City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a request to vacate a small public utility easement near the hotel project in Aggieville.

The easement, in the 1200 block alley between Moro and Laramie Street, was created to allow telecommunications lines to enter the formerly-planned Midtown building while avoiding the narrow alleyways where utility lines were often damaged.

“Now the new building is going to sit over in this area, and then this is actually going to be part of the parking garage,” public works director Brian Johnson said. “Obviously those utilities don’t want to go through the parking garage to get to the building, so they’re going to come around to 12th Street.”

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Housing projects, street maintenance and cemetery improvements will be discussed at Tuesday’s city commission work session.

In April, the city opened the first round of workforce housing sales tax funding applications and have since received two applications for potential housing projects, both along Moro Street.

The first is from local developers Zach and Michelle Burton, who are seeking a $215,000 grant and a sales tax exemption for a proposed 15-unit townhome project at 1000 and 1004 Moro Street.

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