TO: Mayor and City Council
THROUGH: Steve Powers, City Manager
FROM: Peter Fernandez, PE, Public Works Director
SUBJECT:
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Dedication of Public Right-of-Way on Four Point Street NE.
Ward(s): Ward 5
Councilor(s): Ausec
Neighborhood(s): Northgate
Result Area(s): Safe, Reliable, and Efficient Infrastructure
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ISSUE:
Shall Council adopt Resolution No. 2020-23 dedicating City property as public right-of-way on Four Point Street NE.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt Resolution No. 2020-23 (Attachment 1, Resolution and Exhibit A, Location Map) dedicating City property as public right-of-way on Four Point Street NE.
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SUMMARY:
It was once a common City practice to reserve a one-foot strip of land as City property at the end of a street or along the side of a street when land was subdivided. These strips of land prevented adjacent property owners from accessing the new streets until they went through proper planning actions to develop their own properties.
A one-foot reserve strip described as Block A along the south side of Four Point Street NE was created with the Elk Park Subdivision Plat and recorded in 1976.
The property south of Block A is currently being developed through a City planning action, PAR-ADJ19-03, and the reserve strip needs to be dedicated as public right-of-way to allow access to the property from Four Point Street NE.
FACTS AND FINDINGS:
Development is occurring on the property south of Elk Park Subdivision Plat. The dedication of Block A as public right-of-way will provide a necessary street connection for ingress/egress to Four Point Street NE. It will also allow the developer to continue forward with recording their partition plat, which is on hold until Block A is dedicated as public right-of-way.
Brian D. Martin, PE
City Engineer
Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 2020-23
2. Exhibit A - Location Map