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CompliancewithApprovalCriteria: <br />ThesoleapprovalcriterionatEC9.8725requirestheCityCounciltofindthatapprovalofthe <br />requestedrightofwayvacationisinthepublicinterest.Thefulltextoftheapprovalcriterionis <br />providedbelow,withfindingsdemonstratingcompliance: <br />dŚĞĐŝƚLJĐŽƵŶĐŝůƐŚĂůůĂƉƉƌŽǀĞ͕ŽƌĂƉƉƌŽǀĞǁŝƚŚĐŽŶĚŝƚŝŽŶƐĂŶĚƌĞƐĞƌǀĂƚŝŽŶƐŽĨ <br />ĞĂƐĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ƚŚĞǀĂĐĂƚŝŽŶŽĨŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚƉƵďůŝĐƌŝŐŚƚŽĨǁĂLJ͕ƉƵďůŝĐǁĂLJƐĂĐƋƵŝƌĞĚ <br />ǁŝƚŚƉƵďůŝĐĨƵŶĚƐ͕ŽƌƵŶĚĞǀĞůŽƉĞĚƐƵďĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶĂŶĚƉĂƌƚŝƚŝŽŶƉůĂƚƐ͕ŽƌƉŽƌƚŝŽŶƐ <br />ƚŚĞƌĞŽĨ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƉƵďůŝĐƌŝŐŚƚŽĨǁĂLJĂŶĚŝŵƉƌŽǀĞĚƉƵďůŝĐĞĂƐĞŵĞŶƚƐůŽĐĂƚĞĚ <br />ƚŚĞƌĞŝŶ͕ŽŶůLJŝĨƚŚĞĐŽƵŶĐŝůĨŝŶĚƐƚŚĂƚĂƉƉƌŽǀĂůŽĨƚŚĞǀĂĐĂƚŝŽŶŝƐŝŶƚŚĞƉƵďůŝĐ <br />ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚ͘ <br />Therequiredpublicnoticeandhearinghaveoccurredonthevacationrequestinaccordance <br />withapplicablestatutoryandlocalcoderequirements.Consentforthevacationrequestfrom <br />abuttingandaffectedowners,andpaymentofaspecialassessmentfortheareaofvacated <br />ofway,hasbeenprovidedbytheapplicant,asrequiredbystatutesandlocalcode. <br />right <br />VacationFindings <br />ThefollowingfindingsdemonstratethatvacationoftheportionofMillAlley,locatedbetween <br />thth <br />East8AvenueandEastBroadway,andtheportionofEast8Alley,locatedbetweenHigh <br />StreetandMillAlley,isinthepublicinterest.Thisdeterminationisbasedontheconclusionthat <br />vacationofthesealleyswillprovideefficientuseoflandandwillnotnegativelyimpactthe <br />transportationsystem,surroundingneighborhoodsoremergencyaccess.Additionally,future <br />developmentopportunitiesoftheadjacentlandscanbeenhancethroughtheconsolidationof <br />thesite.Asaresult,vacationoftherequestedalleyswillbeinthepublicinterest.Detailed <br />findingstosupporttheseconclusionsareprovidedbelow. <br />Thevacationrequestwasreferredtoaffectedcitydepartmentsandpublicutilityservice <br />providers.PublicWorksstaffconfirmedthattheabuttingstreetsprovideallaccessandtraffic <br />circulationneedsinthevicinity,withoutrelyingonthesubjectalleys.Thereisaneed,however, <br />forawidersidewalkalongEast8thAvenue,whichtheCityhasidentifiedasagatewaythat <br />wouldbridgetheheartofDowntownwiththeFederalCourthousedistrictandrecentlyre <br />designatedEWEBriverfrontproperties.Thepropertyownerwilldedicatea5footwide <br />easementalongtherightofwayabuttingEast8thAvenuebetweenMillAlleyandMillStreetto <br />th <br />completethewidesidewalkforthatstretchofEast8Avenue.Therefore,theordinanceis <br />conditionedtorequirethisdedicationpriortovacationofthealleys. <br />ReferralcommentsfromotheraffectedCityDepartmentsandutilityprovidersnotethatthe <br />provisionofnecessarypublicservicesandfacilities,suchastransportationandutilitiesinthe <br />area,canbemaintaineduponapprovalofthevacationrequest.Referralcommentsandletters <br />th <br />ofconcurrencefromutilityprovidersconfirmthattherearenoutilitieswithinEast8Alleyand <br />thatretainingapublicutilityeasement(PUE)overMillAlleywouldprovidesufficientcoverage <br />fortheundergroundutilities.TheordinanceprovidesfortheretentionofthisPUE. <br />ExhibitE:Findings <br />{00118610;4} <br />