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<br />Agenda Section: VI (consent) <br />Item: 8 <br />Report Date: 8/16/23 <br />Meeting Date: 8/22/23 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: Consider a New Resolution Setting a Public Hearing on a Street <br />Vacation <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD’S APPROVAL: _________ CITY MANAGER’S APPROVAL: __________ <br /> <br /> Action Requested: ☐ Public Hearing ☒ Motion ☐ Discussion ☐ Informational <br /> Form of Action: ☒ Resolution ☐ Ordinance ☐ Contract/Agrmnt ☐ N/A ☐ Other <br /> Votes Needed: ☒ Majority (3 votes) ☐ Super Majority (4 votes) ☐ Unanimous ☐ N/A <br /> <br />Summary Statement:  In July while reviewing the SUP application from Appletree <br />Dental at 2201 26th Avenue NW, the City identified a number of <br />old and unused ROW segments which should be turned back to <br />private property owners in the area. Council directed staff to <br />begin the vacation process, and a resolution setting a public <br />hearing for August 22nd was approved. Unfortunately, as of <br />8/16/23, the title company working with our surveyor is still <br />completing the work that will allow the surveyor to prepare the <br />necessary legal exhibits. In light of this delay which is out of our <br />hands, staff has prepared a new resolution setting the vacation <br />public hearing for 9/26/23. <br />Recommendation(s):  Approve the resolution to set a public hearing to vacate unused <br />areas of right-of-way <br />Applicable Deadlines:  None <br />Legislative History:  City Council reviewed the Appletree Dental SUP application on <br />June 27th, 2023, and directed staff to initiate this right-of-way <br />vacation process on behalf of the neighborhood. <br />