HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-691-10.18.2021Prepared by LeAnn M. Even, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo, 715 Mulberry Street,
Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-691
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALE AND CONVEYANCE
OF CITY OWNED VACATED RIGHT-OF-WAY NEAR EAST
HIGH SCHOOL AT 214 HIGH STREET TO THE WATERLOO
COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR $1.00, WITH THE
RETENTION OF EASEMENTS OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREAS TO BE CONVEYED, AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID DOCUMENTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo, Iowa is the legal owner of vacated City owned right-
of-way, located at 214 High Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and legally described as
follows:
1. ALL OF PIERCE STREET IN AUDITOR RAINBOW'S PLAT OF
CASCADEN PLACE, EXCEPT THAT PART DEEDED TO THE CHICAGO,
CENTRAL, AND PACIFIC RAILROAD.
2. ALL OF CASCADEN AVENUE IN AUDITOR RAINBOW'S PLAT OF
CASCADEN PLACE
3. A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN THE
NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE
SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR (24), TOWNSHIP
EIGHTY-NINE (89) NORTH, RANGE THIRTEEN (13) WEST OF THE OF
THE FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS, TO -WIT:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST
QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST
QUARTER OF SAID SECTION TWENTY-FOUR (24) FIFTY NINE AND
ONE-HALF (59 1/2) FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
THEREOF, AND EXTENDING THENCE NORTH FORTY ONE AND ONE-
HALF (41 1/2) FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY PARALLEL TO THE
CENTER LINE OF THE MAIN TRACK OF THE DUBUQUE AND SIOUX
CITY RAILROAD TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER
OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
SAID SECTION TWENTY-FOUR (24); THENCE WEST A DISTANCE OF
SEVENTY (70) FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
LOT EIGHT (8), IN BLOCK SEVENTY-FOUR (74) OF COOLEY'S
ADDITION TO WATERLOO; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY IN A
STRAIGHT LINE TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING ONE -
TENTH (1/10) OF AN ACRE, MORE OR LESS.
4. THAT PORTION OF FREMONT STREET DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 12, BLOCK 3,
AUDITOR RAINBOW'S PLAT OF CASCADEN PLACE; THENCE SOUTH
ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 12 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THAT
PORTION OF FREMONT STREET PREVIOUSLY VACATED AND LAST
DESCRIBED IN DEEDS BOOK 492, PAGE 636 TO ITS INTERSECTION
WITH THE EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF BLOCK 3,
AUDITOR RAINBOW'S PLAT OF CASCADEN PLACE (SAID SOUTH LINE
OF BLOCK 3 ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF PINE STREET AS
PLATTED); THENCE EAST ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE
EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 3 TO
THE WEST LINE OF BLOCK 74, COOLEY'S ADDITION; THENCE NORTH
ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK 74 TO THE SOUTH LINE OF
LOT 1, BLOCK 4 OF AUDITOR RAINBOW'S PLAT OF CASCADEN PLACE;
THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 TO THE
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SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE
WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 1 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT
1; THENCE WEST TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED ABOVE BEING THE SAME PROPERTY
DESCRIBED IN CITY OF WATERLOO ORDINANCE NO. 2618 AND FILED
IN MISCELLANEOUS BOOK 202 AT PAGE 280, IN THE BLACK HAWK
COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE.
5. ALL THAT PART OF PINE STREET, BEING 70 FEET WIDE, AS
PLATTED IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK
COUNTY, IOWA, BETWEEN THE EAST LINE OF EAST FOURTH STREET
AND THE WEST LINE OF FREMONT STREET, SUBJECT TO THE
RETENTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES OVER ALL.
6. ALL OF THE ALLEY, BEING 20 FEET WIDE, AS PLATTED IN BLOCK
73 IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK
COUNTY, IOWA.
7. ALL THAT PART OF FREMONT STREET, BEING 70 FEET WIDE,
PLATTED AS FIFTH STREET IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO
WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA, BETWEEN THE NORTH
LINE OF LIME STREET AND THE NORTH LINE OF PINE STREET,
SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES OVER
ALL EXCEPT THE EASTERLY 6 FEET IN EVEN WIDTH.
8. ALL OF THE ALLEY IN BLOCK SEVENTY-FOUR (74) COOLEY
ADDITION.
9. ALL THAT PART OF HIGH STREET LYING NORTH OF LIME STREET
IN COOLEY ADDITION.
10. ALL THAT PART OF LOT NO. 8, BLOCK 75 IN COOLEY'S
ADDITION IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY,
IOWA, LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST
CORNER TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 75.
11. THE SOUTHERLY 90 FEET OF THE ALLEY, BEING 20 FEET WIDE,
AS PLATTED IN BLOCK 78 IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO WATERLOO,
BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA, SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION OF AN
EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES OVER ALL.
12. ALL THAT PART OF FREMONT STREET, BEING 70' WIDE,
PLATTED AS FIFTH STREET IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO
WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA, BETWEEN THE NORTH
LINE OF VINE STREET AND THE SOUTH LINE OF LIME STREET,
SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES OVER
ALL.
13. ALL OF THE ALLEY, BEING 20 FEET WIDE, AS PLATTED IN
BLOCK 77 IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK
COUNTY, IOWA, SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR
UTILITIES OVER ALL.
14. ALL THAT PART OF VINE STREET, BEING 70 FEET WIDE, AS
PLATTED IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK
COUNTY, IOWA, BETWEEN THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF WALNUT
STREET AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF FREMONT STREET, SUBJECT
TO THE RETENTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES AND FOR THE
FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC RECREATIONAL TRAIL OVER
ALL.
15. THE NORTHERLY 60 FEET OF THE ALLEY, BEING 20 FEET WIDE,
AS PLATTED IN BLOCK 81 IN THE COOLEY ADDITION TO WATERLOO,
BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA, SUBJECT TO THE RETENTION OF AN
EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES OVER ALL.
16. THAT PORTION OF SOUTH BARCLAY STREET LYING NORTH OF
VINE STREET AND SOUTH OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
(NOW CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD) PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO
THE RETENTION OF AN EASEMENT FOR UTILITIES OVER ALL.
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and,
WHEREAS, an offer to purchase said parcel of real property, in the amount of $1.00, has
been made by the Waterloo Community School District, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on October 18, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., as provided by
law, by the Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the proposal to sell and convey said
premises owned by the City of Waterloo, Iowa, to the Waterloo Community School District, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Council that the sale and 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 vacated City owned right-of-way, located at 214 High Street, in the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, as fully described in the published notice in the Waterloo Courier October 8,
2021, 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 offer of the Waterloo Community School District, to purchase the property
located at 214 High Street, in the City of Waterloo, Iowa, for the sum of $1.00, is hereby
accepted, for the real property legally described above.
3. That the City of Waterloo, Iowa conveys said parcel of real property to the Waterloo
Community School District, by quit claim deed, with the retention of easements over portions of
the areas to be conveyed.
4. That the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute said deed.
5. That the original of said quit claim deed, fully executed and acknowledged, is hereby
approved and confirmed by this Council.
6. That the Community Planning and Development Director is authorized and directed to
deliver said deed of conveyance to the Waterloo Community School District, upon receipt of the
sum of $1.00.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of October 2021.
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Quentin Hart, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
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CERTIFICATE
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. 2021-691 as passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 18th day of October 2021.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 18th day of October 2021.
Kelley Felchle, City Clerk
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