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Change To Completion Date For Parking Lot, Development Agreement And Closed Session Scheduled For Monday’s Carroll Council Meeting

The regular meeting of the Carroll City Council on Monday, Sept. 27 will start with the discussion of proposed rate changes at the Carroll Rec Center. These will go into effect in January 2022 if approved. City Manager, Mike Pogge-Weaver, says they have had a request to consider a parking change on Walnut Street and they will also review a change order for work on the parking lot at Northeast Park. This is being installed for ease of access to Kellan’s Kingdom all-inclusive playground and the Miracle Field, baseball/softball complex.

Last December, the council heard from members of the public about the sole bid received for purchase and development of the former City Apartments’ site at 224 N. Main St. Rowland Real Estate, LLC of Clive offered to purchase the lot for $1,000 and presented plans for construction of a four-plex rental unit with an estimated monthly rate of $1,000 per unit. Residents expressed concerns ranging from aesthetics to Section 8 housing as well as the low cost of this sale when compared to like properties within the community and in consideration that the city had spent at least $150,000 on preparing the site for sale. A contract was approved with a stipulation giving Rowland nine months to begin construction with completion in 18 months. Pogge-Weaver says, so far, Rowland is complying with the requirements, but the council will review the development agreement.

The meeting will end with a closed session per Iowa Code 21.5(1)(C) for a “Strategy discussion with Legal Counsel in matters that are presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent and where its disclosure would be likely to prejudice or disadvantage the government.” Monday’s meeting will begin at 5:15 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. The public is invited to attend, but the meeting will also be livestreamed on local access cable, CAAT6, as well as made available by phone or computer. Details on how to connect to the meeting, the agenda and packet of materials can be found by following the link included below.

Link to agenda, packet of materials and details on how to remotely join the meeting: https://www.cityofcarroll.com/Uploads/agendas-minutes2021/CouncilAgendaPacket092721pack.pdf

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