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• • • AGENDA ITEM 6 B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C. C. MEETING DATE: December 10, 2007 TOPIC: Public Hearing First Reading: Ordinance No. 18 -07 Vacating Portions of Two Drainage and Utility Easements, Lot 1, Block 9, Oakwood View (135 Ash Street) ACTION: 4/5 vote BACKGROUND The site is Lot 9, Block 1 within the Oakwood View plat, the final plat for which was approved in 2005 with Resolution 05 -26. This lot was platted to accommodate an enabling residence (group home) associated with the Rice Creek Covenant Church. The current plan for the enabling residence requires vacating parts of two drainage and utility easements platted with Oakwood View. One drainage and utility easement needs to be altered to allow for the building and another for the driveway. Easement vacations require a public hearing and city council approval by ordinance, which requires a first and second reading. ANALYSIS Discussion of the enabling residence in 2004 included a two story duplex structure with approximately 3500 square feet in each unit, for a total of 7000 sf. The current submittal is a one -story structure with a footprint of approximately 6300 sf. The application includes the vacation of portions of two separate drainage and utility easements. These easements were established with the final plat of Oakwood View. One area to be vacated is in the middle of the lot, at the northeast corner of the proposed building. Because the building itself has a larger footprint than originally envisioned, it would encroach into the drainage and utility easement. The vacation of this portion of the easement will not affect the drainage. The other easement to be vacated is in the location of the driveway leading to the building. This was a design oversight with the platting in 2004. The remaining easement will still allow the site to drain properly and will allow access to ponds. Both easements will still provide a minimum buffer of 10 feet around delineated wetlands.