Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: Nov. 17, 2021

Business Meeting: Nov. 23, 2021

Summary:

The property owners abutting a portion of 1st and Pine Streets and adjacent alleys have requested that the County vacate the right of way. Any and all interests other than the requesting parties will be evaluated as part of the Engineer's Report.

Passing the resolution would instruct the County Road Engineer to examine the portion of roads and alleys, evaluate the request, and file an Engineer's Report, as required by RCW 36.87.010 and LCC 12.15. A copy of the request from the property owner is attached.

Instruct the County Road Engineer to examine the road and alleys as required by RCW 36.87.010 and LCC 12.15 and report his findings to the Board of County Commissioners.

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Martin Roy, Matt Hinderlie, Tim Fife,

Resolution

WHEREAS, RCW 36.87 authorizes the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to vacate useless county roads or portions thereof; and

WHEREAS, the BOCC has received information indicating that the portions of 1st and Pine Streets and adjacent alleys may be useless as a part of the county road system and that the public may be benefited by its vacation, and the BOCC intends to proceed to determine whether the road should be vacated and abandoned; and

WHEREAS, when considering vacation of a county road, the BOCC may by resolution declare its intention to vacate the road and direct the County Road Engineer to report on such vacation.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County Road Engineer is instructed to examine all that part of the following described portions of 1st and Pine Streets and adjacent alleys as required by RCW 36.87.010 and LCC 12.15 and report his recommendations to the BOCC:

All of 1st and Pine Streets and adjacent alleys lying within Blocks 5,6,7and 8 of the Plat of Dyrad in Section 1, Township 13 North, Range 5 West, W.M.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 23rd day of November, 2021.