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TO: Mayor Campbell and Members of the City Council
FROM: Doug Marek, City Attorney
DATE: March 5,2009
SUBJECT: Ordinance Vacating&Closing a Portion of Right-of-Way
At the regular meeting February 23,the City Council held public hearings on the vacation and sale
of a ten-foot strip of right-of-way adjacent to Friedrich's Commercial Subdivision on East Lincoln
Way. As you will recall,there were discrepancies between the records of the Iowa Department of
Transportation and the City of Ames as to whether the width of the right-of-way at that location was
forty or fifty feet. Following the public hearings the Council authorized the vacation and sale of the
ten-foot strip to R. Friedrich and Sons,the owners of the adjacent lots.
Friedrich has now submitted the final plat for Friedrich's Commercial Subdivision,Second Addition,
for approval by the Council. That matter is tentatively scheduled for the next regular meeting,March
23`d. Prior to consideration of the final plat, however, it is appropriate to finalize the vacation of
right-of-way by ordinance.
In order to keep the approval of the final plat on schedule, the developer has requested that the
Council approve the ordinance on first reading at the workshop March 9, and that the rules be
suspended and the ordinance passed on final adoption so that it can be published prior to the March
23 regular Council meeting.
I have attached a copy of the proposed ordinance for your information. Please contact me if you
have any questions.