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1 Director. He also indicated Mr. Fuchs was willing to sign an • 2 agreement to pay any- legal expenses associated with the change and not 3 to hold the City responsible for any damage to his property which 4 might occur with a major failure of either water or sanitary sewer 5 lines lying within this easement. 6 During the discussion of the $200 Mr. Fuchs would be charged to cover 7 legal costs, Councilmember Enrooth commented that he thought the 8 applicant was getting a bargain considering what it would cost the City 9 to have the City Attorney review the documents and to publish the 10 necessary notices before a vacation can be allowed. Mr. Fuchs stated 11 the reason_ he had wanted to be there that evening in person was to 12 reinforce his willingness to comply with all conditions the City set 13 for vacation so he could get started on the garage addition as soon as 14 possible. The applicant reported checking with the County Assessor 15 regarding the raise in property taxes he could expect from the 16 addition. He said he had concluded from this conversation that the 17 City would also gain quite a bit of taxes from the addition. 18 Council Action 19 Motion by Marks, seconded by Enrooth to authorize staff to proceed with 20 the proposed vacation of five feet of the 15 foot utility easement 21 the City has on the property at 2416 - 34th Avenue N.E. which would 22 allow the owner, Steve Fuchs, to construct the proposed third stall to 23 his existing garage on that side of his property. • 24 Motion carried unanimously. 25 COUNCIL REPORTS 26 Sundland acknowledged the presence of John Wepke, who was filling in 27 for Larry Jones the Bulletin news writer. 28 Early Childhood Week Proclaimed 29 The Mayor had distributed copies of his proclamation declaring the week 30 of April 10-16 as the Week of the Young Child, which he had issued in 31 cooperation with a similar proclamation by School District #282 . 32 Makowske reported she had received a call from a resident who inquired 33 whether the City would be replacing sod damaged by snow plowing. 34 Enrooth and Ranallo indicated they had received calls and had 35 conversations with residents who complained about higher than usual 36 raises in their property valuations this year. 37 Mr. Childs suggested he might be able to save those residents a trip to 38 the April 12th Board of Review by getting explanations of those raises 39 from the County Assessors office for them in advance of that meeting. 40 The Council accepted his suggestion after briefly discussing the • 10