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Clerk 08/13/2003
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the vacation of a portion of South 124th Street and 64th Avenue South File V-2435. Petitioner: Renton School District.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. A petition has been filed requesting vacation of those portions of South 124th Street and 64th Avenue South hereinafter described.
2. The department of transportation notified the various utility companies serving the area and has been advised that all required easements have been acquired within the vacation area.
3. The department of transportation records indicates that King County has not been maintaining those portions of South 124th Street and 64th Avenue South. The records indicate that no public funds have been expended for its acquisition.
4. The department of transportation considers the subject portion of the right-of-way useless as part of the county road system and believes the public would benefit by the return of this unused area to the school district.
5. The right-of-way is classified as "C-Class" and, in accordance with K.C.C. 14.40.020, compensation is due King County. The Renton School District is the owner of the abutting properties, which the department of assessments records lists as tax-exempt. Determining a compensation amount would require an appraisal of the property at the petitioner's expense. The Renton School District did not provided an appraisal. Should the council decide not to waive the compensation, then an appraisal of the land will be required and the compensation calculated accordingly. In accordance with K.C.C. 14.40.020 D, "(w)hen a road is vacated for a governmental agency, compensation shall be in accordance with the classification of the road, except that some or all of the compensation may be waived at the discretion of the council." The road services division recommends that the compensation be waived. The waiver is justified by the services and benefits, which are provided to King County and its citizens by the Renton School District.
Due notice was given in the manner provided by law and a hearing was held by the office of the hearing examiner on the 23rd day of July, 2003.
In consideration of the benefits to be derived from the subject vacation, the council has determined that it is in the best interest of the citizens of King County to grant said petition.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The council, on the ____ day of _________________, 2003, hereby vacates and abandons those portions of South 124th Street and 64th Avenue South described as follows:
Those portions of South 124th Street and 64th Avenue South as deeded to King County by Quit Claim Deed recorded in Volume 3545 of Deeds, Page 454, records of King County, Washington lying westerly of the northwesterly margin of 64th Place South and east of the east line of the west 20 feet of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 11, Township 23 North, Range 4 East, Willamette Meridian, King County, Washington.
Together with, that portion of 64th Avenue South lying south of the south margin of South 124th Street as dedicated in East Riverton Garden Tracts Second Addition, Volume 12 of Plats, Page 79, records of King County,
Washington, and north of the northerly margin of Beacon Avenue South.