NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO CONVEY CITY-OWNED REAL ESTATE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council has adopted a resolution relating to a proposal to convey a permanent electric easement in a portion of City property located at 4850 SE 5th Street, Des Moines, Iowa, as legally described below, to MidAmerican Energy Company for the 2026 Neighborhood Sidewalk project:
A PART OF LOT 8, SECOND ADDITION TO THOMAS HEIGHTS, AN OFFICIAL PLAT, NOW INCLUDED IN AND FORMING A PART OF THE CITY OF DES MOINES, POLK COUNTY, IOWA AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT WHICH IS 228.44 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8; THENCE SOUTH 89°(DEGREES) 57'(MINUTES) 42"(SECONDS) WEST, 10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°02'18" WEST, 10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°57'42" EAST, 9.77 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SOUTHEAST 5TH STREET, AS PRESENTLY ESTABLISHED; THENCE SOUTH 1°35'22" EAST ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT OF WAY, 8.39 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 8; THENCE SOUTH 0°02'18" EAST, 1.61 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 99 SQUARE FEET.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, will consider the proposed conveyance after a public hearing to be held at 5:00 p.m. on May 4, 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 April 22, 2026.
April 22 2026
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