HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-578-08.03.2020Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-578
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND
CONVEYANCE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY, LOCATED
ADJACENT TO 900 COMMERCIAL STREET, WITH AN
UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST TO MARK A. HUGHES,
AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE MAXINE C. HUGHES
REVOCABLE TRUST U/A, AND AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF
INTEREST TO MARK A. HUGHES, AS SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE OF THE MAXWELL V. HUGHES RESIDUARY
TRUST, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE SAID DOCUMENT, AND
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 1986-646 IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo, Iowa is the owner of real property located adjacent to
900 Commercial Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, as described below, and
WHEREAS, in November of 1986 the City vacated the entire public alley in Original Plat
of Waterloo West, Block 38, authorizing three portions to be conveyed to Max H. Hughes
($480.00), Kathryn E. Brink ($60.00) and the First Church of the Open Bible ($60.00), and
WHEREAS, said property owners paid for their respectable parcels but they were never
conveyed to them by deed, and
WHEREAS, Kathryn Brink and the First Church of the Open Bible have sold their land
and the entire block is owned by Maxwell V. Hughes Trust, and
WHEREAS, the successor to the trust, Maxine C. Hughes, has now passed away and their
attorney has requested the alley is deeded to the new successor, Mark A. Hughes.
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on August 3, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. in the Harold E.
Getty Council Chambers, City Hall, Waterloo, Iowa, as provided by law, by the Council of the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the proposal to convey premises owned by the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, located adjacent to 900 Commercial Street, with an undivided one-half interest to Mark A.
Hughes, as Successor Trustee of the Maxine C. Hughes Revocable Trust U/A, and an undivided
one-half interest to Mark A. Hughes, as Successor Trustee of the Maxwell V. Hughes Residuary
Trust, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Council that the conveyance should be made as
proposed.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WATERLOO, IOWA, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The real property located adjacent to 900 Commercial Street, in the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, as fully described in the published notice in the Waterloo Courier on July 24, 2020, is not
presently needed, and will not be needed in the foreseeable future for municipal purposes, and its
ownership is serving no municipal purpose.
2. That the property located adjacent to 900 Commercial street, that was vacated and sold
on November 17, 1986, to Max H. Hughes ($480.00), Kathryn E. Brink ($60.00) and the First
Church of the Open Bible ($60.00), located northeast of 940 West 7th Street, in the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, and legally described as follows:
Resolution 2020-578
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THE EAST -WEST ALLEY IN BLOCK 38, ORIGINAL PLAT OF WATERLOO
WEST, IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA.
3. That Kathryn Brink and the First Church of the Open Bible have sold their land and
the entire block is owned by Maxwell V. Hughes Trust.
4. That the City of Waterloo, Iowa conveys said parcel of real property with an undivided
one-half interest to Mark A. Hughes, as Successor Trustee of the Maxine C. Hughes Revocable
Trust U/A, and an undivided one-half interest to Mark A. Hughes, as Successor Trustee of the
Maxwell V. Hughes Residuary Trust, by quit claim deed.
5. That the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute said deed.
6. That the original of said quit claim deed fully executed and acknowledged, is hereby
approved and confirmed by this Council.
7. That the Community Planning and Development Director is authorized and directed to
deliver said deed of conveyance to Mark A. Hughes.
8. That Resolution No. 1986-646 be rescinded in its entirety.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of August 2020.
ATTEST:
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SIGNEN
Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
CERTIFICATE
O.&tehtivi. Hart
Quentin Hart, Mayor
I, Kelley Felchle City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that the
preceding is a true and complete copy of Resolution No. 2020-578 as passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 3rd day of August 2020.
SEAL
Witness my hand and seal of office this 3rd day of August 2020.
Kelley Felchle
City Clerk