Schools Request to Purch. Prop.Dubuque Community Schools
Ron Holm, CPA
December 2, 2002
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
City of Dubuque
50 West 13th Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001-4845
Dear Mayor Duggan and Members of the City Council:
RE: Request to Vacate City Property
The Dubuque Community School District hereby requests that the City of Dubuque
vacate and grant title to the Dubuque Community School District to a portion of City alley
abutting School District property at 330 Bryant Street, 340 Bryant Street and 1280 Mt.
Loretta Avenue. A map outlining the location of the School District property and the
vacation request is attached for your convenience. The alley is not currently open as a
traveled way and the School District would use the vacated alley property for parking lot
construction and site improvements to serve Bryant Elementary School, which currently
has no off street parking.
The District has contacted the Engineering Department in regard to the vacation
and understands that easements may need to be reserved for utilities across the vacated
parcel. We understand that the vacated area would need to be surveyed and platted at
District expense and fees paid for publication and filing requirements. In conjunction with
the parking lot improvements, a widening of Mt. Loretta Avenue adjacent to Bryant School
is being proposed in cooperation with the Engineering Department. The widening will
necessitate the need for additional right of way for Mt. Loretm Avenue to be acquired from
the School District and it may be beneficial to the School District and the City of Dubuque
to cooperate in the exchange of properties to facilitate the construction of proposed
improvements to enhance the safety for students and staffat Bryant School. These
changes would also be beneficial to parents and the general public who travel tiffs area of
the City.
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Please call the School District at 563/588-5110 if you have any questions.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Ronald H. Holm
Executive Director of
Finance and Business Services
RHI-Ifjms
Enclosures
Cc:Michael Koch, City of Dubuque
Public Works Director
City of Dubuque Engineering
Bill Schlictman
Ron Turner
City of Dubuque Planni'ng and Zoning
Guy Hemingway
Jim Kaune
IIW Engineers and Surveyors, PC
School District Property
Requested Vacation