Council sets February hearing on town-center right-of-way vacation and approves contract to complete Town Center plan work

The Sammamish City Council voted to set a public hearing on Feb. 4, 2025, to consider vacating a portion of public right of way at the southeast corner of Southeast Fourth Street and 225th Place Southeast, and later approved a contract to complete Town Center plan and code amendment work with the consultant Framework.

The right-of-way petition covers a narrow strip the city described as roughly 30 feet by about 220–230 feet adjacent to existing improvements on Southeast Fourth Street. Public works staff said the petition was submitted in November, certified as sufficient, and that the vacation is a condition arising from a 2021 hearing examiner decision and its remand. Under that decision staff told council the city is not entitled to appraisal-based compensation for the strip because the vacation was imposed as a condition of the hearing examiner’s ruling. Public Works staff identified RCW 35.79 (state law governing city right-of-way vacations) and the city’s public works…