Resolution No. 2022-18 Setting Public Hearing for Ward Ave NE_NE Ewing Road Vacation - Approved 042622Page 1 of 2
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-18
A RESOLUTION of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington,
fixing a date for a public hearing to consider vacating portions of
Ward Avenue NE and NE Ewing Street.
WHEREAS, the City has received a petition to vacate and rededicate portions of Ward
Avenue NE and NE Ewing Street from Varily Isaacs and Tracey Artiss, owners of Property Tax
Lot Nos. 352502-2-022-2004, 4165-004-001-0103 and 4165-004-003-0002, adjacent to the
subject portions of Ward Avenue NE and NE Ewing Steet, pursuant to Chapter 12.34 of the
Bainbridge Island Municipal Code (“BIMC”); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with BIMC 12.34.060, the Director of Public Works has
found that the petition has been signed by more than two-thirds of the owners of the parcels
abutting the portion of the street proposed to be vacated and brings the petition to the City
Council to set a date for a public hearing on the proposed vacation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bainbridge Island City Council passed Resolution No. 2022-14
setting a public hearing date for the subject road vacation for May 24, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City was unable to meet the required public notice deadlines in time for
the May 24, 2022 public hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAINBRIDGE
ISLAND, WASHINGTON, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The petition meets the sufficiency requirements of RCW 35A.01.040.
Section 2. Pursuant to BIMC 12.34.060, the date and time of June 14, 2022, at 6:00
PM, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, is hereby established as the date on which
the Bainbridge Island City Council will hold a public hearing to consider the proposed vacation
and rededication of portions of Ward Avenue NE and NE Ewing Street, portion of, depicted on
the attached drawing (Exhibit A). The hearing will be held as part of the regular City Council
meeting at Bainbridge Island City Hall, in the Council Chambers, located at 280 Madison
Avenue North, Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Section 3. Pursuant to RCW 35.79.020 and BIMC 12.34.080, the City Clerk, or the
Director of Public Works acting under the direction and supervision of the City Clerk, is hereby
directed to give at least 20 days’ notice of the date, time, location, and purpose of the public
hearing by: (a) publishing written notice once in the City’s official newspaper; (b) posting a
placard in a conspicuous place at each end of the street sought to be vacated; (c) mailing written
notice to all petitioners at the addresses on the petition and all owners of property abutting the
street proposed to be vacated, as shown on the records of the Kitsap County Assessor; and (d)
posting written notice in three prominent public places throughout the City.
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PASSED by the City Council this 26th day of April, 2022.
APPROVED by the Mayor this 26th day of April, 2022.
Joe Deets, Mayor
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATE:
Christine Brown, MMC, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: April 22, 2022
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: April 26 2022
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-18
Exhibit A: Map