Renton council advances ordinance to vacate right of way for regional fire authority

The Renton City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place on second and final reading an ordinance that would vacate an unopened right of way east of 158th Avenue Southeast and south of Northeast 128th Street to accommodate the Renton Regional Fire Authority’s fire station and maintenance building project.

The Transportation Aviation Committee recommended the council concur with staff, including a staff recommendation to set compensation at $0 for the vacation. The committee’s recommendation was read into the record before a motion to concur and to place the ordinance on second and final reading at the next council meeting.

“It’s been moved by Council member Rivera, second by Council member O'Halloran, that the ordinance be placed on second and final reading at the next council meeting,” the clerk announced; the council responded with aye and the motion carried.

The ordinance as introduced identifies King County parcel number 3664500008 and adjacent parcels 3664500330 and 366450007 (as read into the record) and includes standard severability and effective-date language. No vote roll call with individual names was recorded in the transcript; the meeting record indicates six members present and one absent when the motion passed.

What happens next: the ordinance will appear on the next council agenda for second and final reading, at which point council members may adopt, amend or postpone it. The transportation committee’s report and staff recommendation framing compensation at $0 were presented as the basis for the council’s concurrence.