Easement allocates space for Federal Street Plaza

THE DALLES — The Dalles City Council considered vacating portions of Federal Street between E. First and E. Second streets to create the long-planned Federal Street Plaza, a high-priority project for the city, at its regular meeting on June 9.

Community Development Director Joshua Chandler explained that, under ORS 271.110 and TDMC 11.16, no abutting property owners had objected and the Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency, the private owner of this property, and the city itself would dedicate their portions of the vacated right-of-way to allocate public ownership for the plaza.