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September 4, 1979
Mr. R. Wayne Richey
Executive Secretary
State Board of Regents
Local
Re: Easements with City of Ames, Iowa
Dear Mr. Richey:
The Executive Council, in meeting held this date, approved the request of the
State Board of Regents to grant to the City of Ames, Iowa, a series of easements
consisting of six permanent street right-of-way easements, two drainage easements
and two temporary easements for railway right-of-way. All ten easements are
needed by the City of Ames in order to complete a project extending 13th Street
from Stange Road to Ontario Street.
On July 3, 1972, the State Executive Council approved an agreement between the
State Board of Regents and the City of Ames for the extension of 13th Street in
the City of Ames from Stange Road to Ontario Street and the widening of 13th
Street to four lanes from Stange Road to Harding Avenue. Under that agreement,
the university agreed (utilizing institutional road funds) to widen 13th Street to
four lanes. That project was carried out in 1974-75 at a construction cost of about
$845,000. The city agreed to design, plan, supervise and construct an extension
of 13th Street between Stange Road and Ontario Road totally at city expense and
to maintain that section thereafter. Further, it was agreed that the project would
be completed with no obligation by way of assessment against university land or
otherwise, except as provided in that agreement or by law.
The City has been stopped up to this time from completing its portion of the project
because of a disagreement with the Chicago and North Western Railroad Company
over a proposed grade crossing. The Iowa Commerce Commission upheld the objection
of the railroad to this grade crossing and required that the city construct a grade
separation instead of a grade crossing.
Mr. R. Wayne Richey
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The City has recently determined that it has the necessary funding to
undertake the project and to construct an underpass structure. The
underpass required additional right-of-way and Iowa State University
proposed to provide this additional right-of-way by easement in order
that the university could retain surface usage of the property contained
In the easements.
EX rUC CIL OF IOWA
W. MAN, Secretary
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