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Date: October 26, 1999
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: ABANDONING THE NORTH 64 FEET OF A UTILITY EASEMENT
DESCRIBED AS THE SOUTH 180 FEET OF THE PREVIOUSLY VACATED
ALLEYWAY ADJACENT TO THE EAST HALF OF LOTS 6, 7 AND 8 IN BLOCK 9 IN
THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF AMES, STORY COUNTY, IOWA
BACKGROUND:
The Ames Daily Tribune Real Estate Corporation has requested that the City abandon a
portion of the utility easement that exists over the vacated alleyway in Block 9, Original
Town of Ames. The City of Ames sold the vacated alleyway to Ames Daily Tribune
Real Estate Corporation in 1989 but retained a utility easement over the vacated
alleyway.
This easement was kept so the City and other utility companies could access electric
lines, telephone lines, and storm sewer lines that are in the vacated alleyway.
When the Ames Daily Tribune building was remodeled and expanded, the new building
encroached into the north 64 feet of this easement.
The owner has requested that the City abandon the north 64 feet of the utility easement
to clear this issue from their title to this property prior to transferring the property to the
new owners.
Staff has determined that there are no utilities located in the north 64 feet of the utility
easement and does not object to abandoning the north 64 feet of this utility easement.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Grant the request and abandon the north 64 feet of the utility easement.
2. Reject the request.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council abandon the north
64' of the utility easement described as the south 180 feet of the previously vacated
alleyway adjacent to the east half of Lots 6, 7, and 8 in Block 9 in the Original Town of
Ames, Story County, Iowa.
COUNCIL ACTION: