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DATE: 000-23-24
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COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY FROM 2520 AIRPORT DRIVE AND
3300 S. RIVERSIDE DRIVE
BACKGROUND:
The City is in the process of selling property at 3100 S. Riverside Drive to Sigler
Companies. This property is located at Ames Municipal Airport. To prepare the land for
sale to Sigler. the acquisition parcel needs to be a legally platted lot with access from a
public ROW. Therefore, South Riverside Drive and the access road to the Sigler
acquisition parcel need to be dedicated as right-of-way (ROW).
These road ROW areas are currently part of the larger Airport parcel, with the property
line extending to the centerline of S. Riverside Drive. All the adjacent property is owned
by the City of Ames. The width of the ROW on S. Riverside Drive is 80 feet, half of which
is the 40-foot ROW to be dedicated with this action. The remaining 40 feet is existing
ROW along ISU Research Park's frontage. The access road to the Sigler building will be
66-foot ROW and will be named Aviation Way. Sigler was consulted regarding the name
and it will be compatible with any future land use and platting on the Airport property.
Dedication of ROW will be the first step in the process of selling the property to
Sigler. After the ROW dedication, there will be a platting process that creates the
acquisition parcel. Once the parcel is created, it will revert to its base zoning of
Government-Airport. Staff will then present City Council with a draft agreement for
sale and rezoning the newly created parcel to General Industrial zoning.
ALTERNATIVES:
1 . a) Approve the dedication of right-of-way from 2520 Airport Drive and 3300 South
Riverside Drive as shown in the attached Exhibit A.
b) Direct the City Attorney to draft an Ordinance that names the access road 'Aviation
Way" as shown in Exhibit A.
2. Maintain existing conditions.
CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Dedication of this ROW area will allow the sale of Airport property to Sigler to move
forward. It will also establish the existing roadway uses within standard ROW rather than
roadway easements. Therefore, it is the recommendation of the City Manager that
the City Council adopt Alternative No. 1, as noted above.
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