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Prepared by:Judy K.Parks,City of Ames Legal Department,515 Clark Avenue Ames Iowa 50010(Phone: 515-239-5146)
Return to Ames City Clerk,P.O.Box 811,Ames,Iowa 50010
RESOLUTION NO. 11-252
RESOLUTION APPROVING VACATION OF SIDEWALK EASEMENT ON
PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 500 BLOCK OF KELLOGG AVENUE SOUTH
OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN BLOCK 8 OF THE
ORIGINAL TOWN OF AMES, IOWA.
BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa.
Section One. That on the 12'of May, 2011,the City Council previously approved Resolution 1I-
231,proposing the vacation of a sidewalk easement granted to the City of Ames, Iowa,located in
the 500 block of Kellogg Avenue in Block 8 of the Original Town of Ames, and setting a public
hearing and authorizing the publication of notice.
Section Two. That on this date, the 24t'day of May, 2011, a hearing was held to receive public
comment and to consider the proposal to vacate the easement across the real estate legally
described as follows:
The North eight(8) feet of the South Fifty(50) feet of Lot Six(6), Block Eight(8),
Original Town of Ames, in the City of Ames, Story County,Iowa;
Said variation occurring in connection with a sale of the south fifty feet of Lot 8,Block 8,
Original Town of Ames, to the First United Methodist Church for and in consideration of
payment to the City of Ames of the sum of seventy thousand, three hundred and forty five
dollars and eighty cents and by deeding to the City of Ames of Lot 6 and part of Lot 7, Block 8,
Original Town of Ames, in the City of Ames, Story County, Iowa as well as granting to the City
of certain access easements to the City across portions of said property.
Section Three. The City Council now finds that said easement is not necessary for City purposes
and and it therefore authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute and record on behalf of the
City of Ames, Iowa, a resolution vacating the easement as described in Section Two.
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Section Four. The City Council authorizes the City Clerk to record the vacation as provided in
Section Two.
Passed this 24" day of May, 2011.
• -_-___. _ Attest:
Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Diane R. Voss, City Clerk