2006-88 VACATING PROPERTY - 100-200 BLOCK OF WEST MARION STREET - ALLEYS WEST OF 1000 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAIN STREET

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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEM RANDUM Memo No. 06-220 September 13, 2006 TO: Honorable Mayor Paul Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager � Dane C. Bragg, AICP, Assistant City Managerl� Kathy J. Miller, AICP, Senior Planner�\ Greg Crowe, Economic Development Coordinat��'� SUBJECT: Vacate Public Rights-of-Way West of 1000 Block of Sout Main Street SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the petition to vacate the public rights-of-way as indicated on the plat. The City Plan Commis ion voted 7-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the September 18, 2006 hearing; the minutes o�f the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: The petitioner is requesting vacating public rights- f-way in the 1000 Block of South Main Streets including alleys and a portion of Marion Street. Th petitioner does not currently own all of the property adjacent to the requested vacation but will be urchasing all of the land to facilitate the development. The current property owners have been noti ied of the requested vacation by the petitioner. • Letters were sent to AmerenIP, Insight Communications and AT&T noti ying the utility companies of the vacation request. Insight requested that a fifteen (15) foot easement provided along South Main Street and the southern border of the development. The petitioner has inc uded the requested easement on the submitted site plans. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: None POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no objectors to the petiti n at the Plan Commission meeting. STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to reg Crowe at 424-2725 or at gccrowe(a�decaturnet.org. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: An appraisal was submitted by the petitioner with an estimated market value of $6,948.00. A second appraisal was provided with a estimated market value of $3,150.00. The petitioner will pay the City the higher appraisal value of$ ,948.00.