In 2012, the City acquired property that is subject to an Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain Warranty Easement Deed (Easement).  The City requested that the Easement be removed from part of the property in order to facilitate construction of the improvements on East 1st Street that are included in the I-35 & East 1st Street Interchange Reconstruction project in 2019 and 2020.

The City has provided the United States of America with the documentation required for approval of the new easement area.  The United States of America now requests approval by the City Council in the form of a Resolution prior to forwarding all documentation to the General Counsel.   

Council originally adopted this said resolution on August 19, 2019 as Resolution 2019-359, however, the Title Guaranty attorney has requested that council go through a public hearing on the approval of said resolution.  

The attached Resolution authorizes and sets a public hearing on the matter for November 18, 2019, at 5:30 o'clock p.m.

It is recommended that the City Council take the following action:

1. Adopt a Resolution setting the Public Hearing date as November 18, 2019, for approval of an emergency watershed protection easement between the City of Ankeny, Iowa and the United States of America in accordance with the Notice of Public Hearing to be published in the Des Moines Register on November 8, 2019.