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Exhibit C Findings Background: The East 8th Street alley runs east -west for a half -block between High Street and High Alley. The total requested vacation area consists of 2,240 square feet of public right-of-way. The area to be vacated currently serves as alley access for properties west of High Street, between East 8th Street and East Broadway. The applicant, John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts owns both adjacent properties abutting the proposed alley vacation. The vacation request process serves as a means to evaluate the need for public ways as land develops and uses change over time, and to address the manner in which the City may dispense with public ways. This request for vacation is being considered in accordance with Sections 9.8700-9.8725 of the Eugene Code (EC) and Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 271.080— 271.230 and processed pursuant to EC 9.7445 —9.7455. The public hearing is being conducted consistent with quasi-judicial procedures in State law and as set forth in EC 9.7065 —9.7095. When rights-of-way are vacated, ORS 271.140 generally requires ownership of the land underlying the vacated right-of-way to revert back to owners of the adjacent lands from which it was originally dedicated. If the vacation is approved, the alley will revert to private ownership by John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts. EC 9.8710(5) requires the applicant to pay a special assessment to the City equal to the assessed value of the real property and any costs incurred by the City in the construction of public improvements. The applicant has paid the required assessment. Compliance with Approval Criteria: Per EC 9.8725, the sole approval criterion for this vacation requires the City Council to find that approval of the requested right-of-way vacation is in the public interest. The full text of the approval criterion is provided below, with findings demonstrating compliance: The city council shall approve, or approve with conditions and reservations of easements, the vacation of improved public right-of-way, public ways acquired with public funds, or undeveloped subdivision and partition plats, or portions thereof, including public right-of- way and improved public easements located therein, only if the council finds that approval of the vacation is in the public interest. The required public notice and hearing have occurred on the vacation request in accordance with applicable statutory and local code requirements. Consent to the vacation request from abutting and affected owners, and payment of a special assessment for the area of vacated right-of-way, has been provided by the applicant, as required by statutes and local code. Vacation Findings The following findings demonstrate that a vacation of the East 8th Alley, located between High Street and High Alley, and between East 8th Avenue and East Broadway, is in the public interest. Exhibit C: Findings Page 1 of 2