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DocuSign Envelope ID:A61204D3-2A74-4FCE-BA3D-51AF42FB7C60 RETURN TO: City of Anacortes P.O. Box 547 Anacortes, WA 98221 ORDINANCE NO. 3087 AN ORDINANCE VACATING RIGHT-OF-WAY OF A PTN. OF 11TH STREET ADJACENT TO BLOCKS 242 AND 243, "MAP OF THE CITY OF ANACORTES" THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANACORTES DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, per AMC Chapter 12.50 Street and Alley Vacation the City Council, a hearing on the petition or proposal held before the City Council shall be upon the day fixed by resolution or at the time to which a hearing may be adjourned; and WHEREAS, at the March 1, 2021, City Council meeting a resolution was passed to set a hearing date for April 5, 2021, to consider a petition to vacate right-of-way on 11th Street; and WHEREAS, the City Council opened the public hearing on said proposal on April 5, 2021 fixed by Resolution 3017 and continued the public hearing to April 19, 2021, and again to May 3, 2021 , and agreed to approve the proposal as set-forth below; and WHEREAS, the City and property owners have entered into a certain Property Agreement, dated December 21, 2020, which provides that, in exchange for the vacation of certain portions of unopened City right-of-way, the City will obtain easements for a public trail along the Guemes Channel waterfront; and WHEREAS, the City hereby finds that a vacation of the end of 11th Street will provide a significant benefit to the public in the form of increased access to trail easements for the future Guemes Channel Trail; and WHEREAS, the City hereby finds the end of 11th Street is neither currently required for public use or public access nor anticipated to be needed for public use or access in the future; and WHEREAS, the City hereby concludes that the substitution of a new and different public way along the Guemes Channel Trail in the future would be more useful to the public; and