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Board approves MOU with Waterloo to study exchange of Longfellow site for air‑park parcel
Summary
The board approved an MOU with the City of Waterloo to evaluate swapping the Longfellow property for county land at the Waterloo Air and Rail Park along Leversee Road as a possible site for relocating the county roads facility.
The Board of Supervisors on July 21, 2026, approved a memorandum of understanding with the City of Waterloo to evaluate a property exchange that could support relocating the Black Hawk County Roads Facility. Under the proposal, the City would receive the Longfellow property for potential residential development and the county would receive a parcel at the Waterloo Air and Rail Park along Leversee Road to assess for future roads facility expansion. The motion was moved by Supervisor Ritch Kurtenbach, seconded by Supervisor Chris Schwartz, and adopted unanimously.
No binding land conveyance took place at the meeting; the MOU instructs the parties to evaluate the exchange and related logistics, including site access for county road operations. City of Waterloo representative Noel Anderson and County Engineer Catherine Nicholas described the potential benefits of the Leversee Road location during the discussion.
