Cheney Free Press -

CHENEY – Council voted unanimously to approve Ordinance Y-39 at their regular meeting on Feb. 14. This ordinance approves the vacation of an alleyway located between two properties in the Reservoir addition of the city.

Y-39 proceeds from the application of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Charley Hough, to vacate the alleyway for the purposes of building a new medical facility.

The alleyway which separates the two properties is owned and maintained by the city, and “vacation” in this case means that the city would cede ownership of the alleyway, under certain conditions, to the private...