Petition filed to keep Council Bluffs street open Gina Dvorak © Provided by Omaha WOWT Neighbors fight to keep street open in Council Bluffs
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A community fighting to keep a neighborhood street from being closed to expand and beautify a YMCA facility is taking action against the city.
Tony Beraldi, leading the charge to Keep Baughn Street Open, filed a petition for an injunction against the city and council last week after the group said their request for a hearing during an upcoming Council Bluffs City Council meeting was denied.
The documents were filed in Pottawattamie County Court on Thursday.
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Council Bluffs City Council to vote on YMCA rezoning request tonight
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Editorâs Note: Mike Brownlee is a member of the Council Bluffs YMCA advisory board.
Monday night, the Council Bluffs City Council voted against a trio of requests by the YMCA that wouldâve seen the city vacate Baughn Street, amend the cityâs comprehensive plan and rezone Y-owned land as part of the nonprofit organizationâs plan to install a park and increase parking.
The YMCA of Greater Omaha had requested the city, through an ordinance, rezone the land southwest of the Charles E. Lakin YMCA at 235 Harmony St. from from residential to administrative-professional district, while also passing a resolution vacating and disposing of Baughn Street, which connects Harmony Street and Kanesville Boulevard. The city would retain an easement for utility maintenance on the Baughn Street land, according to Council Bluffs Planning and Zoning. Another resolution wouldâve amended the cityâs Bluffs Tomorrow: 2030 Plan, changing the adjacent land from low-density resi
Editorâs Note: Mike Brownlee is a member of the Council Bluffs YMCA advisory board.
Monday night, the Council Bluffs City Council voted against a trio of requests by the YMCA that wouldâve seen the city vacate Baughn Street, amend the cityâs comprehensive plan and rezone Y-owned land as part of the nonprofit organizationâs plan to install a park and increase parking.
The YMCA of Greater Omaha had requested the city, through an ordinance, rezone the land southwest of the Charles E. Lakin YMCA at 235 Harmony St. from from residential to administrative-professional district, while also passing a resolution vacating and disposing of Baughn Street, which connects Harmony Street and Kanesville Boulevard. The city would retain an easement for utility maintenance on the Baughn Street land, according to Council Bluffs Planning and Zoning. Another resolution wouldâve amended the cityâs Bluffs Tomorrow: 2030 Plan, changing the adjacent land from low-density resi