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Agenda Subject:
Ordinance No. 6847 (Gaub)
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Date:
January 11, 2022
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Department:
Public Works
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Attachments:
Ordinance No. 6847
Exhibit A
Vicinity Map
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Budget Impact:
Current Budget: $0
Proposed Revision: $0
Revised Budget: $0
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Administrative Recommendation: |
City Council introduce and adopt Ordinance No. 6847 |
Background for Motion: |
Ordinance 6847 modifies the City Code to close portions of M Street NW and 29th Street NW to vehicular and non-motorized access with certain exceptions. This closure is needed to prevent illegal dumping that has the potential to threaten adjacent environmentally sensitive areas. |
Background Summary: |
Ordinance 6847 modifies Chapter 10.28 of the Auburn City Code to restrict the public rights-of-way on M Street NW from approximately the 1600 block of M Street NW to 29th Street NW and on 29th Street NW from M Street NW to the Mill Creek Crossing (Subject Roadways). This ordinance was discussed at the January 10, 2022 City Council Study Session. The Subject Roadways provide access to properties and utilities that do not currently require, or benefit from, general public access. Additionally, the Subject Roadways crossing at Mill Creek is closed due to its condition and as such, provides no connectivity to the City street network or public access benefit. The Subject Roadways have been used to illegally dump inoperable vehicles, trash, and other waste material in, and adjacent to, the public rights-of-way and the illegal dumping has presented an on-going potential threat to the sensitive environmental areas along the Subject Roadways. Clean-up of the dumped waste material on, and along, the Subject Roadways is of significant financial cost to the City and adjacent property owners. Very low traffic volumes and the isolated nature of the Subject Roadways has made it very difficult for the City and adjacent property owners to dissuade or prevent the illegal dumping. City staff recommends that it is in the public interest to close the Subject Roadways to all vehicular and non-vehicular traffic except for the purpose of accessing utilities and properties by their owners and authorized guests in order to address the issue of illegal dumping. The closure has been discussed with owners of property and utilities for which the City has contact information available and the City heard support from them all. One of the property owners has volunteered to construct a gate across the closed roadway at its own cost. If the ordinance is adopted, City staff will work with that property owner to permit and construct the gate for which keyed access would be made available to the City, emergency services, property owners, and utilities requiring access to the closed roadways. |
Reviewed by Council Committees: |
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Councilmember: |
Stearns |
Staff: |
Gaub |
Meeting Date: |
January 18, 2022 |
Item Number: |
ORD.C |
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