NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO VACATE AND CONVEY CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, shall consider adoption of an ordinance permanently vacating surface rights within a portion of Depot Street right-of-way adjoining 108 3rd Street, legally described as follows, subject to the reservation of easements for all existing utilities in place, until such time that they are abandoned or relocated:
A PART OF THE 19.00-FOOT-WIDE DEPOT STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING SOUTH OF LOTS 5 & 8, BLOCK 25, FORT DES MOINES, AN OFFICIAL PLAT IN THE CITY OF DES MOINES, POLK COUNTY, IOWA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8; THENCE NORTH 74°29'35" EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 8, A DISTANCE OF 100.63 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 15°30'25" EAST, 13.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 74°29'35" WEST, 24.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 15°30'25" WEST, 4.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 74°29'35" WEST, 70.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 15°30'25" WEST, 7.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 74°29'35" WEST, 46.84 FEET; THENCE NORTH 15°30'25" WEST, 1.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 5; THENCE NORTH 74°29'35" EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID DEPOT STREET, 40.21 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 0.02 ACRES (954 SQUARE FEET).
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, has adopted a resolution setting a hearing relating to a proposal that if the City Council first decides to vacate the above-described right-of-way, then the City of Des Moines proposes to convey a Permanent Easement for Surface Building Encroachment on City-Owned Property in such vacated right-of-way to JDS Real Estate Investments, LLC for $33,400.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council will consider the adoption of the proposed vacation ordinance and approval of the proposed conveyance after a public hearing to be held at 5:00 p.m. on September 29, 2025 in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, 400 Robert D. Ray Drive, Des Moines, Iowa. Persons interested in the proposal will be given the opportunity to express their views at that hearing.
PUBLISHED IN THE DES MOINES REGISER ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2025.
September 17 2025
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