Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
Committee approves easement to East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation for Middlebury Plaza access
Loading...
Summary
The Akron City Council Planning Committee recommended consent for an ordinance authorizing an easement to the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation to allow access to Middlebury Plaza after a title review found the plaza entrance and sign sit on city-owned land.
The Akron City Council Planning Committee recommended consent for an ordinance authorizing the mayor or the mayor’s designee to grant an easement on city-owned parcels to the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation (EANDC) to allow access to Middlebury Plaza (Dave’s Plaza).
A staff member told the committee that the city owns the land where the plaza entrance and main sign sit and that those features "have been used as their entrance and for their sign for 20 years." The staff member said Middlebury Market LLC, a subsidiary of EANDC, is taking title and refinancing; the bank working on the refinance discovered the entrance and sign were on the wrong parcel and is requiring an easement. The staff member asked the committee to suspend the rules because the title company planned to close on the refinance Thursday.
Committee members moved the item onto the consent agenda and recorded voice approval for a suspension of rules and a favorable recommendation. The transcript does not record the mover or seconder by name; the committee chair recorded the ayes and said "the ayes have it."
