2008-63 VACATING PORTION OF STREET - 4000 BLOCK EAST MUELLER AVENUE

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� ( . ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM Memo No. 08-103 August 13, 2008 TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. Carrigan and City Council FROM: John A. Smith, Interim City Manager Greg G Crowe, Assistant City Manage Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planner;�/iS Stephanie E. Ashe, Historic Preservation Planner > SUBJECT: Vacate the east 221 feet of the 4000 Block East Mueller Avenue SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the petition with the following condition: a. The petitioner will need to provide a utility easement within the vacated right-of-way for City maintenance and access. The City Plan Commission voted 7-0-1 to recommend approval of this petition as presented at the August 7, 2008 hearing; the minutes of the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting to vacate the public right-of-way of the east 221 feet of the 4000 Block of East Mueller Avenue. East Mueller Avenue dead-ends into the petitioner's property. The vacation will enable the petitioner to build a new entrance into the plant. This entrance will include a new Guard House, Employee Parking Lot, and a new Truck Scale. Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Comcast Communications, and AT&T notifying the utility companies of the vacation request. The abutting pr�operty owners have also been notified and to date, no objections to the proposed right-of-way vacation have been expressed. For maintenance purposes, the City of Decatur will require an easement to access the water and sewer utilities. Because there is only one (1) licensed commercial appraiser in the City of Decatur, only one (1) appraisal was conducted on the property. The proposed vacation property has an estimated market value of$4,000 which will be paid in full to the City prior to the vacation. The formal vacation of this right-of-way will not have an adverse affect on the general public. The right- of-way is not necessary to serve the general public and Staff is of the opinion that the best interests of the City of Decatur would be served by approving the right-of-way vacation. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at the Plan Commission meeting. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: The Vacation was reviewed by the City's Technical Review Committee;Planning, Engineering and Fire approved the petition. STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Stephanie Ashe at 424-2781 or at sashe@decaturil.gov. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None