2015/05/20 Council Agenda Packet

w STAFF REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED VACATION OF that portion of the north/south alley lying north of Wall Street between Oakes and Rockefeller Avenues Report Date: May 11,2015 Said portion of the north/south alley right of way being legally described as: THAT PORTION OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 685, PLAT OF EVERETT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 3 OF PLATS, PAGE 32, RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY,ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH 22.99 FEET OF LOT 1,ALL OF LOTS 2,3,4, 5,16,17,18,19, AND THE SOUTH 21.87 FEET OF LOT 20; AND THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 685, EVERETT LAND COMPANY'S FIRST ADDITION TO EVERETT, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 3 OF PLATS, PAGE 20, RECORDS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, ADJACENT TO ALL OF LOTS 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, AND 16. ALL SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH, STATE OF WASHINGTON The proposed vacation contains an area of approximately 5,931 square feet that is zoned B-3, Central Business District. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: FINDING: R.C.W. 35.79.010 allows property owners abutting a public right-of-way to petition for the vacation of said right-of-way, and if said petition represents more than two-thirds of the property abutting said right-of-way,the legislative authority shall fix a time and date for said petition to be heard. CONCLUSION: A valid petition representing 100% of the abutting property owners to the proposed vacation area was received, and 6:30 P.M. May 20', 2015, was set as the time and date for said petition to be heard. FINDING: R.C.W. 35.79.020 requires the City Clerk to give twenty (20) days notice of pendency of said hearing on the petition by written notice posted in three (3) of the most public places in the City, and a like notice to be posted in a conspicuous place on the right-of-way to be vacated. CONCLUSION: Said notices were posted as required.