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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 5, 2023 Page 2 process is. She noted a comment was received from a resident that wanted her comment put in public record. The resident is Ms. Amy Kay Kerber, 990 Lydia Drive who opposes vacating the trail rights at vacation area D. Mayor Roe reviewed public hearing protocol and opened the public hearing at approximately 6:19 p.m. Public Comment Mr. Paul Westermeyer, 1240 West Belmont Mr. Westermeyer explained he was in favor of the resolution but was perplexed why this was not done a long time ago. Ms. Anita Baron, 1755 Dellwood Ms. Baron indicated there are two of the properties close to her, across the street and one property away. She wondered how one finds out who the actual owners would be of those two properties. She also asked what services are currently given to those two properties that will be changed with this measure. Mr. George Schwartzbauer, 1797 County Road C2 West Mr. Schwartzbauer wondered in doing this, is there any underlying reason and is there some type of use the City is looking at for these properties. He wondered if there is any intent for the City to use that property for anything right now. With no one else appearing to speak, Mayor Roe closed the public hearing at approximately 6:23 p.m. Council Discussion Mayor Roe explained the reason this took so long is because the wheels of government move slowly, and there has been a focus on higher-priority matters up to this point. He reviewed the history and explained the City has the obligation by law not to hold onto the right to build streets on what otherwise would be private property,where no streets are needed,and the opportunity to clean up some of these lingering rights-of-way and will have more opportunities in the coming months to do more. As to who owns the adjacent properties, it can vary all over the map but specific to vacation "Y", there is a property on Roma Avenue to the north that would own a portion of it and the Rose Vista Apartment complex to the southeast that may receive some portion of it. Potentially, depending on how the formula works at the County, the City property that is the storm water facility to the south might receive a small portion of it. Mayor Roe explained that generally speaking, it is divided equitably between the various adjacent properties. He indicated not much will change for the adjacent properties other than a little more responsibility for the newly acquired land with landscaping and lawn mowing. This also increases the assets of the property of the adjacent owners who receive the vacated portions.