Polk County conveys parcel on Carpenter Avenue to Basilica of Saint John for shared parking ramp

The Polk County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution conveying a portion of county-owned property at 1919–14 Carpenter Avenue in Des Moines to the Basilica of Saint John to permit the church to develop additional parking, including construction of a one-story parking ramp for shared use between the church and Polk County.

During the public-hearing portion of the agenda on the conveyance item, the board confirmed publication of the hearing notice and heard no public comment. After closing the hearing, the board moved and seconded the resolution and approved it by roll-call vote; Supervisors Holmes, Hawkinsmith, Connelly, Altringer and McCoy each recorded “yes.”

The transcript indicates the property conveyance is intended to facilitate the church’s development of a parking facility to be shared with Polk County; the resolution advances the county’s land-transfer and contracting steps. The transcript does not include the conveyance price, the legal description beyond the address, or detailed terms of the shared-use agreement; those terms are in the record with the auditor and county attorney’s office.

No public objections or amendments were recorded in the transcript.