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Commission moves city-initiated vacation of alleys, street segments into consent to create Ashfield Park
Summary
The Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission placed a city-initiated request to vacate segments of alley and street right-of-way—intended to be assembled into Ashfield Park—on the consent agenda; no public opposition was raised and the consent agenda later passed.
The Des Moines City Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 7 placed a city-initiated request to vacate segments of alley and street right-of-way for assembly into Ashfield Park on its consent agenda, and the commission approved the consent agenda without individual discussion.
The request covers undeveloped right-of-way along the northeast and south perimeters of Ashfield Park, specific geo-parcel numbers (not read aloud in full), the segment of East Nineteenth Street between Hubbell Avenue and Maple Street, and an alleyway extending southeast from Said Street to Hubbell Avenue. Commission members noted no members of the public asked for the item to be removed from consent.
The item was read into the record by the commission staff at the start of the public hearing portion of the meeting. Because the commission treats these matters as consent when there is no request for separate consideration, the commission did not take additional testimony or debate on the vacation at the Aug. 7 meeting.
Under the commission's procedures stated at the meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission is generally an advisory body and the City Council will hold the public hearing and make the final decision on matters before the commission, except for site plans and subdivisions where the commission's decisions can be final unless appealed.
The vacation request was included with other consent items that the commission approved at the Aug. 7 meeting; no separate vote tally for the individual vacation item was read into the record.
City staff or council materials describing the legal conveyance process, required notices, or next steps for the park assembly were not discussed on the record during the meeting.
