Item 6: Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Moss Street

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Exhibit C Findings: Vacation of Moss Street for the University of Oregon (VRI 10--1) Background th The University of Oregon’s requested right-of-way vacation includes Moss Street from East 15 th Avenue south to East 17 Avenue. The area subject to the request is 1.35 acres (58,729 square feet). The vacation request is part of the University of Oregon’s East Campus development plan which involves the vacation of portions of Moss Street and Columbia Street from the City. The University owns all properties that abut the right of way and is proposing to replace the existing on-street parallel parking with head in parking along Moss Street. This will increase the parking supply th available for students, faculty and visitors. Segments of Moss Street north of 15 and Columbia th Street just south of East 13 Avenue have been previously vacated and similarly converted to provide head in parking. The vacation request process provides 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. Requests for the vacation of public streets and alleys are considered in accordance with EC 9.8700-9.8725 and Oregon Revised Statutes 271.080-271.230. These requests are also subject to procedural requirements at EC 9.7445–9.7455. Compliance with Approval Criteria The sole approval criterion at EC 9.8725 requires the City Council to find that approval of the requested right-of-way vacations 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. Public notice of the hearing for the vacation request has been provided in accordance with applicable statutory and local code requirements. Consent for the vacation requests from abutting and affected owners, and payment of a special assessment for the area of vacated right-of-way, have also been provided as required. Moss Street Vacation Findings th The following findings demonstrate that vacation of the portion of Moss Street between East 15 th Avenue and East 17 Avenue is in the public interest. This determination is based on the conclusion thth that the vacation of the portion of Moss Street between East 15 Avenue and East 17 Avenue is consistent with all applicable adopted policies, will provide efficient use of land and will not Exhibit C: Findings Page 1