HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-12-04 H01 Dallas Center Annexation Moratorium Agreement AGENDA ITEM:
CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMMUNICATION
MEETING DATE: December 4, 2023
AGENDA ITEM: Consideration of approval of a resolution approving a 28E agreement
providing for an annexing moratorium between the City of Waukee, Iowa and
the City of Dallas Center, Iowa
FORMAT: Resolution
SYNOPSIS INCLUDING PRO & CON:
FISCAL IMPACT INCLUDING COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS:
COMMISSION/BOARD/COMMITTEE COMMENT:
STAFF REVIEW AND COMMENT: Staff would recommend approval of the moratorium
agreement.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution
ATTACHMENTS: I. Proposed resolution
PREPARED BY: Andy Kass, Community Development Director
REVIEWED BY:
PUBLIC NOTICE INFORMATION –
NAME OF PUBLICATION:
DATE OF PUBLICATION:
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THE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
RESOLUTION 2023-
APPROVING A 28E AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR AN ANNEXATION
MORATORIUM FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS BETWEEN THE CITIES OF
WAUKEE AND DALLAS CENTER
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
WHEREAS, the City of Waukee, Dallas County, State of Iowa, is a duly organized
Municipal Organization; AND,
WHEREAS, Section 368.4 of the Code of Iowa provides that a City, following notice and
hearing, may by Resolution agree with another City or Cities to refrain from annexing
specifically described territory for a period not to exceed ten years; AND,
WHEREAS, the Waukee City Council held a public hearing on the matter of entering into an
annexation moratorium agreement with the City of Dallas Center on December 4, 2023,
following publication of Notice of the Hearing in The Dallas County News on November 16,
2023, and following service of the Notice of Hearing upon the City Development Board and
the Dallas County Board of Supervisors, by regular mail, on October 18, 2023; AND,
WHEREAS, the City Council believes it is in the best interest of the City of Waukee to enter
into an annexation moratorium with the City of Dallas Center for a period of ten years.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Waukee, Iowa
that the Agreement for Annexation and Joint Exercise of Governmental Powers Pursuant to
Iowa Code Chapters 28E and 368 between the Cities of Waukee and Dallas Center, Iowa (a
copy of which is attached hereto) providing for an agreement among the Cities to refrain from
annexing specifically described territory for a period not to exceed ten years is hereby
approved.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED by the City of Waukee City Council that the Mayor and
City Clerk are hereby authorized to sign said Agreement on behalf of the City of Waukee.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Waukee, Iowa, and approved this the 4th day of
December 2023.
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Courtney Clarke, Mayor
Attest:
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Rebecca D. Schuett, City Clerk
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RESULTS OF VOTE: AYE NAY ABSENT ABSTAIN
Anna Bergman Pierce
R. Charles Bottenberg
Chris Crone
Larry R. Lyon
Ben Sinclair