Background/Discussion
Dodge Riverside Golf Course is a city-owned property.
Portions of Dodge Riverside Golf Course are required for road purposes generally described as parts of Government Lot 2 and 3 and accretions thereto and the SE corner of Lot 15, Block 45 of Ferry Addition to the City of Council Bluffs all in Section 33, Township 75 N, Range 44 W of the 5th prime meridian, City of Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie, State of Iowa.
State law provides that the state (IDOT) can take possession of city right-of-way (ROW) for roadway purchases for no compensation to the city. However, the golf course is not ROW and the state must purchase the property at fair market value. The IDOT commissioned an appraisal which considered the highest and best use of the golf course as redeveloped with mixed use.
The appraisal performed by Commercial Appraisers of Iowa, Inc. determined the before and after difference in fair market value of the taking is $63,000. The total was determined as follows.
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Land by fee title in the name of the State of Iowa for interstate ROW |
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0.19 acres |
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$7,600 |
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Land by fee title in the name of the City of Council Bluffs for frontage road ROW |
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1.28 acres |
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$51,200 |
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Land for temporary easement for up to 3 years |
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0.44 acres |
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$4,200 |
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$63,000 |
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IDOT uses a quitclaim deed to transfer title from city to state for property used as interstate ROW. The purchase agreement serves as the transfer instrument from city to city for property used as city-owned frontage road.
Additional impacts to the golf course operation were mitigated in 2018 at IDOT cost. These included modifications to hole 13 green and hole 14 fairway.