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 air rights within portions of Ingersoll Avenue right-of-way adjoining 3404 Ingersoll Avenue, 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 8.00 FOOT WIDE VACATION OF PART OF INGERSOLL AVENUE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY LYING DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO LOTS 14 & 15 OF STRATFORD, AN OFFICIAL PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK 'E', PAGE 322 AT THE POLK COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE, CITY OF DES MOINES, POLK COUNTY, IOWA WITH A CENTERLINE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE S89°23'19"E, 35.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 14, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INGERSOLL AVENUE AS IT PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°36'41"E, 3.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, AND COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE S89°23'19"E, 65.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 14, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INGERSOLL AVENUE AS IT PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°36'41"E, 3.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, AND COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE S89°23'19"E, 95.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 14, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INGERSOLL AVENUE AS IT PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°36'41"E, 3.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, AND COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE S89°23'19"E, 125.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 14, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INGERSOLL AVENUE AS IT PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°36'41"E, 3.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, AND COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE S89°23'19"E, 155.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 14 & 15, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INGERSOLL AVENUE AS IT PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°36'41"E, 3.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS, AND COMMENCING AS A POINT OF REFERENCE AT THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE S89°23'19"E, 185.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 14 & 15, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF INGERSOLL AVENUE AS IT PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°36'41"E, 3.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF TERMINUS THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION IS CONSTRAINED BETWEEN THE CITY OF DES MOINES VERTICAL DATUM ELEVATION OF 156.0 FEET, DEFINED AS THE BOTTOM OF THE LOWEST BALCONY STRUCTURAL MEMBER, AND 171.0 FEET, DEFINED AS THE TOP OF THE SECOND-FLOOR BALCONY SAFETY RAILING. THE EXISTING BUILDINGS 35TH STREET PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION IS ASSUMED AS 139.17 FEET FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS DESCRIPTION. THE VACATION AREA IS 144 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 Air Space Above City-Owned Property in such vacated right-of-way to Goldfinch Commercial, LLC and Goldfinch Apartments, LP for $1,100.00. 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 March 23, 2026, in the City Council Chamber, T.M. Franklin Cownie City Administration Building, 1200 Locust Street, 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 REGISTER ON March 11, 2026. March 11 2026 LIOW0471536