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Black Hawk County Iowa
JUDITH A MCCARTHY RECORDER
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This Resolution prepared by Carol Failor, Deputy City Clerk, 715
Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-1138
RESOLUTION DETERMINING AN AREA OF THE CITY
TO BE A REVITALIZATION AREA, AND THAT THE
REHABILITATION, CONSERVATION, REDEVELOPMENT,
DEVELOPMENT, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF, OF
SUCH AREA IS NECESSARY IN THE INTEREST OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE OF THE
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo, Iowa desires to create a
city-wide urban revitalization area, with specified exceptions,
known as the City Limits Urban Revitalization Area, in
accordance with Iowa Code Chapter 404, with said area being
legally described as follows:
All areas within the corporate limits of the City of
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, excluding the
following described real estate:
Beginning at a Point on the East line of Section 31
Township 89 Range 12 where the East line of said
Section 31 intersects the Northeasterly line of the
Cedar River; thence South along the East line of said
Section 31 to its intersection with the Southwesterly
line of the Cedar River; thence Southeasterly,
Southerly, and Southwesterly following said
Southwesterly line of the Cedar River to its
intersection with the South line of Section 31
Township 89 Range 12; thence West along the South line
of said Section 31 to the Southwest corner of said
Section 31; thence West along the South line of
Section 36 Township 89 Range 13 to the point of
intersection with the East line of Lot 32 Garden
Addition extended Southerly; thence North along the
Southerly extension of the East line of Lot 32 Garden
Addition, the East line of Lot 32 Garden Addition, and
the extension Northerly of the East line of Lot 32
Garden Addition to the point of intersection with the
centerline of Plymouth Avenue; thence West along the
centerline of Plymouth Avenue to the centerline of
Wisconsin Street; thence North along the centerline of
Wisconsin Street to the centerline of Lorraine Avenue;
thence West along the centerline of Lorraine Avenue to
the centerline of Wisconsin Street; thence North along
the centerline of Wisconsin Street to the south line
of Hawthorne Avenue; thence West along the South line
of Hawthorne Avenue to the Easterly line of Kimball
Avenue; thence North along the East line of Kimball
Avenue to the North line of Reber Avenue; thence West
along the North line of Reber Avenue and its extension
Westerly to the Northwesterly line of the Sergeant
Road Bike Trail (formerly the Chicago & Northwestern
Transit Co.); thence Northeasterly along the last
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described line to the Westerly line of Fletcher
Avenue; thence North along the West line of Fletcher
Avenue to the South line of Black Hawk Road; thence
Southwesterly and Westerly along the South line of
Black Hawk Road to its intersection with the
centerline of Ansborough Avenue, said centerline also
being the East line of Section 28 Township 89 Range
13; thence North along the East line of said Section
28 to its intersection with the Easterly extension of
the North line of Lot 19 Block 32 Downing Place; thence
West along said Easterly extension of the North line of
Lot 19 Block 32, and the North line of Lot 19 Block 32
said addition, and the Westerly extension of said line
to the intersection with the East line of Lot 9 Kearns
Addition; thence North along the East line of Lot 9 said
addition to the Northeast corner of said Lot 9; thence
Westerly and Northwesterly along the platted Northerly
lines and arcs of Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of
Kearns Addition to the Northwest corner of Lot 15 said
addition; thence Northwesterly in a straight line to the
Northeast corner of Lot 26 Kearns Addition; thence
Northwesterly following the Northerly lines (arcs) of
Lots 26 and 27 Kearns Addition to the Northwest corner
of Lot 27 said addition; thence Northwesterly in a
straight line to the Northeast corner of Lot 41 said
addition; thence Southwesterly following the Easterly
lines (arcs) of Lots 41, 40, and 39 Kearns Addition to
the Southeasterly corner of Lot 39 said addition; thence
Westerly along the Southerly line of said Lot 39 to the
Southwest corner of said lot; thence Northeasterly along
the Easterly lines of Lots 56 & 55 said addition to the
most Easterly corner of Lot 55 said addition; thence
Northwesterly along the North lines (arcs) of Lots 55,
54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48, and 47 said addition, and
the extension Northwesterly of the Northeasterly line
(arc) of said Lot 47 to its intersection with the
centerline of Sager Avenue; thence Westerly along the
centerline of Sager Avenue to the centerline of Linbud
Lane; thence North along the centerline of Linbud Lane
to the centerline of Alabar Avenue; thence Northwesterly
along the centerline of Alabar Avenue to the centerline
of Littlefield Road; thence Southerly along the
centerline of Littlefield Road to the centerline of
Flower Street; thence Northwesterly along the centerline
of Flower Street, to the centerline of Sheerer Avenue;
thence Northerly along the centerline of Sheerer Avenue
to the centerline of Flower Street; thence West along
the centerline of Flower Street to the point of
intersection with the Northerly extension of the West
line of Lot 1 Alabar Hills Second Addition; thence South
on said extension of the West line of Lot 1 said
addition, and the West line of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 said addition to the Southwest
corner of Lot 13 Alabar Hills Second Addition; thence
South on a continuation of the last described course to
the centerline of Sager Avenue; thence Westerly along
the centerline of Sager Avenue as originally platted to
its intersection with the South line of Section 21
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Township 89 Range 13; thence West along the South line
of said Section 21 to the Southwest corner of said
Section 21; thence West along the South line of Section
20 Township 89 Range 13 to its intersection with the
centerline of Progress Avenue; thence North along the
centerline of Progress Avenue to the point of
intersection with the centerline of Crossway Drive;
thence Westerly along the centerline of Crossway Drive,
and an extension thereof, to the Westerly line of Midway
Drive, (said point of intersection also currently a
point on the Westerly Corporate Limits of the City of
Waterloo); thence North following the current Westerly
corporate limits of the City of Waterloo to a point on
the centerline of Midway Drive where the North line of
Lot W-3 Cedarloo Park, if extended Westerly, would
intersect said centerline; thence East along said
extension of the North line of said Lot W-3, and the
North line of said Lot W-3, to the West line of Lot 21
Acorn Addition; thence South along the West line of Lot
21 Acorn Addition to the Southwest corner of said lot;
thence Easterly along the South line of Acorn Addition
to the Southeast corner of Lot 1 said addition; thence
continuing along an extension of the last described
course to its intersection with the centerline of
Progress Avenue; thence South along the centerline of
Progress Avenue to the point where the South line of Lot
W-116 Cedarloo Park, if extended Westerly, would
intersect said line; thence Easterly along the extension
of the South line of Lot W-116 said addition, and the
South line of Lot W-116 said addition to the Southeast
corner of Lot W-116 said addition; thence South along
the East line of Lot W-115 Cedarloo Park to the South
line of Tract D of Pine Meadows Addition; thence East
along said South line to the West line of Forest Hill
Subdivision; thence South along the West line of Lots
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 said addition to the
Southwest corner of Lot 17 said addition; thence
Southeast along the Southerly line of Lot 17, and the
extension thereof, to its intersection with the
centerline of S. Hackett Road; thence North along the
centerline of S. Hackett Road to the centerline of
Maynard Avenue; thence East along the centerline of
Maynard Avenue to its intersection with the extension
Northerly of the West line of Paul's Replat of a Part of
Lawless Addition; thence South along the Northerly
extension of the West line of Paul's Replat of a Part of
Lawless Addition, and along the West line of said
addition to the North line of Tract A said addition;
thence East along said North line to its intersection
with the West line of H. Ray Hughes Addition; thence
South along the West line of said addition to the
centerline of Coachman Drive (said centerline also being
a point on the West line of Tract B said addition);
thence East along the centerline of Coachman Drive (296
feet more or less) to its intersection with the
centerline of Carriage Hill Drive; thence South and
Southeasterly along the centerline of Carriage Hill
Drive to the centerline of Stephan Avenue; thence South
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along the centerline of Stephan Avenue to the point
where it would intersect the Westerly extension of the
North line of Lot 45 Hansen Noble Addition; thence East
along said Westerly extension of the North line of said
Lot 45, and the North line of Lot 45 said addition to
the Northwest corner of Lot 24 Hansen Noble Addition;
thence South along the West line of Lots 24 and 23 said
addition to the South line of Lot 23 said addition;
thence East along the South line of Lot 23 said addition
to the West line of Hanna Boulevard; thence Easterly in
a straight line to a point on the East line of Hanna
Boulevard that is 5.2 feet normally distant Southerly
from the North line of Lot 1 said addition; thence
Easterly along a line that is 5.2 feet normally distant
Southerly of the North line of Lot 1 said addition to
the East line of said Lot 1 Hansen Noble Addition;
thence North along the East line of Lots 1 & 2 said
addition to the North line of Lot 16 Block 4 Kreb's
Addition; thence East along the North line of said Lot
16 to the Northeast corner of said lot; thence East
along a continuation of the last described course to the
centerline of Hickory Street; thence North along the
centerline of Hickory Street to the point of
intersection with the extension Westerly of the South
line of Lot 14 Block 5 Kreb's Addition; thence East
along the extension Westerly of the South line of Lot 14
Block 5 Kreb's Addition, and the South line of Lot 14
Block 5 Kreb's Addition, and the South line of Lot 33
Block 5 said addition to the West line of Maxwell
Street; thence Easterly in a straight line to the
Southwest corner of Lot 10 Block 6 Kreb's Addition;
thence East along the South line of said Lot 10 Block 6
said addition to the Southeast corner of said lot;
thence North along the East line of Lots 10, 9, 8, 7, 6,
5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 Block 6 of Kreb's Addition to the
Northeast corner of Lot 1 Block 6 said addition; thence
West along the North line of said Lot 1 to the Northwest
corner of said Lot 1; thence continuing West along an
extension of the last described course to the centerline
of Maxwell Street; thence North along the centerline of
Maxwell Street to the point of intersection of the
Westerly extension of the South line of Lot 9 Block 3
Nelson Addition; thence East along said Westerly
extension of the South line of Lot 9 Block 3, and the
South line of Lots 9 and 10 Block 3 said addition,
vacated Brender Street, and Lots 9 and 10 Block 2 said
addition to the Southeast corner of Lot 10 Block 2 said
addition; thence East on a continuation of the last
described course to the centerline of Aladdin Street;
thence Northerly along the centerline of Aladdin Street
to the point of intersection with the centerline of
Upton Avenue; thence West along the centerline of Upton
Avenue to the intersection with the centerline of
Galloway Court; thence North along the centerline of
Galloway Court to the intersection with the centerline
of Maynard Avenue (said point also being the point of
intersection of the centerlines of Maynard Avenue and
Joy Drive); thence Northerly and Northwesterly along the
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centerline of Joy Drive to the point of intersection
with the extension Southerly of the East line of Lot 7
Block 1 of Clyde Miller Heights; thence North along the
Southerly extension of the East line of Lot 7 Block 1
said addition and the East line of Lot 7 Block 1 said
addition to the Northeast corner of said lot; thence
Northeasterly along the Southeasterly line of Lot 3
Auditor's Whitney Road Plat to a point that is 89.2 feet
Northeasterly of the Southwesterly line of Lot 3 said
addition; thence Northwesterly along a line that is 89.2
feet Northeasterly of and parallel to the Southwesterly
line of said Lot 3 to its intersection with the most
Westerly line of said lot, said point also being a point
on the most Easterly line of Lot 2 Block 1 of Clyde
Miller Heights; thence Northeasterly along the most
Easterly line of said Lot 2 to the Northeast corner of
said lot; thence Northwesterly along the most Northerly
line said Lot 2 to the Northwest corner of said lot,
also being a point on the East line of Hanna Boulevard;
thence North along the West line of Lot 1 Blockl Clyde
Miller Heights, and an extension thereof to the North
line of Rainbow Drive; thence Northwesterly along the
Northerly line of Rainbow Drive to the Southeast corner
of Lot 10 of Auditor's Whitney Road Plat; thence North
to the Northeast corner of said Lot 10; thence
Northwesterly along the Northerly line (curve) of Lots
10 and 11 of said addition to the point of intersection
with the extension Southerly of the West line of Lot 12
Auditor's Whitney Road Plat; thence North along the
Southerly extension of the West line of Lot 12 Auditor's
Whitney Road Plat, and the West line of Lot 12 Auditor's
Whitney Road Plat to the Northwest corner of said Lot
12; thence East and Southeasterly following the
Northerly line of said Lot 12 to the Northwest corner of
Lot 4 Sherwood Park; thence Southeasterly along the
Northerly line of Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1 of Sherwood Park
to the Northeast corner of said Lot 1 Sherwood Park;
thence North in a straight line to the Southeast corner
of Lot 5 Sherwood Park; thence Easterly in a straight
line to the Southwest corner of Lot 25 California
Subdivision; thence Southeasterly following the South
line of Lots 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45 said addition
to the Southeast corner of Lot 45 said addition; thence
Southeasterly in a straight line to the most Westerly
corner of Lot 1 Massey Pullman Diner Plat; thence
Southeasterly to the Southeast corner of Lot 2 Massey
Pullman Diner Plat; thence Southeasterly on an extension
of the last described course to its intersection with
the centerline of Relocated Ansborough Avenue; thence
Northeasterly and Easterly along the centerline of
Relocated Ansborough Avenue to the Centerline of
Relocated West Conger Street; thence Northeasterly
along said Centerline of Relocated West Conger Street
across the Cedar River Bypass to the Southwesterly
line of the main channel of the Cedar River; thence
Northeasterly to the intersection of the centerline of
Relocated Conger Street and the Northeasterly line of
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the main channel of the Cedar River; thence Northerly
along said Northeasterly line of the Cedar River to
the point where the centerline of West Parker Street,
if extended Westerly, would intersect said
Northeasterly line; thence Easterly along said
extension of West Parker Street and the Centerline of
West Parker Street to the centerline of Cedar Bend
Street; thence following the centerline of Cedar Bend
Street, as now established, Northwesterly and
Northerly to the centerline of W. Donald Street, said
point also being a point on the South line of Section
10 Township 89 Range 13; thence West along the South
line of said Section to the Southwest corner of said
Section; thence North along the West line said Section
to the North line of the South one-half of said
Section; thence East along said North line of the
South one-half of Section 10 Township 89 Range 13 to
the East line of said Section; thence East along the
North line of the South one-half of Section 11
Township 89 Range 13 to the Southwest corner of the
Southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section
11 Township 89 Range 13; thence North along the West
line of said Southeast quarter of the Northeast
quarter to the Northwest corner of said Southeast
quarter of the Northeast quarter; thence East along
the North line of said Southeast quarter of the
Northeast quarter to the East line of Section 11
Township 89 Range 13, which point is the Centerline of
U.S. Highway 63 (also known as Logan Avenue); thence
South along the Centerline of Logan Avenue to the
Centerline of Ralston Road; thence East along the
Centerline of Ralston Road and an extension thereof to
its intersection with the West line of Virden Creek;
thence Southerly and Southwesterly along the Westerly
line of Virden Creek to the Centerline of the tracks
of the Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad Line;
thence Easterly and Southerly along the Centerline of
the Chicago Central and Pacific tracks to a line six
hundred and sixty feet (660') North of and parallel to
the South line of Section 13 Township 89 Range 13;
thence East along said line to the East line of said
Section; thence continuing Easterly along a line six
hundred and sixty feet (660') North of and parallel
with the South line of Section 18 Township 89 Range 12
to the East line of said Section; thence South along
the East line of said Section to the Northeast corner
of Section 19 Township 89 Range 12; thence South along
the East line of said Section to the centerline of
Independence Avenue; thence East along the centerline
of Independence Avenue to the West line of Skyview
Road; thence South along the West line of Skyview Road
to the North line of Osage Avenue (formerly Osage
Road); thence West along the North line of Osage
Avenue to the West line of North Evans Road; thence
South along the West line of North Evans Road to the
Southwesterly line of the Chicago Central & Pacific
Railroad Right -of -Way, said Point also being a point
on the City Limit line of the Corporate Limits of
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Waterloo, Iowa, as currently established; thence
Northwesterly and Southerly following the City Limit
line as currently established to the point where it
intersects the Northeasterly line of the Cedar River;
thence Northwesterly along the Northeasterly line of
the Cedar River to the point of Beginning; all in the
City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa;
and also excluding,
All that part of Section 2, Township 89, Range 13, in
the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, platted
as Aerostat Heights; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined the City Limits
Urban Revitalization Area to be an eligible revitalization area;
which is defined in Iowa Code § 404.1 as an area that is any of
the following:
(1) An area in which there is a predominance of buildings
or improvements, whether residential or
nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation,
deterioration, obsolescence, inadequate provision for
ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces,
high density of population and overcrowding, the
existence of conditions which endanger life or
property by fire and other causes or a combination of
such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission
of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency or
crime, and which is detrimental to the public health,
safety, or welfare.
(2) An area which by reason of the presence of a
substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating
structures, predominance of defective or inadequate
street layout, incompatible land use relationships,
faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy,
accessibility or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, deterioration of site or other
improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special
assessment delinquency exceeding the actual value of
the land, defective or unusual conditions of title, or
the existence of conditions which endanger life or
property by fire and other causes, or a combination of
such factors, substantially impairs of arrests the
sound growth of a municipality, retards the provision
of housing accommodations or constitutes and economic
or social liability and is a menace to the public
health, safety, or welfare in its present condition
and use.
(3) An area in which there is a predominance of buildings
or improvements which by reasons of age, history,
architecture or significance should be preserved or
restored to productive use.
(4) An area which is appropriate as an economic
development area as defined in Iowa Code § 403.17.
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(5) An area designated as appropriate for public
improvements related to housing and residential
development, or construction of housing and
residential development, including single or
multifamily housing; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the rehabilitation,
conservation, redevelopment, economic development, or a
combination thereof, of the area is necessary in the interest of
the public health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the
city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA:
Section 1. That the proposed City Limits Urban
Revitalization Area as legally described above is an area
designated as appropriate for public improvements related to
housing and residential development, or construction of housing
and residential development, including single or multifamily
housing; that such area is eligible for designation as an urban
revitalization area and otherwise meets all requisites under the
provisions of Chapter 404 of the Code of Iowa, and that the
rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, development, or a
combination thereof, of such area is necessary in the interest
of the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of this
City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of December, 2011.
Ernest G. Clark, Mayor
ATTEST:
Suzy Shares, CMC
City C erk
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CERTIFICATE
STATE OF IOWA
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COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK
I, the undersigned City Clerk of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby
certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion
of the corporate records of said Municipality showing
proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete
copy of the action taken by said Council with respect to said
matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the
attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect,
and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting
and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance
with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which
was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a
bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the
public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal
office of the Council (a copy of the face sheet of said agenda
being attached hereto) pursuant to the local rules of the
Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon
reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least
twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as
required by said law and with members of the public present in
attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein
were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their
respective city offices as indicated therein, that no Council
vacancy existed except as may be stated in said proceedings, and
that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or
threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence
or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named
therein as officers to their respective positions.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Municipality hereto
affixed this 12th day of December, 2011.
SEAL ;Suzy Sc ares, CMC
City Clerk