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Date: Dec tuber 16, 2003
COUNCIL ACTION FORM
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO VACATE A STORM SEWER EASEMENT LOCATED IN
SOMERSET SUBDIVISION, FIFTH ADDITION
BACKGROUND:
A Storm Sewer Easement was granted to the City with the Final Plat of Somerset
Subdivision, 5th Addition on Lot 3. The easement was over a storm sewer that drained
from what was originally designated as an alley, across a portion of the lot to the public
storm sewer on Bristol Drive. The alley has since been vacated and the storm sewer
system, along with the corresponding easement, is no longer needed. The portion of
the Storm Sewer Easement that may be vacated is described as follows..
A 20.00 foot wide storm sewer easement over and across a portion of Lot 3 in
Block 1 in Somerset Subdivision Fifth Addition, City of Ames, Story County, Iowa
lying 10.00 feet on either side of the line described as commencing Southwest
Corner of said Lot 3; thence, N 50050'59" E along the southeasterly line of said
Lot 3 a distance of 82.32 feet to the point of beginning; thence, N 38020'28" E a
distance of 39.56 feet; thence, N 20°56'28" W a distance of 75.93 feet; thence, N
48°20'14" E a distance of 134.00 feet; thence, N 72°31'32" E a distance of 55.45
feet to a point on the east line of said Lot 3, said point being 120.61 feet North of
the Southeast Corner of said Lot 3 and to the end of said easement.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Approve request to vacate a storm sewer easement located in Somerset
Subdivision, Fifth Addition, and set the date of hearing for December 23, 2003
2. Retain easement as granted.
MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is the recommendation of the City Manager that the City Council adopt Alternative #1 ,
thereby approving the request to vacate a storm sewer easement in Somerset
Subdivision, Fifth Addition, and setting the date of hearing for December 23, 2003.
COUNCIL ACTION: