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LARAMIE CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING Vacation of Alley Block 130, UP Railway Second Addition December 11, 2012 Public Hearing was called to order by Vice-Mayor Karl McCraken at 6:00 p.m. City Council present: Dave Paulekas, Roger McKinley, Lee Kempert, Joe Vitale, Eric Molvar, Klaus Hanson, Joe Shumway, and Karl McCraken. Absent: Scott Mullner. The City Clerk’s Assistant read the notice: PUBLIC HEARING OF THE LARAMIE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AT 6:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012, IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LARAMIE CITY HALL, 406 IVINSON STREET, LARAMIE, WYOMING, TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR PROTESTS ON PROPOSED ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 1861: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF LARAMIE, WYOMING VACATING THE ENTIRETY OF THE ALLEY LOCATED WITHIN BLOCK 130 OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY’S SECOND ADDITION. Vice-Mayor McCraken asked if there were any public comments. Vicki Henry, 260 N Hodgeman, encouraged the City Council to accept the payment for the vacation of the alley. Pete Gardner, 1307 Lewis St., noted there were several errors in the description of the property such as block # 183 vs. #130; a disparity between the measurements of the alley; was concerned about the contractual obligation of the relocation of the various utilities and the cost should be covered by the University and not the taxpayers, that a quit claim deed would specify the amount of the utility relocation cost and who pays it; the structures on block #130 are already being removed, with one left, what provisions are made for environmental hazards that are related to the remove of the buildings; the alley is paved and next to the University, he wanted to know how the City decides which alleys get paved, while there are alleys throughout the City are unpaved and not well maintained and there seems to be a discrepancy as to how different neighborhoods are treated; what sort of extra City water, sewer, and landfill infrastructures are going to be necessary just for the new Enzi Building, and are the general taxpayers going to bear the cost burdens by increased City services rates at our own homes, how are the burdens on City Services going to be paid for; and that according to Section 1 of the proposed ordinance, that it complies with W.S. §15-4-305, regarding vacation of an alley, that “no vacation may be ordered except upon petition of the majority of the owners owning a majority of the property abutting on the portion proposed to be vacated, and extending 300 feet in either direction from that portion proposed to be vacated,” which would be about a city block and on the north portion of the proposed alley vacation would take you to property owners on Flint Street. Public Hearing was closed at 6:12 p.m. Respectfully submitted Sue Morris-Jones, MMC, City Clerk