8.1 Vacate Utility Easement Magnolia HillsCITY OF SALINA
REQUEST FOR CITY COMMISSION ACTION DATE TIME
11/26/2012 4:00 P.M.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: FISCAL APPROVAL: AGENDA SECTION
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BY: N/A
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE FINAL APPROVAL: ITEM
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BY: Lieu Ann Elsey BY:
ITEM: Ordinance No. 12-10666
Second reading of Ordinance No. 12-10666 providing for the vacation of the west 70 feet of a 20 feet
east-west utility easement located 520 feet north of Magnolia Road on Lot 1, Block 1 of the Magnolia
Hills Addition.
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance No. 12-10666 was passed on first reading on November 19, 2012. Since that time no
comments have been received.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt on second reading Ordinance No. 12-10666.
(Summary published in The Salina Journal on November ___, 2012.)
(Published on the City of Salina’s website from November __________, 2012.)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 12-10666
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF A TWENTY
FOOT (20’) UTILITY EASEMENT LOCATED ON LOT ONE (1), BLOCK ONE (1) IN THE
MAGNOLIA HILLS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SALINA, SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. Petition and Public Hearing. That on November 19, 2012 the governing body
conducted a public hearing (“Public Hearing”) on the petition filed by Eric Lund on behalf of First
Covenant Church ("Petitioner") requesting vacation of the west seventy feet (70’) of the following
described utility easement:
A tract of land in Lot One (1), Block One (1), Magnolia Hills Addition to the City of Salina,
Saline County, Kansas, and described as follows:
Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Lot One (1); thence Easterly along the South
line of said Lot One (1), on a platted bearing of N 89° 26’ 39” E, a distance of five hundred
thirty five feet (535’) to a point on the West line of a twenty foot (20’) wide platted Utility
Easement; thence N 00° 00’ 00” E along said West line, a distance of five hundred twenty
feet (520’) to the point of beginning; thence continuing N 00° 00’ 00” E, along said West
line, a distance of twenty feet (20’); thence N 90° 00’ 00” W, a distance of eighty feet (80’);
thence S 00° 00’ 00” E, a distance of twenty feet (20’); thence S 90° 00’ 00” E, a distance of
eighty feet (80’) to the Point of Beginning.
The requested utility easement vacation will allow construction of a covered drop off canopy on
the east side of the church’s Family Life Center addition.
Section 2. Findings and Conclusions. That the governing body determines from the evidence
presented:
(A) Due and legal notice has been given by publication as required by law.
(B) The public will suffer no loss or inconvenience by the vacation of the utility easement
location because the easement formerly contained a public water main and fire hydrant and the
fire hydrant has been relocated and the water main is no longer in use. No other public or
franchise utilities are located in the twenty foot (20’) easement.
(C) No private rights will be injured or endangered because the relocated fire hydrant provides
adequate protection to the church’s building addition.
(D) That in justice to the Petitioner vacation of the utility easement should be granted because
the continued presence of a public utility easement no longer serves a public purpose due to the
relocation of the fire hydrant.
(E) The public interest is promoted by the vacation of the public utility easement because it
would allow the petitioner to construct a weather protected drop off area for members of and
visitors to the church building.
Section 3. Order of Vacation. That the twenty foot (20’) east-west utility easement located
five hundred twenty feet (520’) north of Magnolia Road on Lot One (1), Block One (1) in the
Magnolia Hills Addition to the City of Salina, Kansas is ordered vacated.
Section 4. Recording. That for the purpose of recording this ordinance with the office of the
Saline County Register of Deeds, this vacation of utility easement relates to the tract of real property
described as Lot One (1), Block One (1) in the Magnolia Hills Addition to the City of Salina, Saline
County, Kansas.
Section 4. Summary of ordinance for publication. This ordinance shall be published by the
following summary:
Ordinance No. 12-10666 Summary
On November 26, 2012, the City of Salina, Kansas, passed Ordinance No. 12-10666. The ordinance
vacates a portion of a twenty foot (20’) public utility easement on Lot 1, Block 1 of the Magnolia Hills
Addition (First Covenant Church) which no longer contains any public utilities. A complete copy of the
ordinance is available at www.salina-ks.gov or in the office of the city clerk, 300 W. Ash Street, free of
charge. This summary is certified by the city attorney.
Section 5. Effective Date. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: November 19, 2012
Passed: November 26, 2012
Norman M. Jennings, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, City Clerk