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RESOLUTION 13-268
TO FIX A DATE OF MEETING AT WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO APPROVE AN
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE LITTLE WALNUT CREEK REGIONAL LIFT
STATION CONNECTION FEE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 384.38 OF THE
CODE OF IOWA
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE,IOWA
WHEREAS,Section 384.38 of the Code ofIowa authorizes cities to establish by
ordinance connection fee districts and corresponding schedules of fees in order to allocate the
cost of improvements necessary to extend sewer service to properties within such a district;and
WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 384.38,the City of Waukee (the "City")has proposed
to establish the Alice's Road Corridor Sewer Connection Fee District (the "District")with a
corresponding schedule of connection fees,has prepared an ordinance for such purpose and it is
now necessary to set a date for a hearing on such proposal and to make provision for the
publication of notice thereof;
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Waukee,
Iowa,on this 21 st day of October,2013,as follows:
Section 1.TIns Council shall meet on the 4th of November,2013,at five thirty
o'clock (5:30)p.m.,at the Waukee City Hall,in the City,at which time and place a public
hearing will be held and the Council may take action to approve an ordinance establishing the
Little Walnut Creek Regional Lift Station Connection Fee District,a copy of which has been
placed on file in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 2.The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of the proposed action,the
time when and place where said meeting will be held,by publication at least once not less than
twenty days before said meeting in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the City.Said
notice shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING THE LITTLE WALNUT CREEK REGIONAL LIFT STATION
CONNECTION FEE DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 384.38 OF THE CODE OF
IOWA
The City Council of the City of Waukee,Iowa,will meet at the Waukee City Hall,on the
November 4,2013,at 5:30 o'clock p.m.,at which time and place a hearing will be held and
thereafter action may be taken to concerning an ordinance establishing the Little Walnut Creek
Regional Lift Station Connection Fee District,as authorized by Section 384.38 of the Code of
Iowa.A copy of said proposed ordinance has been placed on file in the office of the City Clerk.
The Little Walnut Creek Regional Lift Station Connection Fee District shall serve to
equitably distribute the costs associated with the Little Walnut Creek Regional Lift Station
extension so as to allow the conveyance of sanitary sewer waste for treatment from the benefited
area constituting the district.The extension was necessary to extend sanitary sewer to the
property within the district.
The Little Walnut Creek Regional Lift Station Connection Fee District shall include the
property described on Exhibit A.
The connection fee being considered will be in an amount equal to the maximum acre
area of contiguous property,or fraction thereof,within the connection fee district,under such
ownership which can be served through such proposed connection,multiplied by the per acre
connection fee established in the Ordinance.Approval of a final plat or the issuance of building
permits and/or Mobile Home Permits shall not occur until such time as any and all fees have
been pai d in full.
The project begins at a point approximately 1,150 feet north of the intersection ofN Warrior
Lane and NE Fox Run Trail.From that point an 18-inch diameter sewer was extends north along the
west side ofN Warrior Lane approximately 1,000 linear feet to a lift station.From the lift station an
8-inch force main extends back south along the west side ofN Warrior Lane to an existing manhole
at the intersection ofNE Gracewood Drive and N Warrior Lane for Phase I of the project.For Phase
2 a 16-inch force main will continue south along the west side ofN Warrior Lane to Hickman Road,
west along the north side of Hickman Road and then south along 4th Street to an existing manhole at
the intersection of 4th Street and Maple Street.
Construction of Phase I ofthe Little Walnut Creek Regional Lift Station project included
approximately,2,650 linear feet of 8-inch diameter force main,1,045 linear feet of 24-inch to 18-
iuch diameter gravity flow sanitary sewer,manholes,clearing and grubbing,surface restoration,0.6
mgd capacity lift station and miscellaneous associated work.
Phase 2 of the Little Walnut Creek Regional Lift Station will include replacing the pumps
and generator to increase the capacity of the lift station to 2.0 mgd and extending the force main from
the intersection ofNE Gracewood Drive and N Warrior Lane to the intersection of 4th Street and
Maple Street.
The project's construction costs total $2,802,706.80,excluding financing and other costs
incurred by the City to facilitate the project.The proposed fees are to be based upon the equitable
costs of extending sewer service to the properties in the district,which comprises approximately
585 developable acres.The fees maybe amended or modified by action of the City Council,as it
deems appropriate.Fees are being considered on a per acre basis in the amount of $4,700.00 per
acre.An automatic escalation may be considered and enacted with regard to the connection fee
being considered.If enacted,the connection fee would continue until adjusted or otherwise
amended through action of the City Council of the City of Waukee,Iowa
At the meeting,the Council will receive oral or written objections from any resident or
property owner of the City.Thereafter,at the meeting or at an subsequent meeting,the Council
may:
1.Create the connection fee district as proposed and affirm the proposed connection fee.
2.Alter the proposed connection fee district or the proposed connection fee;or
3.Make any other provision relative to the proposed connection fee district or connection fee
which the council determines to be equitable in the premises.
This notice is given by order ofthe City Council of Waukee,Iowa,in accordance with
Section 384.38 ofthe Code ofIowa and applicable provisions of the Waukee Municipal Code.
BY:Rebecca D.Schuett
City Clerk for the City of Waukee,Iowa
EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRlPTION
LITTLE WALNUT CREEK REGIONAL LIFT STATION CONNECTION FEE DISTRICT
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 27,Township 79 North,Range 26 West of the 5th
P.M.,Dallas County,Iowa;
thence South,along the West line of the West 658.75 feet of the North 661.25 feet of the
Northwest 1/4 of said Section 27 to the southwest comer of said West 658.75 feet ofthe North
661.25 feet;
thence East,along the South line of said West 658.75 feet ofthe North 661.25 feet to the
southeast comer of said West 658.75 feet of the North 661.25 feet;
thence North,along the East line of said West 658.75 feet of the North 661.25 feet to the North
line of said Section 27;
thence East,along the North lines of the Northwest 1/4 and the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 27
to the northeast comer of said Section 27;
thence South,along the East line of said Northeast 1/4 of Section 27 to the southeast comer of
said Northwest 1/4;
thence West,along the South line of said Northeast 1/4 to the southwest comer of said
Northwest 1/4;
thence North,along the West line of said Northeast 1/4 to the northeast corner of Lot 16,Fox
Creek Estates Plat 3,an Official Plat,now included in and forming a part of the City of Waukee,
Dallas County,Iowa;
thence West,along the North line of said Fox Creek Estates Plat 3 and the North lines of Fox
Creek Estates Plat 4 and Fox Creek Estates Plat 2,all Official Plats,now included in and forming
a part of the City of Waukee,Dallas County,Iowa to a point 373.22 feet North of the East 1/4
comer of Section 28,Township 79 North,Range 26 West of the 5th P.M.,Dallas County,Iowa;
thence West,775.45 feet;
thence South,to the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said
Section 28;
thence West,along the North line of said South 1/2 ofthe Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 and
the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 to the northwest comer
of said South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 28;
thence North,along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 to the southeast
comer of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 28;
thence West,along the South line of said Northeast 1/4 ofthe Southwest 1/4 and the South line
of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 28 to the southwest comer of said
Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4;
thence North,along the West line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 to the northwest
comer of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4;
thence East,along the North lines of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and said Northeast
1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and the North line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said
Section 28 to the southwest comer of the East 1/2 ofthe Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of
said Section 28;
thence North,along the West line of said East 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 ofthe Northeast 1/4 of
Section 28 to the South line ofthe Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 28;
thence West,along the South line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 to the southwest
corner of said Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4;
thence North,along said West line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 to the northwest
comer of said Northwest 1/4 ofthe Northeast 1/4;
thence East,along the North line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 and the North line of
the Northeast 1/4 ofthe Northeast 1/4 of said Section 28 to the point of beginning.
Section 3.
repealed.
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Attest:
Rebecca D.Schuett,City Clerk
ROLL CALL VOTE
Shane Blanchard
Casey L.Harvey
Shelly Hughes
C.Isaiah McGee
Mike Watts
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