Title
Approval of the Moore Street Right-of-Way Dedication
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the right-of-way dedication of Moore Street over a portion of Trillium Park, and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary right-of-way dedication documents.
Report
Issue:
Whether the Council should approve a right-of-way dedication extending Moore Street over a portion of Trillium Park.
Staff Contact:
Ladd F. Cluff, P.L.S., City Surveyor, Public Works Engineering, 360.753.8389
Presenter(s):
None - Consent calendar item.
Background and Analysis:
In 2014, the Wildwood Neighborhood Association and Governor Stevens Neighborhood Association submitted a joint proposal under the City of Olympia's Neighborhood Pathways Program to formalize the pathway running from the dead end of Moore Street SE to O'Farrell Ave SE. The pathway has existed for many years on private property. While all the affected property owners have allowed the pathway to exist on their property, both neighborhood associations were concerned that future property owners might choose to block access to it. Therefore, the acquisition of easements to ensure this pathway's continued existence was a key part of the neighborhoods' proposal.
Through the easement acquisition process, we discovered that the driveway running north from the dead end of Moore Street is located on the City's Trillium Park property. The driveway is the access for three homes and a City water main runs underneath it. The water main serves those same homes. The three homes and City water main are not within an easement over the Trillium Park property. Technically, the homeowners and City maintenance staff do not have legal access to the homes or water main. The solution to provide legal access to the three homes and continued maintenance of the water main is to dedicate the driveway area over a portion of the...
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