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Resolution No. 2026-005 – A Resolution Approving the Partial Acquisition and Temporary Easement Required for the Iowa DOT Highway 6 Improvement Project (STPN--006-7(100)--2J-52)

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<table> <tr> <th>Breakdown</th> <th>Ac/Sq. Ft.</th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> <th></th> </tr> <tr> <td>Land by fee title to State</td> <td>7,851 sq. ft.</td> <td>Fence</td> <td>na</td> <td>rods woven</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Fence</td> <td>na</td> <td>rods barbed</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> 3. Possession of the premises is the essence of this agreement and the Buyer may enter and assume full use and enjoyment of the premises per the terms of this agreement. The Seller grants the Buyer the immediate right to enter the premises for the purpose of gathering survey and soil data. The Seller may surrender possession of the premises, building, improvement, or any part thereof, prior to the time that he/she has agreed to do so, and agrees to give the Buyer 10 days notice of the Seller's intention to surrender possession by calling the Buyer at 1-866-282-5809. 4. The Seller warrants that there are no tenants on the premises holding under lease, except (none) 5. This agreement shall apply to and bind the legal successors in interest of the Seller, and the Seller agrees to pay all liens and assessments against the premises, including all taxes and special assessments payable until surrender of possession, as required by the Iowa Code section 427.2 and agrees to warrant good and sufficient title. 6. The Buyer may include mortgagees, lien holders, encumbrances, and taxing authorities as payees on warrants issued in payment of this agreement. In addition to the total lump-sum payment amount, the Buyer agrees to pay $0.00 for the cost of adding title documents required by this transaction to the Seller's abstract of title. If requested to do so, the Seller will deliver to the Iowa Department of Transportation, Right of Way Bureau, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA 50010, an abstract of title to the premises. The Buyer agrees to pay the cost of abstract continuation. The Seller agrees to provide the documents as may be required by Iowa Land Title Standards to convey merchantable title to the Buyer. The Seller also agrees to obtain court approval of this agreement, if requested by the Buyer, in the event title to the premises becomes an asset of any estate, trust, conservatorship or guardianship. The Buyer agrees to pay court approval costs and all other costs necessary to transfer the premises to the Buyer, except attorney fees. Claims for such transfer costs shall be paid in amounts supported by paid receipts or signed invoices. 7. The Buyer agrees that any agricultural drain tiles that are located within the premises that are damaged or require relocation by highway construction shall be repaired or relocated at no expense to the Seller. Where the Buyer specifically agrees to construct and maintain fence, the fence shall be constructed and maintained for vehicle access control purposes at no expense to the Seller. The Buyer has the right of entry upon the Seller's remaining property along the right-of-way line, if necessary, for the purpose of connecting the drain tile, and constructing and maintaining the fence. The Seller may pasture against the fence at his/her own risk. The Buyer will not be liable for fencing private property or maintaining it to restrain livestock. 8. If the Seller holds title to the premises in joint tenancy with full rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common at the time of this agreement, the Buyer will pay any remaining proceeds to the survivor of that joint tenancy, and will accept title solely from that survivor, provided the joint tenancy has not been destroyed by operation of law or acts of the Seller. 9. These premises are being acquired for public purposes. This transfer is exempt from the requirements for the filing of a "Declaration of Value" in accordance with Iowa Code section 428A.1. 10. The premises also includes all estates, rights, title, and interests, including all easements, and all advertising devices and the right to erect such devices as are located thereon. The Seller consents to any change of grade of the highway and accepts payment under this agreement for any and all damages arising from those changes. The Seller acknowledges full settlement and payment from the Buyer for all claims per the terms of this agreement, and discharges the Buyer from liability because of this agreement and the construction of the public improvement project. 11. This written agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Buyer and Seller and there is no agreement to do or not to do any act or deed except as specifically provided for herein. 12. Buyer hereby gives notice of Seller's five-year right to renegotiate construction or maintenance damages not apparent at the time of the signing of this agreement as required by the Code of Iowa, Section 6B.52. 13. Buyer agrees to construct a type C entrance at Sta.208+60, right side (mainline) It is understood and agreed all other entrances within the construction limits not listed or allowed in this agreement will be eliminated. 14. The Sellers grant to the Buyer temporary easement for the purpose to shape, construct entrance and for sidewalk. The Right-of-Way Design Plot Plans, attached as pages 10-11 of this agreement, graphically illustrates the proposed temporary easement area being granted. The temporary easement shall terminate on completion of this highway project.

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