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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-252-3/26/2012Prepared by Carol Failor, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703. RESOLUTION NO. 2012-252 RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION WITH PAUL WONDERLY FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS TOTALING $475,000.00 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 622-628 ANSBOROUGH AVENUE IN THE CONSOLIDATED URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA PLAN, IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA. WHEREAS, Paul Wonderly has submitted an application dated March 12, 2012 to the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, requesting to receive tax exemptions on improvements totaling $475,000.00 for property located at 622-628 Ansborough Avenue, more fully described as follows: An undivided 50o interest in the following described real estate: Lots 1 thru 5 inclusive in Block 1 in Nelson Addition to Waterloo, Iowa. AND The South 100 feet of the West 134 feet of the East 174 feet of the North 30 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 89 North, Range 13 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Waterloo, Iowa. AND That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 89 North, Range 13 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, in the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, lying within the following described boundaries: Commencing at a point on the West line of the Railroad Right of Way which is 234 feet West of a point 200 feet South of the South line of Stratford Avenue, said point being also the Northeast Corner of Lot 4 in Block 1 in Nelson Addition to Waterloo, in Black Hawk County, Iowa; thence South along the West line of said Right of Way a distance of 132.59 feet to the Southeast Corner of Lot 3 in Block 1 in Nelson Addition to Waterloo, in Black Hawk County, Iowa; thence East a distance of 42 feet 4 inches; thence North along a line which is parallel with the West line of said Right of Way a distance 132.65 feet to a point which is 200 feet South of the South line of Stratford Avenue; thence West to the point of beginning. AND A parcel of land located in the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 89 North, Range 13 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, more particularly described as follows: From the point where the South line of 60 foot wide Stratford Avenue intersects the East line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 21, run Westerly along the South line of Stratford Avenue, 174 feet to the point of beginning; thence Southerly parallel to the East line of said Southeast Quarter, 432.8 feet, more or less, to a point, said point being 990 feet, more or less, South of the North line of said Southeast Resolution No. 2012-252 Page 2 Quarter and being the Southeast corner of the real estate acquired by the Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Company in 69 LD 474; thence Westerly parallel to the South line of said Southeast Quarter, 60 feet; thence Northerly parallel to the East line of said Southeast Quarter, 100 feet; thence Easterly parallel to the South line of said Southeast Quarter, 42.33 feet; thence Northerly parallel to the East line of said Southeast Quarter, 332.8 feet, more or less, to said South line of Stratford Avenue; thence Easterly along said South line of Stratford Avenue, 17.67 feet to the point of beginning, except the North 200 feet thereof, in the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa; and, WHEREAS, said property is located within the designated Consolidated Urban Revitalization Area in Waterloo, Iowa, as previously established by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and, WHEREAS, the improvement project respecting said property is in conformance with the Consolidated Urban Revitalization Plan as officially adopted by the City Council for the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and WHEREAS, the improvements on said property were made during the time in which such improvements are eligible for the tax exemption as set forth in the Consolidated Urban Revitalization Plan as adopted by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and as set forth in the Urban Revitalization Act as adopted by the Legislature of the State of Iowa and signed by the Governor of the State of Iowa, and WHEREAS, said applicant is requesting the following three- year exemption schedule: For the first year For the second year For the third year 100% 100% 100% NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, that said application is hereby approved and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward said application and a copy of this resolution to the Assessor by March 1, 2013. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th ATTEST: Ca:p Suzy 'cJares, CMC City Clerk f March, 2012. Ernest G. Clark, Mayor