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RESOLUTION NO. 2011-130
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND APPROVING
ACQUISITION OF WATERLOO BOARD OF EDUCATION
PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT BALTIMORE
FIELD, WILLISTON FIELD, AND OLD LINCOLN
SCHOOL SITE IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, BLACK
HAWK COUNTY, IOWA.
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 4493, adopted on July 23, 2001,
this Council found and determined that certain areas located
within the City are eligible and should be designated as an
urban renewal area under Iowa law, and approved and adopted the
Consolidated Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Plan of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa (the "Plan") for the Urban Renewal Area, and
WHEREAS, the hereinafter described parcels are within the
Consolidated Urban Renewal Area (CURA) and Enterprise Zone
areas, and as such have been previously designated as priority
areas for redevelopment in the community, and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City of Waterloo to
evaluate and propose rezoning of these and other sites within
the community for a Planned Residence District designation, and
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo intends to work with
developers for new housing opportunities within the community,
and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of the hereinafter described
parcels are in conjunction with the Consolidated Urban Renewal
and Redevelopment Plan.
Subject properties are legally described as follows:
Lincoln School
Lots 1 thru 10, inclusive, Lot 12, Lots 16 thru 20,
inclusive, the alley from the East line of said Lot 4
and 17 West to Burton Avenue in Block 14 and the West
35 feet of that part of the alley running East and
West through Block 14 which lies between said Lots 5
and 16; all in Block 14 in Second Addition to Grand
View Place, City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County;
And
Baltimore Field
All that part of Byron Avenue in the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, lying East of a Northerly extension of the West
line of Lot No. 1 in. Orlo C. Miller Addition to
Waterloo, Iowa, and West of a line that is 156 feet
West of the West line of Baltimore Street.
Also, all that part of Denver Street in the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, lying South of the South line of Byron
Avenue and North of the North line of Eureka Street.
If
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Lots No. One (1) and Two (2), in the Orlo C. Miller
Addition to the City of Waterloo.
The North Thirty feet (30 ft.) of the East One Hundred
Forty (140) feet, of Lot No. Five (5), in Auditor
Francis' Reitzel Plat, City of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County;
And
Williston Field
Lot 3 in Auditor Francis' Dry Run Plat, Black Hawk
County, Iowa except those parts deeded to the City of
Waterloo, Iowa in 104 TLD 558, 292 TLD 33 and 583 CLD
264;
for $1.00 each, plus approximately $400.00 in closing costs
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WATERLOO, IOWA, that the above described property is accepted
and approved for acquisition for the purposes as described in
the Consolidated Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21St day of February, 2011.
Ernest G. Clark, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Suzy Scha es, CMC
City Clerk