hillside Drive SE. The same property owner also requested to vacate a portion of the pedestrian access trail along the Henderson Commercial Park.
Under state law RCW 35.79.010, the Council is required to adopt a resolution to set the public hearing date prior to acting on a right-of-way vacation petition. The statue states in part:
RCW 35.79.010
Petition by owners -- Fixing time for hearing.
The owners of an interest in any real estate abutting upon any street or alley who may desire to vacate the street or alley, or any part thereof, may petition the legislative authority to make vacation, giving a description of the property to be vacated, or the legislative authority may itself initiate by resolution such vacation procedure. The petition or resolution shall be filed with the city or town clerk, and, if the petition is signed by the owners of more than two-thirds of the property abutting upon the part of such street or alley sought to be vacated, legislative authority by resolution shall fix a time when the petition will be heard and determine...
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